A lonely furrow indeed. It maybe not so odd that BF has survived. I've read articles that suggest the bookies actually like BF. BF soaks up the winners, presumably because of the higher odds available. The bookies can then continue to fleece the punters. When BF and PP merged my heart sank. And thats still a WIP.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:16 pmThe structure is a bit different too, BF do the whole 9 yards from gathering event data to matching. The financial world has a much more devovled structure and each particpant doesn't have that much to do. Data gathering and discemination, clearing houses, custody, settlement, liquidity pools etc etc are all done by different (mutilple) companies. It sounds like a weaker chain but it keeps things simple and allows for everyone to have alternative arrangements with different providers in the event of a problem. Being a bigger industry there's been more opportunity for these specialist companies to crop up and of course nobody misses a chance to skim off a pound or two in fees at each stage of the process when the turnover is so high. If the sports exchanges turned over multi-billions there'd be 10 companies offering matching services and BF could unload some of the burden and have failsafes, but it isn't so they plough a lonely furrow.
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I've always felt that Betfair should focus on the exchange and keep all other business outside, like on financials. People can compete to offer a range of solutions off the back of the exchange, while Betfair just keep things simple. Seems too complicated now and not focused on the core proposition. Would help them from a regulatory viewpoint as well.
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Indeed, and if there was more than one customer besides Betfair I'm sure the service side would emerge to fill that space. Speed is a bit of an issue though, financials and Befair might both be able to transact in milliseconds but finacials settle at T+1 (or did) rather than instantly, not great for what we do. Keeping the whole show under the same roof might actually be the only way without major structural changes. But as soon as there's a demand I'm launching an exchange aggregation client/liquidity pool, that's where the money will be.Euler wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:33 pmI've always felt that Betfair should focus on the exchange and keep all other business outside, like on financials. People can compete to offer a range of solutions off the back of the exchange, while Betfair just keep things simple. Seems too complicated now and not focused on the core proposition. Would help them from a regulatory viewpoint as well.
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My last greyhounds bet settled was 18:36 - an hour ago! Sigh..
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I wouldn't rely on API status, UNRELIABLE. My automation taken out of service ...Crazyskier wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:27 pmMy last greyhounds bet settled was 18:36 - an hour ago! Sigh..
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Thanks for that.
I'm on the BDP list but didn't get that. It seems more effort to be selective than just send to "all at bdp" but comms is there major weakness so that's to be expected....but thx again.
They also post those messages here https://forum.developer.betfair.com/for ... ouncementsShaunWhite wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:08 pmThanks for that.
I'm on the BDP list but didn't get that. It seems more effort to be selective than just send to "all at bdp" but comms is there major weakness so that's to be expected....but thx again.
So maybe it's worth to write a little scraper or something. Or at least add this link to bookmarks.