ERROR - Could not lay after backing

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damoxxx
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:47 am

Something wierd happened yesterday evening on betfair while using Bet Angel.
After backing a horse at 1.8 with the intention of laying it lower. The bet was 200 euro but when it was completed it came up as 200.01 euro.
This wouldn't be to bad if I had more money in the acount at the time but I didn't.
So when I tried to lay at 1.74 a little later I was given an over extended error or something like that.
I always thought that betfair wouldn't allow bets in the market if there wasn't enough funds to meet the exposure.
Needless to say the horse lost and I lost my 200.01 euros.
Has anybody ever had a similar problem.
motorhead
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:43 pm

yes I did. it's an issue that can happen when a non-GBP account goes 'all in' on a certain event.
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