Betfair Down / Betfair site crash

[Iron]

You may have a virus - I once had a virus that prevented me from getting onto gambling sites.

I can get onto betfair.com without problem.

You might want to try using Explorer if you normally use Firefox, or vice versa.

Jeff

This is really weird, I can't even open betfair on the browser...

[CaerMyrddin]

Thanks Jeff.

I managed to login now, but everything is too slow.

I'll give a look in the morning.

Thanks again!

[andyfuller]

I don't know what the cost would be, but you'd have thought it would be affordable for a stock market listed company with 2,000 employees. And the alternative to instant backup is surely to risk matched bets being lost irretrievably.

Jeff

Not just Betfair, The LSE was out this morning and when it was announced that the UK contraction was worse than first thought!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12576844

[Iron]

Is Betfair down, or is it just me?

Jeff

[Iron]

I logged out and back in again, and I can get in Betfair.

But either my Internet connection is grinding to a virtual halt, or Betfair is running very slowly!

Jeff

Is Betfair down, or is it just me?

Jeff

[andyfuller]

No issues here.

[hgodden]

Was sticking quite a bit that last race

[Iron]

You're not with Virgin Media, are you?

Betfair has been sluggish for me all day, but I don't know whether they or Virgin are to blame.

Jeff

Was sticking quite a bit that last race

[hgodden]

No BT. It actually froze for at least 6 seconds earlier towards the end of the big race at Kempton earlier so Im pretty sure it was betfair

[to75ne]

mine stuck acouple of times for 2 to 3 secs abount 1 min and 3 mins before the off newc 16:25 (adv time).

[Iron]

That's surprising, given that Phil Cohen assured me that 'we are confident that the issues causing Betfair's recent bouts of instability have been identified and dealt with'...

Jeff

mine stuck acouple of times for 2 to 3 secs abount 1 min and 3 mins before the off newc 16:25 (adv time).

[to75ne]

jeff, i doubt if he would say something like, " we hope so, we think we have, fingers crossed, touch wood".

[Iron]

Was it just me, or did Betfair just freeze for about 10 seconds?

Jeff

[oddstrader]

was it for the withdrawn horse?

[to75ne]

it appeared to sort of stall about 10 secs after the off wolves 17:30. not sure if it was real or my imagination.