Settling partially matched bets at SP.

[pollyplops]

Hi everyone,

I am doing my betting by automation and I’m asking for slightly bigger odds on a few horses a few minutes before the off.

Is it possible that when some of my bets only get partially matched I can keep them and take SP?

I don’t want to keep the unmatched ones just the partially matched ones.

Thanks

Paul.

[Dallas]

Yes, just add a 'Take SP on unmatched bets rule'
with a 'Number of Matched Bets' condition - is greater than 0

But if the amount remaining is below Betfair's min SP requirement they will be rejected

[pollyplops]

Great Dallas,

Thank You.

[TCoops]

Morning Dallas,

apologies for reaching out but you seem to be the go to guy for automation.

I have been using a geeks toy with pretty good success but the constant fatigue of sifting through every market is killing me. I want to automate a rule that if the score is 3 goals with a pre-determined amount of time left in the game place a back bet over 3.5 of the total score. Can you please help. I'm sure its easy but at the moment I can't see the forest through the trees.

thanks in advance

[pollyplops]

Yes, just add a 'Take SP on unmatched bets rule'
with a 'Number of Matched Bets' condition - is greater than 0

But if the amount remaining is below Betfair's min SP requirement they will be rejected

Hi Dallas,

I’ve tried this but sometimes it takes SP on all the runners instead of just the partially matched ones.

Regards

Paul.

[ShaunWhite]

Yes, just add a 'Take SP on unmatched bets rule'
with a 'Number of Matched Bets' condition - is greater than 0

But if the amount remaining is below Betfair's min SP requirement they will be rejected

Hi Dallas,

I’ve tried this but sometimes it takes SP on all the runners instead of just the partially matched ones.

Regards

Paul.

Sometimes? More like always. Can't be done, it treats partially matched as unmatched.

[jamesedwards]

Yes, just add a 'Take SP on unmatched bets rule'
with a 'Number of Matched Bets' condition - is greater than 0

But if the amount remaining is below Betfair's min SP requirement they will be rejected

Hi Dallas,

I’ve tried this but sometimes it takes SP on all the runners instead of just the partially matched ones.

Regards

Paul.

Sometimes? More like always. Can't be done, it treats partially matched as unmatched.

You could cancel the fully unmatched bets just before off-time.

[ShaunWhite]

You could cancel the fully unmatched bets just before off-time.

I thought partially unmatched and fully unmatched were treated the same way?

[jamesedwards]

You could cancel the fully unmatched bets just before off-time.

I thought partially unmatched and fully unmatched were treated the same way?

Yes but you could set all bets to 'take SP on all unmatched', but then cancel all the fully unmatched bets before in-play. As long as you have a way to distinguish between the two.