Leopardstown - 14:00 - Christmas Hurdle - Voler la vedette

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PeterLe
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Inner Sanctum: Well you won't be laughing when you wake up with a horses head next to you tomorrow..(Not aimed at the wife by the way!)

XM seems to be working perfectly to me/..
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Euler
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Today is the anniversary of this infamous incident, we never got a full explanation of what actually happened. Did anybody see the IBAS ruling?
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superfrank
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what a race again!!
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Lagos
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I have a copy of the IBAS ruling here if you want to see it?
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Euler
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It would be interesting, I googled it but couldn't find it.
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Lagos
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Will do Peter, I will send to HQ.
I think there were only a few who actually complained to IBAS, certainly less than 50.
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Euler
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Lest we forget
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andyfuller
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Oh the excitement that brought. I couldn't believe my eyes.
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gutuami
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQ94Ha5a2U
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PeterLe
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Hard to believe that was 3 years ago!
Interesting to watch that Youtube clip...I would have been dancing around the house with a £112K profit! :D
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pdupre1961
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Euler wrote:I've got the inplay data from this race now.


The first reported value was £21,473,588.

Please can you confirm the pence...
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pdupre1961
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Created a calculator to convert API bet to exchange bet.

My guess is that the bot tried to place a minus BACK bet of £1,248.00 - which the exchange read as a LAY bet of £21,473,588

Programs work by passing variables through sub-routines which on occasion use the wrong data types. So, I started with a DECIMAL datatype multiplied by 100 and converted to INTEGER. Then, UNSIGNED 32bit INTEGER, then back to normal INTEGER, then back to DECIMAL. Final decimal number displayed as round pounds. Simples...

Anyone, want a copy of my calculator to test for themselves (it's an .exe file).
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Euler
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Great memories :shock:
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andyfuller
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It was fun - did any one ever take them to court over this? I am guessing not as I am sure they would have settled outside if any one attempted to, closely followed by banning them for life!
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Euler
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Bumped for newbies on the forum that missed this spectacular day
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