tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post3684663787681424006..comments2024-03-24T00:19:53.054+00:00Comments on Green All Over: Inside The World of Drinking And WomenCassinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-80478856526042054242014-06-19T15:32:44.383+01:002014-06-19T15:32:44.383+01:00"One other observation is that this practice ..."One other observation is that this practice has been going on for some time. One tale tells of a guy who made one million euros circa 2006 "sitting on the baseline with laptops" and my guess is that activities like this were the driving force behind Betfair's Premium Charge which was first introduced in September 2008."<br /><br />Think I'd agree with you on that one, the PC was basically Betfair's annoyance that people were making plenty of money off them with relatively little efforts. Mainly down to flaws within their system they just couldn't plug as easily as the old tricks like getting in front of the queue when you could bypass Betfairs odds ladder input a hidden 0.0001 on your own odds or the trick of beating the inplay delays that were well known amongst quite a few. <br /><br />I'm sure there are plenty of books in the wings waiting to come out about the 'scams' in those early days and the fortunes won through loopholes rather than skill. But whilst there's still loopholes there and money to be made I doubt we'll see the likes of the legendary racetech guy's books just yet. I'm guessing Brad Hutchins is now too well known on the circuit to earn so a book is pretty much his only option for now.Betfair Botterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061644401419709300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-16982957312238379912014-06-19T15:32:05.357+01:002014-06-19T15:32:05.357+01:00"One other observation is that this practice ..."One other observation is that this practice has been going on for some time. One tale tells of a guy who made one million euros circa 2006 "sitting on the baseline with laptops" and my guess is that activities like this were the driving force behind Betfair's Premium Charge which was first introduced in September 2008."<br /><br />Think I'd agree with you on that one, the PC was basically Betfair's annoyance that people were making plenty of money off them with relatively little efforts. Mainly down to flaws within their system they just couldn't plug as easily as the old tricks like getting in front of the queue when you could bypass Betfairs odds ladder input a hidden 0.0001 on your own odds or the trick of beating the inplay delays that were well known amongst quite a few. <br /><br />I'm sure there are plenty of books in the wings waiting to come out about the 'scams' in those early days and the fortunes won through loopholes rather than skill. But whilst there's still loopholes there and money to be made I doubt we'll see the likes of the legendary racetech guy's books just yet. I'm guessing Brad Hutchins is now too well known on the circuit to earn so a book is pretty much his only option for now.Betfair Botterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061644401419709300noreply@blogger.com