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Betfair - Basic question

  • 29-08-2018 04:57PM
    #1
    grebtol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Humour me with a very basic query on Betfair Exchange.

    Take the All Ireland Winner outright market, as an example.

    Let's say today after trading I have managed to build a 100 euro profit (green) on Dublin AND a 100 euro profit (green) on Tyrone while having a 100 euro available to bet balance left after all that great trading. (I've no previously settled bets in the market to confuse things and I've no other bets anywhere).

    Let's say later on I place a further 10 euro bet on Dublin to win at 1.2 in that same market. That would leave me with +102 on Dublin and +90 on Tyrone. The issue I have is 10 euro is ALSO being deducted from my available to bet balance. So I'm +102 Dublin, +90 Tyrone, +90 available to bet after the above bet. Is that correct or should it be +102 Dublin, +90 Tyrone, +100 available to bet balance?

    In an all green market, with 2 selections and a single possible winner, should placing a bet on one selection (obviously less than the amount listed in green) in that market deduct from both the green on the other selection AND from the available to bet balance? Am I being stupid by saying it should only come off the green on the opposing selection.


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