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Betfair gets pulses racing with a new womens’ volleyball promotion

By on August 23, 2011 in Featured Free Bet, News

Latest Betfair advertising get pulses racing. The latest Betfair bookmaker promotions are being advertised on womens volleyball palyers back sides…

great! The Volleyballers’ Zara Dampney and Shaune Mullin have allowed Betfair to advertise on the backs of their swimsuit bottoms in a sponsership deal.

The clever bit is that the barcode on the back of the swimsuit bottoms, when photographed with a smartphone, takes the user to the Betfair wesite to claim a free bet promotion. At Let’s Compare Bets our opinion is that this will be a great hit with guys many but women a alike.

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Womens' volleyball meets Betfair

Betfair’s opinion is that there’s a big interest in beach volleyball. They didn’t mention that it’s womens beach volleyball (can’t remember there ever being much interest in mens beach volley ball). There’s not wonder that Betfair wants to grab the attention of the male fans as most Betfair members are male.

The bar codes are known as quick repsonse codes and allow potential customers to claim the latest Betfair promotions.

Some detractors including feminists say there’s a real lack of seriousness in womens sports. We’re sure Zara and Shauna wouldn’t have agreed to let their backsides promote Betfair if they agreed. A question that could be raised is that should these women been seen as athletes or walking advertising billboards. One things for sure, they’ve got great backsides.

In any case its good fun, but, if you want to get your hand on a generous Betfair promotion unrelated to womens volleyball players buttoms then it’s worth checking out their latest promotions.

Betfair gets pulses racing with a new womens’ volleyball promotionunratedEditor2011-09-27 01:15:57Latest Betfair advertising get pulses racing. The latest Betfair bookmaker promotions are being advertised on womens volleyball palyers back sides…
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Tattersals rule 4 compared to the reduction factor on the betting exchange

By on July 3, 2011 in Horse Race Betting, Sports Fixed Odds Betting

The dreaded rule 4. Rule 4 dictates what happens in the event of a horse being withdrawn before the race starts. Non runners as they are called affect the odds for all the other horses in the race because it’s one less horse that can win. Rule 4 is also known as Tattersals Rule 4 or just R4 for short. To be precise it’s Tattersals Rule 4c. Anyway, this post described Rule 4 and compares it to reductions that are made by betting exchanges.

If a horse is withdrawn it effects the odds of all the other runners. A horse who has better chance of winning effects the odds of the other runners to a greater extent. So, the withdrawal of a favourite has a much bigger affect on the chances of the other runners than that of a rank outsider. Rule 4 reductions are published as pence in the pound (that’s the British pound for visitors outside the UK).

Why do some people think rule 4 is unfair?

An obvious argument is that if I [the betting public] place a bet and my horse wins, why should my winnings be reduced because another horse has been withdrawn, my horse might have won anyway [even if the withdrawn horse was still running].

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Tattersals rule 4 compared to the reduction factor on the betting exchangeunratedEditor2011-07-03 01:56:02The dreaded rule 4. Rule 4 dictates what happens in the event of a horse being withdrawn before the race starts. Non runners as they are called affe…
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Methods for how to be a bookmaker with a great tip

By on April 6, 2011 in Arbitrage Betting, Sports Online Betting

This post is the latest edition to the LetsCompareBets.com guide to becoming a amateur bookmaker. For the other post in this guide to being a bookmaker, visit the bookmaker guide.

The rule of thumb about a bookmakers book is that it produces a profit across a series of bets over a certain time period. For the amateur bookmaker one of the principles needs to be to create a series of risk free bets that generates a profit. This is the easiest way for normal people, that is to say, people with no experience of compiling odds, to act like a bookmaker. Betfair is an essential tool in this process. Betfair is a betting exchange and generally has some of the most competitive odds on the market. Visit the Betfair FAQ for more information.

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Methods for how to be a bookmaker with a great tipunratedEditor2011-04-17 05:06:59This post is the latest edition to the LetsCompareBets.com guide to becoming a amateur bookmaker. For the other post in this guide to being a bookmak…
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Betfair’s iPhone betting application reviewed

By on November 23, 2010 in Reviews

Betfair has joined the Apple iPhone and iPad application craze. Mobile betting has been available for a while over various high bandwidth mobile phone providers. Betfair being the world’s largest sports betting company, has entered the market with an iPhone and iPad betting application. As you might expect most iPhone betting apps offer the same or similar features to what the bookmaker offers it’s customers already. Betfair’s iPhone betting app is no exception. Users can find almost all the features available on Betfair.com.

Betfair is unique in that it is a betting exchange. It offers full exchange betting functionality to iPhone owners. In a nutshell a betting exchange offers better odds than traditional bookmakers and allows members to bet that things will not happen (lay betting). A slight detraction from Betfair’s success is that traditional bookmakers tend accept larger bets. For high rollers bets can be limited using the Betfair betting exchange. This happens if there are not enough members willing to open their wallets on the other side of the bet (that means back to the other guy’s lay, or lay to the other gals back). Visit the site at the end of the post if these things need more explanation.

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Betfair’s iPhone betting application reviewed 5Editor2010-11-22 10:51:07Betfair has joined the Apple iPhone and iPad application craze. Mobile betting has been available for a while over various high bandwidth mobile phon…
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10 FAQs everyone should know to explain how Betfair works

By on October 26, 2010 in Betting Exchange

Betfair the betting exchange is now an established way to bet on popular sports.  Initially Betfair turned the betting world upside down.  Traditional bookmakers where up in arms.  Humbled by the technological benefits that Betfair brought to people including better odds and the option to bet that something will not happenBetfair explained. There are many people out there who have enjoyed betting at betting shops. Then the bookmakers went online. Essentially there was no difference between the bookmaker on the high street and using the same bookmaker online. Then Betfair came onto the scene and introduced a completely new concept. It’s not a complicated concept but it’s new. Let’s Compare Bets has polled a few Betfair users to uncover the most common FAQs to help explain Betfair.

Since Betfair was conceived it has been a massive success. The recent stock market flotation of Betfair is testament to this. First let’s see why Betfair has been so popular.

  • Odds on Betfair are more competitive than traditional bookmakers, up to 20% on average
  • The betting exchange model allows people to bet that events will not happen

Something that originally caused plenty of controversy surrounding horse races that where fixed or more recently, with international cricket.  However, the loudest critics where often traditional bookmakers fearing the competition.

  • Odds on Betfair can be traded so that risk free bets can be made

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10 FAQs everyone should know to explain how Betfair worksunratedEditor2011-12-19 15:56:43Betfair is different to online bookmakers and adds different aspects to betting online, such as, better odds than normal bookmakers and the option to make lay bets. Betfair has taken market principles, added some technological genius, and produced a platform where people can trade bets in a similar why that people trade company shares on a stock exchange. The post explains what Betfair is, how it works, what lay bets are, and gives a quick start guide to making bets on the biggest betting exchange online.

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