Carry Offset Betting In-Play

[AndrewP]

Hi All,

Am I right in thinking that if only the first part of an 'offset bet' (e.g. the back part of a back then lay bet) is matched prior to the race going'in-play' then the second part cancels and does transfer in-play? If so, anyone got a workaraound?

Andrew

[MarkRussell]

Hi,

You are correct, when a market goes in play all unmatched bets are cancelled which includes 'offset bets' which may have been placed by the Tick Offset feature of our software.
There is no current work around.

However Betfair recently announced that there is going to be an option to carry unmatched bets through to in play. This option will be available to us via the API so as soon as it is available it will be included.

Regards,
Mark

[Rupe dog]

Hi there,

I read with interest the possibilty of functionality of carrying unmatched bets into in play once a event goes in play via the API. I would be very grateful if anyone could let me know whether this is possible from the excel spreadsheet link.

Many thanks,
Matt

[MarkRussell]

Hi,

Yes you can do this now.....add -IP to your trigger and if the bet is unmatched it will keep the bet in play.
Also you can add -SP which also keeps the bet but changes the price to the SP price once it goes in play.

Regards,
Mark

[Rupe dog]

Fantastic, thanks Mark.