Excel in-play bet delay

[coco999]

Hi

Does anyone know the reason for the 1 second bet delay from Excel, for in-running selections?

Is it a BA or Betfair thing?

Regards

[doris_day]

Betfair always add an in-running delay. For horse racing its 1 second and for other sports its generally longer

[coco999]

Thanks Doris.

Whats betfairs reason for this? any idea?
What is the delay in football?

Regards

[Ian]

It's because of the picture delay. It gives you some chance of cancelling bets before being picked off (in theory !!). On football, it depends on the league - it's something like 7 secs for Spanish matches.

[GaryRussell]

Here is Betfair's answer from their help section.
http://help.betfair.com/contents/itemId ... ex.en.html