Excel In Play Status Not Working

[ADDA]

Hi all,

I have noticed that on certain races, with Excel integration, the "Not In Play" field does not change to "In Play". Basically, the race completes and the market becomes "Suspended" without the field ever having changed to "In Play".

I have noticed this happening in particular with greyhound races and it seems to happen with some smaller scale horse races too.

I have also seen that usually the countdown timer to the start of the race does not co-incide with the race actually starting (there is often a 1 minute or so delay from the time that the countdown timer reaches 0).

Can anyone please help with some of the following:
* Why don't some races change to "In Play"
* Is it possible to fix this?
* Is there any workaround solution for this if not?
* Is it possible to tell which races will change to "In Play" and which races will not change to "In Play"?

Thanks very much, any help will be greatly appreciated. Any related information is also welcome.
ADDA

[mak]

hi
if the market turns in play cell i3 will show Y otherwise N

[GaryRussell]

It's not a bug in the program. Most greyhound race markets are not available to bet in play. As mak says cell I3 will contain Y if the market will be available to bet in play.

The countdown timer refers to the scheduled start of the race. Races rarely start at the scheduled time. A 1 minute delay is perfectly normal.

[ADDA]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the response.

Just to clarify - do greyhound races therefore close betting before the race even begins? That is, if there is an N in cell I3, the market will become suspended at the start of a race?

Thanks again
ADDA

[Ian]

If they have pictures for the greyhound race they will suspend at the actual start. If they don't, then it will be at the scheduled race time.

[ADDA]

Thanks guys.

I was watching some US horse races last night, and they seemed to suspend without going "In Play". I looked for info in I3 and didn't see any thing. Whats happening in these cases?

[orange]

US races don't go in play.

[kiint]

It's also worth noting that US races very rarely go off at the scheduled time and it isn't unusual for the actual off time to be vastly different to the advertised time.