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by dgs2001 » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:37 pm
by six gun » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:58 pm
by GaryRussell » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:17 pm
by MarkRussell » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:23 pm
by doris_day » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:14 pm
by six gun » Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:05 am
by RJM » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:23 am
six gun wrote:I found this on the Betangel website - I had been referred to the blog by a UK betting tips about something totally unrelated to betting software.
Found this by Peter Webb who posted this today
"Unfortunately Betfair suffered another outage this afternoon. Here is how I am set up to deal with such issues: -
I always have two version of Bet Angel running. One in API mode and one, with the refresh off, in non API mode (Log in via connection mode 1).
This means I can switch quickly between applications and if I am caught on one I can exit on another. We note that a site crash seems to happen in stages and having two bites of the cherry to exit works well. The site often comes back up in stages also, so it works well in either direction. This feature is worth the subscription to Bet Angel on it’s own!
In case the crash is at my end I have a back system, an iPad linked to Bet Angel via a VPS. This covers all bases in case of a catastrophic power or connection failure.
Of course you also have Betdaq that you can trade on. The liquidity on Betdaq is higher than ever at the moment and strategies that I use on one exchange tend to transplant well to the other. So whether you use Betdaq to hedge or trade outright its more viable than ever nowadays.
The connection mode feature on Bet Angel is a really useful feature in moments like today. So make sure you are familiar with it."
Does Gruss have this?
by flogger » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:53 am
The strength of Gruss Software is that it’s been designed by one of you, a frustrated sports punter, and then developed by listening to dozens of like-minded enthusiasts.
Gruss is owned and run by brothers Gary and Mark Russell. Gary discovered Betfair in 2004 and soon realised that using bespoke software to place bets was much more efficient than merely placing them through the website.
Gary built his own software and then enhanced its features after trialling it through other Betfair users and reacting to their improvement ideas, something that still happens today.
He started making a small monthly charge so he could work on it full-time and then recruited Mark to help develop the products and Gruss Software was born.
We think it’s the best of its kind and so do a lot of our customers. But you can never stand still in this game and we’ll continue to improve the software if any more great ideas emerge.