Problems with PlaceBet and Betplaced Event

[merbals]

Hi Guys,

First post on here so be gentle.

I have been writing some semi automation now for over 6 months it is very involved but it is there now and all works except I am having a strange problem with the PlaceBet and BetPlaced events.

Basically what is happening is I am getting up to 4 seconds of delay (Horse racing) from when I execute the PlaceBet command to when I get the BetPlaced event back. I am logging this with time stamps when I place the bet and log the prices and amount available and then log with the reference and status of the Betplaced event but I am getting 3-4 seconds in between and can't figure out why. It is driving me mad I now that my bet is not being placed until after the delay because I can see the price movement going either side of my bet after the 1 sec inplay delay.

It is very confusing and don't want to give up and just use excel as this is the only thing I am struggling with.

Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.

[Captain Sensible]

Are you placing bets under the minimum £2? It takes longer to place sub £2 bets because it need to complete 3 steps to get round the £2 limitation , each one of those is subject to the inplay delay so any bets would take at least 3 seconds plus whatever latency/time it takes betfair to process each one too.

[merbals]

I feel like such an idiot!!!!!

Captain you are the man I have spent hours upon hours trying to fix something that ain't broke! I can't believe I never thought about that before.

Thank you so much.