In-Play Betting on Euro 2008 with Betfair

[mirand]

Not quite a system, but a heads up !!

If you are betting on Euro 2008 games while in-play with Betfair this may be of use.

I was in-play betting watching the game on Freeview and found that the Freeview transmissions are 4 seconds behind what Befair are seeing.

How do I now this ? The Betfair market was suspended 4 seconds before I saw Sweden score, indicating that the man at Betfair with the suspend button was watching transmissions 4 seconds ahead of me.

If you also add the 5 seconds in-play bet placement delay, it means that if you are watching the match on freeview and place a bet, your bet will be placed a total of 9 seconds behind the current state of play.

Does anyone know what the delay on other transmission sources is ? Like Virgin media, sky and analogue?

[Dave Mardell]

They probably hit suspend any time a team looks like scoring rather than when the ball actually goes in.