Grand National Aintree Festival 2018

[Euler]

Mine is actually measuring six mins past the hour for some reason, so they will differ a little.

£2.4 vs 2.7m at 11:06

[Dallas]

My minute data had the following

2017 @ 11am £2,684,219
2018 @ 11am £2,398,226

[Simonlofc]

Ive just watched Peters National Video very good as always but wheres point 6? Tomorrows headlines? Has to be Father and Daughter both winning with Jimmy and Bryony Frost ,First female winner, Oh god its nailed on

[Dallas]

Gap widening a little more at noon to around 500k down on last year,

2017 £3.3
2018 £2.8

[Crazyskier]

I remember the days of working for Ladbrokes early 90's. I had to scramble around looking for additional staff, as the day was so manic. It truly was a great sporting spectacle back then, but it's like The FA Cup......the magic seems to have gone

Indeed, but my how the culture, languages, ethnicity and therefore traditions of the average UK citizen have changed beyond all recognition since those heady days in our once Green and Pleasant Land.

CS

[Euler]

Betdaq is on about 3% of the Betfair total, it's never really done very well on the National for me for some reason.

[ShaunWhite]

I remember the days of working for Ladbrokes early 90's. I had to scramble around looking for additional staff, as the day was so manic.

I do miss the buzz you used to get around bookies.

I agree, bookies are/were the life blood of the industry.

All the bookie bashing really is biting the hand that feeds us because their customers' money is moving to other leasure activities not just all moving to the exchanges. Nobody who has a handful of bets a year is going to open a betfair account to do it. Kill retail and you kill wholesale.

[Naffman]

Betdaq is on about 3% of the Betfair total, it's never really done very well on the National for me for some reason.

Smarkets have done £35m - god knows how much that is in Betfair terms

[Euler]

3s6d

£32m would mean at 13:00 they have matched 10% of the entire betting industries total on the Grand National. I smell a bit of a rat there.

[ShaunWhite]

I remember the days of working for Ladbrokes early 90's. I had to scramble around looking for additional staff, as the day was so manic. It truly was a great sporting spectacle back then, but it's like The FA Cup......the magic seems to have gone

Indeed, but my how the culture, languages, ethnicity and therefore traditions of the average UK citizen have changed beyond all recognition since those heady days in our once Green and Pleasant Land.

CS

But there aren't less indigenous people, just more others, and lots of these other nationalities actually have a much bigger gambling culture than 'we' do, especially Asians and those from the Caribbean.

[annuity]

In the sweepstake at work i'm on Anibale Fly and Carlingford Lough.

[dragontrades]

Do you guys make most of your profit in the last 20mins on the national or is it a steady trickle throughout the day?

[Dallas]

I normally start putting a few orders in around noon, my bulk is still in last hour

[Euler]

The market is tepid in the morning, starts gaining volume as the meeting starts then explodes in the last hour.

[dragontrades]

The market is tepid in the morning, starts gaining volume as the meeting starts then explodes in the last hour.

Lets hope betfair doesn't explode as well