Back the Likely Winner Automation Bot for Horse Racing
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I'm, wondering if it is worth backing more pre-off or not, might test that in practice mode to see what it does
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Oh..and races starting late, that would surely mess things a bit?TallblokeUK wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:40 pmI'm, wondering if it is worth backing more pre-off or not, might test that in practice mode to see what it does
in theory back the likely winner should go on in the last few seconds anyway, at least the original version did - most of the time. I have had a very low odds-on fav where the likely winner bet went on before half - distance and it then got turned over right at the end.
There is a database somewhere showing typical times for races at different tracks. In theory you would have a different piece of automation for every race length at every track - certainly for sprints - and you could time it so the rule was active after a certain time eg last 1/4 of or 1/5 race in play time.
as regards 2 runners there at the end I think Dallas said to put a condition on second placed horse being over 2.00 or similar for your final bet to go on.
but its very hard to cover all eventualities ...
as regards checking to see if fav has been the fav all race that is more tricky. probably best to do it via signals - somehow ... Maybe better minds than mine can have a think
Got it . I think.as regards checking to see if fav has been the fav all race that is more tricky. probably best to do it via signals - somehow ... Maybe better minds than mine can have a think
if you had a signal named 'fav' and used a counter for betangel to check 1st placed horse every couple of seconds and to increment the signal value on that horse accordingly you would soon get a picture of how dominant the horse has been by the signal value when the bet goes on. Again it goes back to race length. Or I suppose you could put a condition on the fav value for all other runners being zero ?
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Yup, I've got that running as well.as regards 2 runners there at the end I think Dallas said to put a condition on second placed horse being over 2.00 or similar for your final bet to go on.
To be honest the in play back bet is more of a "hedge" that could mitigate some loss rather then make a profit... or at least that is what it seems like!
Just looked in on these last few posts and spotted your last paragraph, you are indeed right about signals for this and there's another example that does exactly that which you can download from hereiggypop37 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:51 pmin theory back the likely winner should go on in the last few seconds anyway, at least the original version did - most of the time. I have had a very low odds-on fav where the likely winner bet went on before half - distance and it then got turned over right at the end.
There is a database somewhere showing typical times for races at different tracks. In theory you would have a different piece of automation for every race length at every track - certainly for sprints - and you could time it so the rule was active after a certain time eg last 1/4 of or 1/5 race in play time.
as regards 2 runners there at the end I think Dallas said to put a condition on second placed horse being over 2.00 or similar for your final bet to go on.
but its very hard to cover all eventualities ...
as regards checking to see if fav has been the fav all race that is more tricky. probably best to do it via signals - somehow ... Maybe better minds than mine can have a think
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=15573
It looks from 10secs into a race but you can edit that to start looking at the off or pre-off or whenever you want
Also 2nd post of this thread has a spreadsheet with the standard times for all distances and courses
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=11627
Short answer is no
You can ask it to trigger and place the bet once the price has hit 1.25 (then hope its matched)
But if the price starts to drift during Betfair 1 second in-running bet delay you will be matched at whatever the best price is
Ignoring the in-play delay part your basically asking if the bet can be returned/cancelled if the price drifts straight after you've backed it