The fat fingers thread

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andyfuller
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Was pre race
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Exacta
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The thing i dont understand is why would a bot back in something at 1000's?
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PeterLe
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Thanks Andy
Worthwhile looking into ..when I get time!

Exacta - Its probably due to bad programming...
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sweetybt
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a bot of mine backed a horse down to 1.05 on a US horse place market last Wednesday

This was because I touched the mouse by mistake resulting in a click on the wong part of the screen.

I lost 200 quid.

If I'd had a cat......
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LeTiss
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Exacta wrote:The thing i dont understand is why would a bot back in something at 1000's?
It's easy to do when the scripting is poor

When I first started messing about with bots, I had a command to back any selection with a certain weight of money when the book dropped to a certain %.

This needed fine tuning when it placed a bet of £25 at odds of 980

:lol:
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andyfuller
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Done Pre Race when BF cocked up the market and cleared the market - good job it was only for £1 as the horse won!
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Exacta
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Saw the market suspend but was just confused so didn't see this. Thanks for posting it.
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andyfuller
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One of the normal BF traders got carried away with the actual BF Shares today ;)
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Probably one of the biggest cocks up I have ever seen. Somebody is about to take a massive bath on this race!
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Exacta
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WTF!
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andyfuller
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Did you manage to lay much Peter? Biggest I have ever seen as well.
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PeterLe
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Bloody Hell!
They will be on beans on toast till Christmas!
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andyfuller wrote:Did you manage to lay much Peter? Biggest I have ever seen as well.
I got a bit but not at 1.08 and not for £50k. You have to feel sorry for the person who did that. £50k at 1.08 on a 200/1 shot. :(
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sweetybt
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I switched over just as this was happening, I thought it was inplay because the book was at 116 or something.
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hgodden
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Did it not all get swallowed up almost immediately by bots then? If not it must have been quite a panic for people who saw it to start hammering away at what was left, I dream about things like that!
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