Tag: pre play

Betfair widen cross matching again

Betfair have gone for the big one and are going to ‘trial’ cross matching on pre-off horse racing today at Lingfield. Cross matching was initiated to ‘improve’ the fill rate on markets and eliminate the possibility of the book going over broke. As users subsequently found out, the first iteration also improved Betfair’s bottom line.

As you know, I am a keen market watcher and given enough races will be able to see the exact impact that this change …