Can you define what you mean by 'gambling' here, Pat? It's not a term that I see here often, albeit one that might define our activities collectively.

LG

I guess what I mean is: are you hoping to make money on each race, or do you know you will make money on each race. Or, can you use your bots knowing that overall you're 100% going to be making money each week.

Outstanding stuff Pat - looks like a very succinct summary for the transition a recreational punter must make - take to become a professional gambler. Enlightening stuff.

Cheers LG

A bot is simply automating a manual strategy.
A bot doesn't mean you will win, even inbuilt strategies have their flaws.
If a manual strategy works over the long term, a bot simply is unattended betting, so you can run your stategy without having to manually submit bets for every race.

Yep, a bot can be a wonderful way to slowly but surely empty a betfair account, with little or not input from that savvy account holder, other than topping up funds as required...

yes i'd say the first and longest serving EDP acronym
"GIGO" certainly can apply to BOTS.