Well, Mark, it depends --- from the Betfair site:

• There is no fee for UK debit card and aaaaa Laser card deposits. There is a 1.5% fee for all other debit and credit card deposits. Some card issuers impose additional charges for credit card deposits and customers should contact their card issuer for details of any charges that may be applied.

If you use a CC card you get a 1.5% charge, but if you deposit via direct bank deposit or use BPay there is no charge.

I've made one deposit to BF by CC, charge = zero.
I've opened 4 a/c's with different bookies, all by CC, charge = zero.
Also opened an a/c with NSW TAB by CC, charge = $2.20 as it was treated as a cash advance.

From what i remember Mark betfair never used to charge for CC deposits because i can remember this from before i was banned, but since we can now use them the charge is there.

While we are on the subject of betfair i have a question that i know the answer to but brain won't respond.

I had a double today and after the first leg winner my possible return on the second leg was $255.60 my outlay on the double was $10 what is the best way to lay my second leg runner for maximum return no matter what happens.

Hey Bhagwan or anyone else for that matter I gather you've had a good look at that betfair linked software...just been looking into a few myself.

What I'm trying to do is find something that allows me to setup something at the start of the raceday that does a check on a requested market say 1 min prior to the start and does a check on the curent price and bets according to my rules.

eg if between 1.1 and 5 bet 20
if between 5.10 and 10 bet 10
if between 10.1 and 20 bet 20

Looking at BetTrader Pro I'm not sure I can achieve that.

Thinking maybe Betting Assistant but appreciate anyone's thoughts or experience.

Cheers

The second choice is the best option, cheap to use and will do what you want, you do need to have some excel knowledge to get it to do what you want but nothing impossible and plenty of help from thier forum.

I got the answer to my question a member uploaded a document that would do what i want and the formulas are visible so i can add to my own sheets.

Hi Steve,
Try, Bet IE
or
LayBotPro, this one needs one to nominate if 1st,2nd,3rd or 4th Fav in the live market then set the price parameters , it is also the simplest to use which is important with some of these things because they can be confusing to set up.

There is a free trial with some of these also.

Some others to look at which are more complicated to set up are...
Market Feeder Pro
AutoBet
BetGrail
Auto-Betfair 1.0

Cheers.

Mark, they state 1 &1/2 % charge for a Credit Card Deposit, so if they are NOT charging you, I have no idea why?
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