Ah! I see the light becareful :wink:

Betfair are running a promotion that whoever can get the most Aussie referals to Betfair win a prize of AUS$1300, so by joining up thru a link from a particular website it puts that website in the running for the prize.

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Paddy,

Yes I do get a commission if people join betfair through my website - but I don't think I would ever be in the running for the prize you mention - my website isn't that popular! Given the amount of time I have put into running the tipping competition with no compensation I didn't think it was unreasonable to try to get a little bit back through referrals - I doubt whether it will ever amount to more than a few dollars per hour for the time I have spent :smile:

I only put banners on my website if it is a product I use myself and think is worth recommending to others - having used Betfair I believe that it offers a huge advantage to punters over the traditional TAB and Bookie offerings we currently have here - I would say at least 50% of my Saturday turnover will be through them from now on with the TAB/IAS used for the meetings they don't cover or when the price is better.

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becareful,

You sound like an advertisement on BETFAIR :smile:

Becareful
If you don't mind me asking, which credit card did you use to open your a/c. I tried with a Citibank Visa, it was declined. When I rang the bank they said that they were not allowed to trasfer funds to merchants that appear to be pornographic or gambling sites. Sounds like the govt is wielding the big stick already. After all it is my money!

Mark,

It was an ANZ Visa card. Actually ANZ called me about 15 minutes after I put the transaction through to confirm that I had authorised it but it was approved with no problems.

It seems very "big brotherish" for the bank to tell you who you can and cannot do business with! Fair enough to give people the option to block their card being used for gambling transactions if they want to protect themselves but to apply a ban to all cardholders without exception seems ridiculous.

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I rang Betfair just now, they suggested Electronic Bank Transfer & said that should be in my a/c within 24 hours. Really pushing it to be ready for Saturday.

Mark,

Betfair is covering Eagle Farm tomorrow as well as Caulfield and Rosehill. I suspect Adelaide may not be too far away! They also covered Mooney Valley tonight but given the general quality of the fields I gave that a miss! Good luck if you have a go at being the bookie for a change!


Paddy,
Just checked that $1300 prize you mentioned and I am not eligible to win it - that only applies if you personally refer people via email not if you have an advertisement on your website.

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Thanks for the update becareful. I think you might be referring to the 'refer a friend' program.

But hey, go for it :wink: let's hope we can help build up on those $20 introductory kickbacks. Better in your pocket than theirs.

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Betfair is the greatest thing to happen to Australian punters in the last millenium.

Why?

Because I have just had a large number of bets that I simply cannot lose on.

I have laid some favourites at short prices and backed them for subsanially longer prices.

Get in while you can because the odds will surely come into line as more people get wind of this and start using the service regularly.

When could you ever have a bet and be assured of making money win lose or draw!!!

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Alas, my a/c was not up & running for today. I have been a regular racegoer for around 25 years (showing my age there) but I fear I may have been to my last race meeting. I sat in front of the computer today, back & forth between IAS & Betfair, recording dummy bets, (laying of course)& have never seen better value. You could have easily layed Northerly today at $1.25 & within 5 minutes freely backed it back at $1.33, that sort of value is too good to pass up. About 20 years ago I read an article in Racetrack Magazine about racing in the future. It stated that not only would there be night racing, but, there would be nobody at the track, as all the punters would be at their personal computers betting between each other. At the time I scoffed at the thought of not being at the track, however the future is now here. My real concern now is what measures our mealy mouthed politicians will take to ruin this betting revolution.
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