Wow! Betfair....

I know that I'm old and barely glance at South African racing nowadays so please forgive me if I missed one of the most significant changes in the South African betting market since I came into racing 55 years ago.
BETFAIR IS NOW LEGALLY AVAILABLE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET!
It took 20+ years but we can now all back or lay horses or punt in running.
Wow!
Again - I apologise if this is old hat but I would have expected it to be all over South African racing news. I could find nothing.

Hi Garrick 

Yes its eventually here and have been checking the liquidity 

Spoke about a banner link for the site 

Cheers 🍻 Dave 

Race Coast Western Cape

🤫 

It's a secret....................

Hasta la vista traditional bookmakers!

i have opened an account and was told that at the moment its still a soft launch, hence the poor liquidity especially on local racing .
Have been assured that when the official launch is announced, the liquidity will certainly improve.

on the english racing and sports on the other hand , you will not be short on getting it matched.

sports betting to 101% vs local "hobos"(thieves), betting to 120% + in many instances and bluffing the unassumed client that the cash out market is your saviour, when actually its daylight robbery , compared to betfair trading .

to the traders , they have a system built in for free called trading view, similar to bet angel whive gave the professionals an edge in trading , but its on this platform free of charge.

commission on both racing and sport is 5%.

payouts are within an hour

deposits instant.

if local bookies dont up their game, im sorry to say they are hasta la vista

if you enjoy having a bet , this is the place.

if you lose now, its your fault, you had the choice to back it or lay it.

and to be honest , this platform will be one way of policing racing

happy days ahead.

also been told that regarding limits, your balance is your limit

i have opened an account and was told that at the moment its still a soft launch, hence the poor liquidity especially on local racing .
Have been assured that when the official launch is announced, the liquidity will certainly improve.

on the english racing and sports on the other hand , you will not be short on getting it matched.

sports betting to 101% vs local "hobos"(thieves), betting to 120% + in many instances and bluffing the unassumed client that the cash out market is your saviour, when actually its daylight robbery , compared to betfair trading .

to the traders , they have a system built in for free called trading view, similar to bet angel whive gave the professionals an edge in trading , but its on this platform free of charge.

commission on both racing and sport is 5%.

payouts are within an hour

deposits instant.

if local bookies dont up their game, im sorry to say they are hasta la vista

if you enjoy having a bet , this is the place.

if you lose now, its your fault, you had the choice to back it or lay it.

and to be honest , this platform will be one way of policing racing

happy days ahead.

also been told that regarding limits, your balance is your limit

the place market , is another market where the local thieves took full advantage of us.
on betfair , its the correct percentages, got 2 to place, 3 to place, 4 to place, A vs B ,etc etc
in sa you will have to take a 10th of the price in some instances on a place bet.

You can now bet on Ozzie racing and get the "fair" prices.
Don't know about local racing yet.

Happy days indeed!

Checking betfairs prices and Leifling, favourite,is trading at 4.2 and 4.4 lay
Hollywood 18-10

Race 5 The Big Bang 5-2 Hollywood 
6 and 6.8 Betfair 
These bookies are taking us for fools

durbs wrote:

Race 5 The Big Bang 5-2 Hollywood 
6 and 6.8 Betfair 
These bookies are taking us for fools

I agree - but tried to open an account with Betfar - the message displayed to me that I need to FICA - and when I tried that it did not work 

Are you using the sa link frodo ?