Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=20160946'>posted</a> on 11/06/2013:

Mike,

I have never encountered a software so confusing. Why are there two options for 'back' and 'lay'? Take the Rangers NHL game today. I click on Rangers +140 LAY and enter $5 and it says bet accepted, but then I see I risked $7 on the Penguins at -128. Huh? I've been betting for over 10 years and I still don't get what's going on here. Why are these pink buttons here at all? Also, 'lay' means betting a favorite. 'Back' has no gambling meaning. You can 'back' any team you want. So 'back' vs. 'lay' does not clarify anything for me. Maybe this is a Euro thing?

The main reason I don't use the new software is because I'm worried I'll make a $5000 wager quickly and I'll get the wrong line, or worse, the wrong side, because the software is confusing. I have had accounts at hundreds of online sportsbooks, and if you click the odds next to a team, you're going to be betting on that team. The above example shows this isn't necessarily the case here, and I'm not going to unlearn 10 years of betting instinct overnight.

Next, I need to see where all the pending money is. I can't see that from just selecting the league. That just shows me the volume on the best available number which might be $10. But if I click on a specific game to see all the pending money, I can no longer view other games in the league. The classic version allows me to easily see all the games going on in a league, and I can quickly scroll up and down and see everything going on. It is way too slow switching between games to make any timely moves, and for this reason I am not comfortable making multiple significant offers.

This is supposed to be a trading website, and a trading site has to be fast and show you everything you need to know on one screen. I find the site to be very slow, probably because of excessive features. The new Greek software for example is lightning quick. A less fancy but functional website is what high volume traders want, and I think others have also indicated they prefer the classic view.

Each iteration of the matchbook website, in my opinion, has made the site worse. The classic view allows you to see an entire league, all accepted bets, and all pending bets. That's all I want. I would not pay much attention to the opinion of air bettors such as JJGOLD who are more concerned about looks and features but who are never going to give you any meaningful volume.

BAUS