Rate Smarkets

[jjgold]

It's an exchange in the United Kingdom

In my opinion very light volume

I'm pretty sure it's fairly well regulated though

[Optional]

Think a lot of the liquidity is market makers laying off on Betfair.

Don't think it's a lot of use if you can also access Betfair.

[superhans]

Pros -

* 2% commission
* Quick payouts

Cons -

* Poor liquidity
* Prices dont auto update
* will break every saturday just before the horse racing starts
* awful awful inplay liquidity
* Anything waiting to be matched will cancel at inplay
* Limited football (soccer) markets. No first goal scorer etc

The past 6 months I use it more than betfair for the major markets. Anything else and I have to go to betfair

[minet123]

[jjgold]

Software is from a HS kid
It has potential but thousands of miles away from being good

[King_Suckerman]

The past 6 months I use it more than betfair for the major markets. Anything else and I have to go to betfair

Agree.

[jjgold]

do yo guys think $1900 British Pounds is a lot on a market??

If I saw that at Betfair it would be considered dead non existent market

[King_Suckerman]

do yo guys think $1900 British Pounds is a lot on a market??

If I saw that at Betfair it would be considered dead non existent market

Its enough for me. How much are you betting?

[Hareeba!]

do yo guys think $1900 British Pounds is a lot on a market??

If I saw that at Betfair it would be considered dead non existent market

"$1900 British Pounds" ... what sort of weird currency is that?

Are you referring to total matched on the market or money available on one line?
If the latter, that's a reasonable amount in my book if the odds are competitive.

[jjgold]

matched bets

[King_Suckerman]

The Man Utd match tonight shows £111,688 and rising traded on the 1x2 market.

[xtrader]

There were probably millions traded on that game at Betfair. On the Nadal match tonight it was 1/2 m on Betfair prematch that rose to over 2m during the first set. At Smarkets volume was only a few K and didn't increase very much during in play. They have good offers, with odds being very similar to Betfair and sufficient depth but they are just not getting matched.

[jjgold]

There were probably millions traded on that game at Betfair. On the Nadal match tonight it was 1/2 m on Betfair prematch that rose to over 2m during the first set. At Smarkets volume was only a few K and didn't increase very much during in play. They have good offers, with odds being very similar to Betfair and sufficient depth but they are just not getting matched.

Yes you hit the nail on the head..one tennis match at betfair gets more volume than smarkets does in 1 month

[dynamite140]

Why does it matter to you? You don't even bet there at all. What with all these threads?

[jjgold]

Telling indicator is website software also on a lot of books

This place just not ready yet and extremely confusing software or should I say non-user-friendly

[wakefield23]

I have been playing there since 2012, basically as a complement of Betfair, never had any problem. Their big problem is the poor liquidity, but they are definitely legit.

And the software is intuitive and perfectly functional, i´m not sure what you´re talking about, jjgold.

[King_Suckerman]

...i´m not sure what you´re talking about, jjgold.

JJ doesn't know either

[jjgold]

Way too many clicks to find a market

It's not organize great and doesn't look sharp

The liquidity has never grown

[dynamite140]

Way too many clicks to find a market

It's not organize great and doesn't look sharp

The liquidity has never grown

Why are you concerned about liquidity when you bet $100 a game? Thats more than enough liquidity for someone like you.


I don't know whats with most of these posts of yours. Seems like you just posting nonsense now and stuff that doesn't concern you.


Also why make threads about sites that you can't play on?

[jjgold]

I monitor books across the world and everything I say is very very accurate

Smarkets is a nickel and dime exchange

There's only one real all around exchange in the world and it is betfair

Matchbook is more of a pre-game exchange

[superhans]

If you're betting top European league football, and UK horses then Smarkets is fine

Anything else you need betfair

Be interesting to see their liquidity for the breeders cup

[tommygun]

1900 is chicken feed

[tommygun]

i gave smarkets a chance, but was annoyed by their low liquidity

[jjgold]

i gave smarkets a chance, but was annoyed by their low liquidity

yes..it never has grown and never will

Betfair has market cornered