1. 03-04-10 03:55 PM #1
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    Piss-ants stealing pennies on Matchbook?

    Last night I requested New Mexico -1300 (offering +1300 on TCU) on the moneyline. Somehow some piss-ant "gambler" managed to place a bet where I was risking 4c (yes, cents) to win nothing. I don't know how they do it, but it has happened to me several times before. A quick look at the last 30 days shows that it has happened to me three times. In all three cases, I was on a huge ML favorite, risking 4 cents to win nothing (as in ZERO cents).

    What is the deal with this?

    And can't MB raise the minimum bet to avoid this kind of nonsense? Is it really worth it for them to even be accepting one cent bets???
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  2. 03-04-10 04:20 PM #2
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    Fishhead found a loophole ?
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  3. 03-04-10 04:23 PM #3
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    actually you might be winning 3/10th's of a cent ( or whatever) which rounds to zero, but actually gets credited to your account.

    If somebody takes 20 cents of your offer, it shows $0/$0 on the betting page.
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  4. 03-04-10 04:24 PM #4
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    Email them.

    I think this is comedy more than anything else tbh

    Not even people in Somalia care about 4 cents? lol
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  5. 03-04-10 04:38 PM #5
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    I tested it by betting to win one cent on a dog of about +1000. It doesn't show in matched bets, but shows 0/0 in the betting window thingie, no green and $0.
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  6. 03-04-10 05:27 PM #6
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    Probably a bot hitting your line.
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  7. 03-04-10 05:28 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaug View Post
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    Not even people in Somalia care about 4 cents? lol
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  8. 03-04-10 05:34 PM #8
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    hahhahahahahahaha love the title man, too funny
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  9. 03-04-10 06:16 PM #9
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    I post a lot of lines everyday. And alot of them comes back like this....

    Ball St at Western Michigan Total 128.5 Over 128.5 (BAL/WM) +100 0.00 0.00
    Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan Total 127.5 Over 127.5 (CM/EM) +100 0.00 0.00

    It reads as risk 0.00 to win 0.00.
    It is just annoying having this garbage on your generate report page.
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  10. 03-04-10 06:37 PM #10
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  11. 03-04-10 06:54 PM #11
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    I think at least some of the players who are just betting a few cents per game may be new players who are fiddling around and testing the software.
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    bots
    get the same thing at BetFair
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  13. 03-04-10 10:21 PM #13
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    Funny you mention that, I just noticed today some bets in my wagering report that were showing up as something like winning 199.99 instead of 200. I wasn't sure if the commissions were just rounding weirdly or what.

    For the first time ever, Matchbook worked on a mobile phone I was using (a Palm Pre that just downloaded a new update) and I made a small bet to test it out, but I was nice enough to bet an entire dollar.
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  14. 03-05-10 11:31 AM #14
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    I think it is a rounding effect, I get that cent short stuff also.

    It is almost funny if this the "Office Space" effect, though.

    Get thousands of bots going, and you'll be risking $200 to win $0.
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  15. 03-06-10 03:23 PM #15
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    Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Point Spread 5.0 Georgia Tech -5.0 +100 0.05 0.04
    Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech Total 138.0 Over 138.0 (VT/GT) -125 0.05 0.04

    Is this somebody stealing pennies from me ?

    or somebody betting a "nickel" ?
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  16. 03-07-10 03:25 AM #16
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    This needs to be looked into. This "office space" thing freaks people out.
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  17. 03-08-10 09:01 AM #17
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    With the volume on Matchbook now days. Someone is trying really hard to make a couple bucks. Surely there is somewhere more lucrative for bots.
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