{"id":10461,"date":"2014-12-28T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T10:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=10461"},"modified":"2015-01-31T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T15:19:43","slug":"day-somebody-1k-caused-600m-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/12\/28\/day-somebody-1k-caused-600m-error\/","title":{"rendered":"The day somebody with \u00a31k caused a \u00a3600m error"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years ago today we were treated to a day of spectacular proportions. It seems to have slipped into the\u00a0history books a bit so I thought I would reprise it for your enjoyment and delight.<\/p>\n

On this this day at the Christmas hurdle at Leopardstown something went very, very wrong. Voler La Vedette ran home to take that race, but for most of the race \u00a321m was available to back at good odds. Nobody it seemed was\u00a0able to take all that money in-running however and ‘only’ \u00a31.6m was matched, meaning the loser would have to pay out a cool \u00a344.8m to the backers. That never happened though, despite promises. I posted a few plausible theories.<\/p>\n

Everywhere went into meltdown that day.\u00a0For the full story you need to read the\u00a0full blog posts, but also the forum posts for the race.<\/a> I’ve listed them all for your enjoyment: –<\/p>\n

Bet Angel forum posts<\/a><\/p>\n

Biggest ever loss on Betfair?<\/a><\/p>\n

How to lay \u00a3600m worth of bets on Betfair<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a31k account caused \u00a3600m of error<\/a><\/p>\n

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Three years ago today we were treated to a day of spectacular proportions. It seems to have slipped into the\u00a0history books a bit so I thought I would reprise it for your enjoyment and delight. On this this day at the Christmas hurdle at Leopardstown something went very, very wrong. Voler La Vedette ran home […]<\/p>\n

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