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OK, the concept of trading is laying at a lower price than you back at. But if you can’t do that, then the next best thing is to scratch your trade.<\/p>\n

If I back \u00a32000 at 3.18 and then lay that back at 3.18 for the same amount, what is the net result?<\/p>\n

Zero, of course. But this doesn’t appear to be the case any longer? I can’t honestly see how you could get a rounding error on this simple calculation, but one appears to be occurring. I’ve seen others report the same issue so I’ve raised this with Betfair.<\/p>\n

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OK, the concept of trading is laying at a lower price than you back at. But if you can’t do that, then the next best thing is to scratch your trade. If I back \u00a32000 at 3.18 and then lay that back at 3.18 for the same amount, what is the net result? Zero, of […]<\/p>\n

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