Rule 4 Support

I meant to post this question whilst Cheltenham was on and forgot. I see that a number of you place you bets on the horses the night before the race sometimes (mainly down to work commitments) – esp during Cheltenham I saw, how to go on around Rule 4 deductions? I am missing an easy workround?

I only did horses the day before a couple of times and sadly lost £19 on one such bet due to rule 4, since then I have generally tried to only do them just before the off, sadly this means I miss out on most of the offers due to work commitments etc

Thanks as always for any input you have

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nick2punt 12 March 25, 2016 at 10:48 pm

Losing money isn’t ‘sad’. Someone losing their life is ‘sad’.

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dmc 3 March 26, 2016 at 1:22 pm

Only experienced this once. Smarkets reduced the odds of my lay due to rule 4 also. (there was a difference in how much Sky Vs Smarkets reduced the bet by, but as it was a free bet anyway think I got £18 back rather than the £20 I was expecting)

So the question I would be asking is why didn’t your exchange invoke rule 4 when the bookmaker did? Did you pause between your back and lay bet?

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Mark 1 March 27, 2016 at 3:03 am

If your back and lay bets are both placed before the horses withdrawn it will equal out more or less. Yeah the exchange and the bookies perhaps don’t all use the same deduction methods but its just something you have to live with.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter I. E. If your backing a horse with best odds guaranteed and the SP is bigger than or equal to what you backed it at in the first place you won’t have any deductions at the bookie so if it wins no problem.

At the end of the day it’s the cost of doing business and I don’t worry about it, just suck up the loss and move on.

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Pickle 60 March 27, 2016 at 10:57 am

I think last time it happened to me i actually came out further ahead. Swings and roundabouts id say unless your doing the bet365 4/1 offer where rule 4 drops you below the minimum price.

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