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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Congratulations on Your Forthcoming Marriage, Sania

Geplaatst door The Rev. All Green op 10:11 PM Labels: burn, mirza, players, sania, tennis

Indian rightwing nationalist protestors burn an effigy of tennis player Sania Mirza in Mumbai on March 31, 2010. The Indian tennis star confirmed March 30 she will marry Pakistani cricket star Shoaib Malik, forming a unique union bridging the two nations' bitter sporting and political divide.

It's nice when everyone in your country supports you.

Monday, March 29, 2010

A Profitable Week

Geplaatst door The Rev. All Green op 11:23 PM Labels: result

It's been awhile, but there you go. Two profitable weeks in a row.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Andy Murray is Not English. He's Not Even British

Geplaatst door The Rev. All Green op 12:18 PM

At least according to the BBC:

...British interest in the Sony Ericsson Open is over after Elena Baltacha was beaten 6-1 6-3 by Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the second round in Miami...

That's what you get for not playing Davis Cup, Andy.
The question now remains, if he's not British, what is he ? Finnish ? Anyway, any country that wants him, can pick him up at their local McDonald's Drive-Thru.

source: BBC

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Natural habitat

Geplaatst door The Rev. All Green op 7:22 PM

For Flipper anyway. (That's Kirsten Flipkens for any of you WTA illiterates)

Monday, March 22, 2010

Purple Day

Geplaatst door The Rev. All Green op 11:25 PM

Move all liquidity from Betfair for a day because:

Ever increasing charges - both the Premium Charge and higher demands for points discount (not that I pay them)
A total PR disaster with the introduction of the Premium Charge and the way Betfair went about doing it. There was no way of checking whether you will be liable and how much you are likely to pay. Even nowadays its extremely complicated to find out exactly how much you are likely to pay. Just shows they treat customers like dirt.
Banning users from the forums for a lifetime for the slightest offence (scandalous !)
Probably the worst customer service not only in the betting industry (you have to be a certified mug to work at their helpdesk)
Too little investment in technology compared to what other exchanges working in competitive markets spend (e.g. futures exchanges - CME, Eurex, Liffe) which shows in many horrific market failures costing some customers massive amounts. It also shows in how slow API is compared to how for example futures markets operate.