help required formula betting changing "in play"/"idle" favourite

Hi,

I would like to bet the fav "in play"/"idle" and trigger another bet with a differing bet amount whenever there is a new fav.
eg: blackjack (fav) 2.70 bet 5
Geronimo (newfav) 2.40 bet 10% higher bet 5.5
I'd like the trigger to detect whenever there is a new fav in the event and place an amount of x% more than the previous bet amount.
Any help to design the trigger much appreciated.
thanks
R

hi
your betting trigger would have to be set to
no more than 1.00 sec (1.00 more or less your choice)
set to favorite
in the amount box type
default_backa+(market_mbnum*.10)
and selections back matched is equal to 0 (important miss this and you will have muliple bets per sec)
and selections back unmatched is equal to 0 (important miss this and you will have muliple bets per sec)

alter the .10 to the percent that you want to increase .10=10%

mcbee

mcbee,

Thanks for the formula. Two queries I have.
1) the formula you gave me goes up in increments of 10. What
I was looking for is the new bet to be say 10% higher than the last bet.
eg: 5.00, 5.50, 6.05, 6.66 etc.
2) if a horse is fav more than once during "in play"/"idle" then it should be bet each time. In other words the trigger should not recognise horse name.
Thanks again
R

hi
it is .10 NOT 10
the trigger will keep betting on any selection that becomes favourite and has no matched or unmatched amounts.
BUT to set the trigger to bet each time the selection becomes the favourite, it would just keep placing bets every sec, not a good idea.
you could set the trigger to only place a bet if the back price is less than the back matched price

mcbee

Hi mcbee,

I copied and pasted your formula "default_backa+(market_mbnum*.10)"
However that increases the bets by increments of 10 using a 5.00 bet stake
they appear as follows 5.10, 5.20, 5.30, 5.40 etc.
What I am trying to achieve is to increase the bet by 10% from
the last bet. So if last bet was 5.00 then next bet is 5.00*1.1 =5.50 and next bet would be 5.50*1.1= 6.05.
The idea is to bet only when a change of favourite.
eg: Horse A @ 2.80 Fav bet = 5.00 ...... then B becomes fav at 2.30
So Horse B @ 2.30 Fav bet = 5.50 (5.00*1.1=5.50)........ then A becomes fav again
So Horse A @ 2.10 Fav bet = 6.05 (5.50*1.1=6.05) etc etc
The fav order may only change a couple of times in a race so there would only be a handful of bets at most in one race, but they could involve the same horses swapping fav order.
Hope this is clearer
Many thanks if a solution could be found.
R

hi
default_backa+(bm_backa*.10)

mcbee

hi mcbee,

seems like it has to be done in excel as changing fav order
as I explained below, is not possible.
R

hi
it all depends on how many bets you want to place per fav selection
if you set a trigger to once every 1 sec, then every time the fav odds drop, it would place a bet .

mcbee

hi mcbee,

I only want to bet on fav order changes as mentioned above.
If horse A is fav then that would be my first bet
if horse B takes over as fav then I want to bet that horse. If horse A
becomes fav again I want to again bet that horse.
In the above example I would have bet horse A twice and horse B once so a total of only three bets on the race.
I am curious to know what conditions would be required to bet only when fav changes.
Maybe it can't be done using the build trigger and excel may be required.
I hope I am explaining it clearly
thanks
R

hi
i think i understand now
only place a second bet if the fav changes, not the odds.
maybe this could be used
bm_backid
long integer
The ID of the last non-SP matched back bet that you placed on the selection

it sounds like it records the last sel id
so a condition with
and selections trigger expression sel_id is not equal to bm_backid

i have to many bots running at the moment to test the example, but i will look further into it when i can

mcbee

Hi
Hope you don't mind me adding to this topic.
Try the attached trigger in test mode. It is the basic mechanics of backing the next change of favourite. If you are happy with it then add mcbee's amount formula.

Thanks mcbee for your patience. I know you are extremely busy.
If I could bet each time there is a fav change which means a horse
could be bet more than once during idle/in play modes. A simple example
if the first two favs took turns being fav say 3 times each then we have three bets
on each horse. eg; horse A, Horse B, Horse A, Horse B, Horse A, Horse B.
A selection id as you say would be required to identify that a horse has become fav and is different from last fav bet but could be same as 2nd last fav bet.
If that makes sense.
When time permits
Many Thanks
R

Hi MarkV,
Thanks for your input, yes it helps me for sure.
My next question is how can I keep repeating the process
as shown in my last posting as the fav changes throughout
the idle/in play which could be ten or more minutes and could
alternate between two or three horses and each horse could
be fav more than once as explained in last posting.
Thanks again for helping this new kid on the block. I'm
trying to learn a little everyday.
R

Hi
Try the last attached trigger at post 10 in test mode. I have not fully tested it, but it should do as you ask. Let me know though if it does not.

hi
it is placing multiple bets for some reason.
but it is on the right track
also i had to add another trigger to set the variable to 0
because it was only betting in 1 race and missing all others after if the fav was the same index

mcbee

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