‘Technical glitch’ blamed for betfair lay gaffe

BETFAIR have confirmed a technical fault with a “bot” was to blame for the remarkable betting patterns that took place during Wednesday’s woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown.

The betting exchange eventually voided all in-running bets on the race after one customer, who Betfair have also confirmed was UK-based, laid easy winner Voler La Vedette for £21,474,836 at 29 (28-1).

This would have left the customer with a maximum liability of close to £600million.