When exactly does the Fill or Kill timer start?

[lNINl]

Hi,
When exactly does the Fill or Kill timer start?
Specifically in the scenario when BA doesn't receive a response to a bet placement for say 20 seconds because the internet connection stopped right after placing a bet. Does the Fill or Kill timer start when the request is sent to betfair or does it start when the response is finally received after 20 seconds (even though the bet was presumably placed a while before this) ?

Thanks

[Captain Sensible]

Hi,
When exactly does the Fill or Kill timer start?
Specifically in the scenario when BA doesn't receive a response to a bet placement for say 20 seconds because the internet connection stopped right after placing a bet. Does the Fill or Kill timer start when the request is sent to betfair or does it start when the response is finally received after 20 seconds (even though the bet was presumably placed a while before this) ?

Thanks

You'd need Gary to confirm the exact details but at an educated guess i'd say any fill/kill timer would start from when the program has received the bet response, and bet reference, from Betfair.

You can't cancel single bets without the bet reference which only gets returned from a successful placebet request, Obviously it's possible you could try and prempt receiving a bet reference and start the timer from bet submission but it would get overcomplicated with all the error trapping you'd need to input and various in play delays. It'd make much more sense to start the timer when the bet reference has been confirmed.

The bet response does also give the time the bet was matched and I've no idea if BA's timer uses the actual bet taken time or time the bet reference was received by BA. If pushed I'd say it uses the time the bet reference is returned to BA not the actual bet timestamp.

[lNINl]

Yeah, i guess it would only make sense to start the timer after the bet reference has been received.