Market Update Frequency

 
The dynamic information that is displayed on the Markets and Selections lists is updated at varying intervals depending on the sport, the time (relative to the market start) and status of each market as shown in the table below:
 
In View
Has Plan
In Play
 
Update Frequency (seconds)
 
 
 
 
Horse Racing
Football
Tennis
Basket
ball
Golf
Cricket
Ice Hockey
No
No
No
More than 2 mins before the start.
Less than 2 mins before the start.
30
10
30
10
30
10
30
10
30
10
30
10
30
10
No
No
Yes
 
5
60
60
60
60
60
60
No
Yes
No
More than 2 mins before the start.
Less than 2 mins before the start.
20
5
20
10
20
10
20
10
20
10
20
10
20
10
No
Yes
Yes
 
0.3
20
20
15
30
30
15
Yes
No
No
 
2
10
10
10
10
10
10
Yes
No
Yes
 
1
10
10
10
10
20
10
Yes
Yes
No
More than 2 mins before the start.
Less than 2 mins before the start.
2
1
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
0.3
10
10
10
10
20
10
 
Note that these are only target frequencies and are not guaranteed. They are dependent on various factors:
•The number of markets in the market list.
•The number of markets with a betting plan.
•The number of markets that are in-play simultaneously.
•The network speed of the user.
•The Betfair host server for the market (obtaining data from the Australian server is slower than that from the GB server when the user is in the UK for example).
Note also that if the Manual Trading Interface is enabled then the above update rates still apply to bet plans, but the screen will always be updated at approximately once per second.