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Bidding Time:
14/09/2004 06:46 - 02/10/2004 06:46
Budget:
$0-2000
Status:
Closed

Job Type:
C/C++, Javascript, Java, .NET, JSP
Description:



What I want is a software that can scan in real time about 100 bookmakers
websites, retrieve the odds for the sports events and sound an alert when an
arbitrage opportunity is available.

My platform at the moment is Windows xp on Pentium IV 1700 Mhz, 389 MB ram,
Internet speed DSL 1240 Kbps. (I can change this if necessary, except for the
windows platform)

For those who don't know what a sport arbitrage is, please read the full
explanation at www.zero-risk-arbitrage.com.

This software is for personal use. I'm a subscriber of zero-risk-arbitrage
service, and I'm working with it using a big amount of money. This service (the
best arbitrage alert service available) alerts by email when his software finds
an arbitrage opportunity. Their software is what I want. When their software
finds an arbitrage opportunity, it sends an email to their subscribers. Since
the subscribers number is growing, the arbitrage opportunity is available only
for the 10-20 fastest to place the suggested bets. If someone out there is able
to clone their software, I could skip the email sending (by them) and receiving
(by me), which should be 1-2 minutes of time. This would give me a huge
advantage.

Currently their software scans 84 bookies, bookmakers and bet markets, and this
is what my software has to do. My software has to scan also www.xe.com, to
retrieve the exchange rates between USD, GBP and EUR. Their software found about
50000 opportunities since 2004-03-25. That's more than 250 everyday.
Their software scans for the odds of about 20 sports, but 93% of the
opportunities are on Tennis, Soccer, NHL and NFL. I want my software to scan
only these sports.

My software must have an options menu, where I can set up manually some
informations about the bookmakers (currency, accepted payments, bet limits,
tennis rules, my username and password, my balance), and where I can setup some
filters (show only arbs whose %gain is greater than…, for example, and the very
important filter “skip when the bookmakers use different tennis rules”, the
rules I set manually in the bookmakers option menu).

This software has to be updated, whenever the bookmakers sites change.

I don't care if the graphics of this software is bad, or if the menus are not
user friendly. It has to work. To work means that I have to try a demo version
and confront it with the arbs that zero-risk-arbitrage sends me by email. If
this software can catch 50% of their arbs and make it at least 1 minute before
the email alert, then “eureka”. If the software can't do this, then it's a waste
of time for me. So the bidders know in advance what I exactly want as result.

This should be the output of my software:
Rows, similar to the excel ones, that contain the following columns:
- 1 -the total amount to play to win 100 (it's a very simple calculation) This
column numbers should be in ascending order.
The sport
- 2 – 3 – 4 -The first, second and third (soccer only) Bookmaker. These columns
are very important and should contain the link: “bet now” or “fund account”. The
first link should be there if my balance, that I should set manually in the
bookmakers options menu is greater than the amount requested in column 16, 17
or 18. When I click this link, a macro should open Internet explorer (or any
other browser you prefer to suggest), go to the bookmaker home page, make
automatically the login with the user and password I set in the preferences, and
then go to the page where that event is listed (in other words, I should only be
sure that the odd is always there and place the bet). Otherwise, the “fund
account” should be present, and after the automatic login it should go to the
“fund account” page. Perhaps it's complicated to explain, but these macros
should be easy to set up.
-5-The first team/player involved in the event
-6-The second team/player
-7-The odd for the win of team 1 in EU style
-8-The odd for the loss of team 1 in EU style
-9-The odd for the draw (soccer only) in EU style
-10-11-12- The same odds in GB style
-13-14-15- The same odds in US style
-16-17-18- The amount to bet on win of team1, on his loss, and on draw (soccer
only), in order to win the amount set manually in the preferences (simple
calculation). This amount should be calculated in the currency I set manually in
the bookmakers preferences, according to the exchange rates retrieved by
www.xe.com.

Attached I send some excel files that can explain better some aspects of my
project.

These are my conditions:

-1-I want the software in executable mode and all the script, and I want all
the copyrights on this software. This software should be unique, and I want to
be the one to use it. I saw recently a similar project, but this is different.
This is for personal use. If you say I can't scan that particular bookmaker,
it's ok. If you say “to achieve this fast result you have to scan a maximum of
50 Bookmakers, it's ok. The result has to be that my software has to discover at
least 30% of the opportunities that Zero- risk-arbitrage discovers, and alert me
at least one minute before.
-2-I want an error correction service for three months after the first release.
-3-I want a fast update service (we can discuss about the price of every update
session) to use when the bookmakers sites change their HTML, OR, if you don't
think to be available for this, a manual to update the software in this case, so
that another programmer can easily perform the update.
-4-Two-three days of demo mode to evaluate the software and confront it with
Zero-risk-arbitrage service. The minimum result required is to find at least 30%
of the arbs that zero-risk-arbitrage finds, and to place the alert at least 1
minute before the email alert. When you are ready to try the software, I'll
provide you a subscription to Zero-risk arbitrage fo 15 days, so you can control
that this requirement is satisfied. This is a mandatory condition. I won't pay
the software if this condition is not met.



Please send messages to PMB. I want to choose a programmer who knows what is
going to do. Experience in scanning programs and/or knowledge of the betting
markets are welcome.
Additional Info (Added 9/15/2004 at 9:54 EST)... THESE ARE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO READ BEFORE BIDDING

THESE ARE THE MAIN OPERATIONS THE SOFTWARE HAS TO DO
-1-(Most important) Scan the 84 websites(or those I selected in the options
menu) I provided in my attachment and retrieve odds for Soccer, Tennis, NHL, NFL
(Tennis and Soccer are prioritary). This operation has to be made continuously
(as soon as a scan finishes, the software performs another, updating the
informations found)

-2-Store the events available and all the odds retrieved for that event in
descending order. The odds can be in EU, UK or US style. The software has to
perform the necessary conversions and store the odds in all of the three styles.
These are the conversions to perform:
EU=UK+1
UK=EU-1
If US is greater than 0 then UK=US/100 else UK=100/US
If UK is greater than 1 then US=UKx100 else US=(-1/UK)x100
If US is greater than 0 then EU=US/100+1 else EU=(100/US)+1
If EU is greater than 2 then US=(EU-1)x100 else US=(-1/(EU-1))x100
This database, which updates continuously during the scans, hasn’t to be
necessarily on the desktop. I don’t care to view all of these numbers if this
can improve the software speed.

-3-Simultaneously (not at the end of the scan), do these operations for all the
events retrieved (example tennis: agassi vs federer, odds in EU style): consider
the best odd for agassi’s win, and confront it with all the odds for federer’s
win. The calculation to be made is:
100x(1+agassibestodd/federerodds)/agassibestodd.
The same operation has to be performed confronting the best odd for Federer
with all the odds for Agassi: 100x(1+federerbestodd/agassiodds)/federerbestodd.

-4-When one or more of these calculations gives a number under 100, the
software has to alert immediately and give the output row I requested (you can
view this in my attachment)

THIS IS HOW A BIDDER HAS TO PROCEED TO BE CHOSEN

-1-Read all my project description and my attachment.

-2-Visit the websites I want to scan and their subpages (they are in the
attachment)

-3-Contact me in PMB providing his esteem about:
--how long does it take to perform a complete scan under my platform (Win xp on
Pentium4 1700 Mhz, 389 MB Ram, Internet download max 1240 Kbps upload max 256
Kbps)
--if this esteemed time can be significantly reduced changing something in my
hardware.

The answers I would like to receive are like:
To my esteem:
-to scan 84 websites it should take about ?? minutes
-to scan 50 it should…
-to scan 25…
In my opinion your hardware is sufficient/has to be improved (specs).

On this base I’ll go on with the discussion of the other problems this project
presents with the bidders I think are the best.
I could work also with two or more bidders, to have more than one software.
Thank you for your attention, I’m waiting your bids.

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