The Bot Farm

Cross-posted to Betfair Exchange Games Forum and Botforum.net (and why not)….

It’s about a year since I lost touch with this_is_fun, the programmer who developed the Amoeba bot for exchange games. As I can no longer support it and the support period has expired for all those who bought it, I decided to make it available for free in an unrestricted version. Download it from https://sth-se.diino.com/saucebook/amoeba freebie (yes that is a space in the URL, but it seems to work!)

I included a few saved game files to get people started on testing by using the simulation features, the quickest way to refine your strats. I also allow uploading to the folder in case anyone wants to upload more saved games files. If you plan to load .opt parameter files you should edit out your userid and password first.

All looks pretty intuitive to me, but maybe I’m too close to it. I think you can still get the user guide from amoebabot.com

This act of unprecedented generosity was actually sparked by someone finding the amoebabot website and sending me a paypal payment, whereupon I realised that I couldn’t be doing with the liability of selling something I couldn’t support.

So heed the warning – supplied for strategy testing purposes only. Has not been updated in over a year. May lose you money if you use it in live mode!!! I will not be responsible when it does so.   Enjoy….

PS.  If anyone knows Java and is interested in further developing Amoeba, do get in touch with your ideas, as the programmer was kind enough to supply me with the source code.

PPS. For anyone following my EA exploits, my balance now stands at £69.24, courtesy of 8 winning Winpro trades today.  Almost afraid to plug in the latest version, released today, for fear of breaking the spell.