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Your Price / The segment
Five tiers, one selection

The price that follows the account rather than the bet

The second mechanism is the one that has nothing to do with the bet. A segment price attaches to the account and follows it across selections, so the same stake on the same market is quoted differently to two readers who are simply in different tiers.

Desk spec
tiers
5
lowest tier
1.90
highest tier
1.98
range
4.2%
the market priceThe price shown beside a selection before an account is considered. On the samples it is 1.90 on every screen, and it is the price the receipt is measured against.
the quoteThe price your own account is offered. Across 120 accounts on one selection it ran from 1.88 to 2.00, a spread of 6.4%, and 42 of the 120 accounts were offered the market price exactly.
the receiptThe price at the moment you accept governs the bet. Of 100 disputed quotes the receipt price governed 100 and the headline price governed none of them.
Direct answer

A segment price attaches to the account rather than the bet. On the samples one selection was quoted at 1.90 to a new account and 1.98 to a hosted one, a range of 4.2%, and the same tier held across different selections and stakes. Unlike a stake band, nothing the reader does on the bet slip changes it.

A price that belongs to an account

A stake band is a property of the bet. A segment price is a property of the account, and the difference is visible in how it behaves: place the same stake on five different selections and the stake-banded price will differ by market, while the segment price keeps the same relative position in all five. That is the signature of a tier.

The reason a segment price exists is cost and value rather than risk. An account that has been open for years, verified, and funded repeatedly costs the operator far less to serve than a new one, and the price is one of the instruments used to keep it. That is why the ladder runs in favour of the account that has been there longest, and why a reader cannot reach a higher tier by acting on a single bet.

Sample D - one selection quoted across five account tiers
Account tierQuoted priceAgainst 1.90Return on 25.00
new1.900.000%47.50
casual1.92+1.053%48.00
regular1.94+2.105%48.50
valued1.96+3.158%49.00
hosted1.98+4.211%49.50
five tiers1.90-1.98range 4.2%2.00 between the ends
sample D - the tier ladder new -> 1.90 = 1.90 / 1.90 - 1 = 0.000% casual -> 1.92 = 1.92 / 1.90 - 1 = +1.053% regular -> 1.94 = 1.94 / 1.90 - 1 = +2.105% valued -> 1.96 = 1.96 / 1.90 - 1 = +3.158% hosted -> 1.98 = 1.98 / 1.90 - 1 = +4.211% top against bottom = 1.98 / 1.90 = 1.0421 -> 4.2% each rung is 0.02 of price = 1.053% of the market price, so five tiers are four equal steps of 0.02 and the ladder is linear.

The segment against the stake band

The two mechanisms are easy to confuse because both produce a ladder. The way to tell them apart is to change one thing at a time.

samples C and D - telling the two ladders apart hold the stake fixed at 25.00 and read the price on two accounts: if the prices differ, the mechanism is the segment (sample D: 1.90 to 1.98) hold the account fixed and raise the stake across the bands: if the price rises, the mechanism is the stake band (sample C: 1.86 to 1.98) the two ranges are different sizes as well as different shapes: segment 1.90 to 1.98 = 4.2% stake band 1.86 to 1.98 = 6.5% and the stake band moves the price inside one account, while the segment moves it between accounts: a reader can walk down the stake ladder but not up the tier ladder.
Check whether a price is following your account
  • Compare the price on two selections with the same stake; a tier price keeps its relative position.
  • Change only the stake and see whether the price moves; if it does not, a tier is more likely than a band.
  • Look for the account's tier being named anywhere in the account area or the terms.
  • Ask what moved the account between tiers, since a tier that changes silently cannot be verified.
  • Check whether a tier change moved the price on selections you had already looked at.

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