The open bet: what a session end touches
The question the desk was built around is the one people ask after being signed out mid-screen: what happened to my bet. The answer is in which object the bet was put in.
- placed
- 10:09
- session ends
- 10:11
- settles
- 17:29
- bet life
- 14.7 windows
A placed bet is recorded in the account, so a session ending does not stop it, void it or settle it: it continues, and its result is credited whether or not anyone is signed in. A betslip that was never placed lives in the session, so it does not survive. On the samples the bet settled 440 minutes after it was placed, long after the 30-minute window that ended the session.
Two minutes left, fourteen windows of bet
Sample E places a bet at the end of a session and follows it past both clocks.
| Moment | Time | Object | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| the bet is placed | 10:09 | the account | open |
| the session ends | 10:11 | the session | ended |
| the market runs | 10:11-17:29 | the account | still open |
| the result is known | 17:29 | the account | settled |
| the balance moves | 17:29 | the account | credited or not |
| 1 bet, 1 session | 440 minutes | account 430 / session 2 | the session did not carry it |
What a session end does not reach
It does not reach the bet, the balance, the limits or the bonus. It also does not reach the account's own record of what you did, which is why a settling bet can appear in the balance before anyone signs in to look. What it does reach is everything that was only ever on the screen: an unplaced betslip, a typed stake that was never submitted, an open cash-out quote that would have to be fetched again. Sample J lists eight items present at the moment a session ends and how many survive it.
| Item | Held by | Survives |
|---|---|---|
| the account | the operator | yes |
| the balance | the account | yes |
| the placed bet | the account | yes |
| the bonus already credited | the account | yes |
| the betslip | the session | no |
| the stake typed but not placed | the session | no |
| the open cash-out quote | the session | no |
| the session itself | nothing | no |
| 8 items | account 4 / session 4 | 4 yes / 4 no |
The last row matters as much as the others: the interval that just ended leaves nothing behind. A cash-out quote is the clearest case, because it is a price with a life of seconds; where one was on the screen when the session ended, it is gone, the market has moved, and the account is not holding an offer for anyone.
- Place the bet rather than leaving it in the slip if you are about to stop touching the screen.
- Do not re-place a bet after a sign-out without checking the record first; on the samples the first bet was never voided.
- Re-read a balance after re-authentication rather than assuming it is where you left it: a settling bet can have moved it.
- Treat an open cash-out quote as gone with the session; it is a live price, not a stored instruction.
- Expect the account's own record, not the session, to be what settles the argument about what you placed.