How a platform notices that a machine placed the bet
Detection is not one signal but the absence of a human trace. A person reads, hesitates, edits a stake, abandons a slip and leaves their orders irregularly spaced. A machine reacts in a fixed interval, to the cent, around the clock. Of the 900 sampled software orders, 62 were flagged - and the flag came from the pattern rather than from any single order.
- flagged
- 62
- flagged share
- 6.9%
- mean interval
- 1.4 s
- human interval
- minutes to hours
- reaction to a price move
- 0.08 s
- keys revoked
- 48
A platform detects automated placement from the pattern, not from one order: a fixed interval between orders, a stake to the cent, a reaction of about 0.08 seconds to a price change, and no human pause. Of 900 sampled software orders, 62 were flagged on exactly those signals, and 48 of them were flagged at the interface key.
| signal | a machine | a person |
|---|---|---|
| interval between orders | a fixed 1.4 s | minutes to hours, irregular |
| reaction to a price move | 0.08 s | 2 to 20 s |
| the stake | to the cent, repeated | rounded, edited |
| abandoned slips | none | several in a session |
| the clock | around the clock | evenings, weekends |
| the flag is the shape, not any single bet | 62 flagged | |
Why detection lags the act
A single automated order is indistinguishable from a fast person, so a platform can only act once there is a pattern - which is why detection is retrospective and partial. The 838 unflagged orders are not invisible; they are simply not yet a pattern the platform acted on, and the record of each one is kept in case it becomes one.