If your trying to bet at, say $1 per bet, then you need at least $6 for that one bet in the account.

This is because the bot has to place a bet at or above the minimum stakes of $5. So in this instance if backing, it will place a $6 bet at $1000 and then delete $5 of that bet making it a $1 bet and then shift it to your odds.

If betting more than one horse per race then You'll need more lots of $5.

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