Betfair Exchange Games Review – XCard Derby Racing

The premise behind this Betfair Exchange game is that four virtual horses (spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds) “race” to the finish line, gathering points towards the ultimate goal of 32. How they do this is through a one-deck random card turner which draws four cards at a time.

The starter odds, what they call a horse’s “handicap” in this game”, are determined by the random removal of 3 cards from each suit. This means, then, that a horse which loses its higher cards at the start will have less of a chance of winning and be given longer odds.

There are as many rounds as are needed to determine a winner from the four runners, with opportunities to bet for or lay a horse at any stage. This means that you can bet for a horse who is near its 32 point target, or lay another when it is far behind the others, at any stage.

Be aware, though. Just because a horse is within 4 points of reaching the end does not mean it is going to win. If it is this close then that means it has probably hit its high cards already, and in the next round of draws from the deck we could easily see two high cards from another suit appear. At this point, having laid that horse, you could be sweating, but isn’t that all the fun?…