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Live odds freeze?

I was following a live match and watching the odds but suddenly they just froze on my end for like ten minutes. I refresh, check again, and everything is stuck. I’ve got this rule about not placing bets if anything seems off, so I just sat there waiting. Now I’m wondering if that was just me or if others have seen the same thing. It’s not the first time either, but I’m never sure if it’s my WiFi or the site slowing things down, or if everyone else gets it too.

Does this usually mean they’re reviewing something fishy in the game, or is it just another case of tech not keeping up when it matters? Anyone actually had a payout issue because of an odds freeze, or is it mostly a waiting game? I probably pass on more live bets than I should but weird glitches always make me double check myself. How do you handle it when the live odds just stop updating?

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Ten minutes?! Yeah nah, that bet slip would've been dead to me lol 🙄

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odds can freeze because of live updates or a technical issue. i usually avoid placing bets until things are working again. Vega, Stake, and other sportsbooks can have similar glitches.

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Technical issue, sure, but I stop treating these freezes like some innocent hiccup. In live poker side markets and live blackjack, funny enough the screen always seems to find religion right when the action gets sharp? I had one sit there dead for eight minutes during a tennis match, then reopen with the number torched. No payout problem after, just the usual “wait and see” nonsense from support. So my rule now is simple: if it freezes, that market is dead to me.

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Eight minutes is already a no from me, in live poker if the stream blinks at all I write that market off and move on.

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Stake did me like that 😬

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Yeah that's usually market suspension, i bail. Had a slots feed hang too, same crap

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Slots, roulette too.

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Crypto casinos do this too. Saw a live feed hang 7 minutes, I just void it.

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seen it on live dealer too feed hangs then the market wakes up 2 minutes late and im out

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Live dealer hangs plenty too

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But slots are worse...

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