Hard Rock Book Stiffs Big Winner

[Half Smoke]

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the bettor - Christopher Kozak won 3 long shot hockey wagers

Hard Rock then told him the bets were an "obvious error" and he was not owed anything other than a refund

after he complained and refused to re-negotiate the payout they finally agreed to pay in full

books are offering all kinds of unusual bets and sometimes make mistakes

some books have a clause in their fine print indicating they don't have to pay up in the event of "obvious errors"

they sometimes offer bets that are well correlated in which the player may have a large edge



https://sports.yahoo.com/hit-three-m...153339808.html


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[Inner Dirt]

Reading the story something doesn't make sense to me, multiple hockey players not scoring doesn't sound like it should pay huge windfalls, but the player claimed he was only paid double the natural odds. I do think books should be able to cancel wages if they are off by a digit, but if they pay 100% more tough toenails. You would think if they made a double payout probability or more mistake they should have a system in place to alert them if certain bets are getting too much action.

[Dave Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

Reading the story something doesn't make sense to me, multiple hockey players not scoring doesn't sound like it should pay huge windfalls, but the player claimed he was only paid double the natural odds. I do think books should be able to cancel wages if they are off by a digit, but if they pay 100% more tough toenails. You would think if they made a double payout probability or more mistake they should have a system in place to alert them if certain bets are getting too much action.

I must disagree.

A bet taker must be 100% above reproach or else he should lose his business.

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If you write a bad ticket and it loses, do you give the money back?

I'm betting not.

Therefore, if you write a bad ticket and it wins, you pay off.

[thaskalos]

So...if a sportsbook makes an "obvious error" on a customer's winning bet, then the sportsbook doesn't have to pay off on the wager. But if the "obvious error" is made on the customer's losing bet...then the wager is deemed valid, and the sportsbook keeps the money. Sounds fair to me.

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz

I must disagree.

A bet taker must be 100% above reproach or else he should lose his business.

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If you write a bad ticket and it loses, do you give the money back?

I'm betting not.

Therefore, if you write a bad ticket and it wins, you pay off.

Today I must agree with your disagreement on my take. I stick my toe in the water at betting on sports I did not previously bet on. Lately it has been women's college basketball. Right now FanDuel is taking live in game betting on Long Beach State at UC Irvine, they are currently showing the game as in OT with a 93-71 score. The game is 72-54 in the late 4th. The in game spreads are reflecting the actual score not the ones on their game tracker. What is odd is
FanDuel is usually ahead of the game, they have faster updates than TV and radio coverage by a few seconds at the least.


They paid my in game Irvine-4.5 bet, but the score was 74-59, not the 93-71
they list by my pay out.

[king kong]

TVG owes me a check from a request since september stall and delay and hoops to go thru.