New Posts For Thread: Bookie refuses to pay out £7 million on snow bethttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bethttp://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100108/tuk-oukoe-uk-britain-bet-fa6b408.htmlMug punter. I might back Man Utd to keep Clean Sheet today, to win 1-0, to lead at HT and FT and to win the leagueimagine how many posts about this there'd be if they HAD paid out.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697986#419697986imagine how many posts about this there'd be if they HAD paid out.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:25:10 -0600Having checked that bookies rules the maximum payout for these type of bets is £10K anyway so the guy never had a bet in the first place that could return 7 Million. Memo -- always no a bookies limits. They all have them !!!!!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697954#419697954Having checked that bookies rules the maximum payout for these type of bets is £10K anyway so the guy never had a bet in the first place that could return 7 Million. Memo -- always no a bookies limits. They all have them !!!!!Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:42:45 -0600Moonlight, you are wrong. The onus is on the punter to make sure his bet is valid.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697930#419697930Moonlight, you are wrong. The onus is on the punter to make sure his bet is valid.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:06:02 -0600What colour snow was it?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697922#419697922What colour snow was it?Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:17:00 -0600Ladbrokes should have made their rules clearer, he added.Obviously need to learn the rules himself LOLhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697902#419697902Ladbrokes should have made their rules clearer, he added.Obviously need to learn the rules himself LOLSat, 09 Jan 2010 20:57:14 -0600you cant listen to the smaller guys at bookies - i have seen mistakes, phoned up to let them know, been told that it definitely was not a mistake so could freely bet on it and it would not be voided, bet the mistake, had the mistake voided.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697898#419697898you cant listen to the smaller guys at bookies - i have seen mistakes, phoned up to let them know, been told that it definitely was not a mistake so could freely bet on it and it would not be voided, bet the mistake, had the mistake voided.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:20:49 -0600He wasn't trying it on. The Lads sales rep suggested he make his bet an acca.So he said yes. What would you have done?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697894#419697894He wasn't trying it on. The Lads sales rep suggested he make his bet an acca.So he said yes. What would you have done?Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:38:20 -0600If you were trying it on..they why try it for a stupidly high figure like £7 million. Reminds me of when I worked for City Index in their Tresusry Department and one of the junior messed up a forex trade and put £9,999,999.99 into a client's a/c. Yhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697890#419697890If you were trying it on..they why try it for a stupidly high figure like £7 million. Reminds me of when I worked for City Index in their Tresusry Department and one of the junior messed up a forex trade and put £9,999,999.99 into a client's a/c. YSat, 09 Jan 2010 18:40:47 -0600It's the bookies job not to take the bet, if they don't like it.Why should punters be expected to have a better knowledge of the rules than the staff?The whole thing is typical of a disgraceful industry which has been getting away with murder for yeahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697886#419697886It's the bookies job not to take the bet, if they don't like it.Why should punters be expected to have a better knowledge of the rules than the staff?The whole thing is typical of a disgraceful industry which has been getting away with murder for yeaSat, 09 Jan 2010 18:10:51 -0600^^correct^^https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494170/bookie-refuses-to-pay-out-7-million-on-snow-bet?post_id=419697858#419697858^^correct^^Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:19:29 -0600