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Wondering if anybody knows the rules regarding 'subject to price fluctuations' ?
I can appreciate the bookmakers need this rule to cover themselves when coupon prices turn out to be much bigger than kick off prices, but does anybody know if it works the other way round in that punters should be entitled to the much bigger prices when the coupon price is wrong?
I ask because because a high street firm had Sunderland at 2/1 on their coupon to beat Liverpool at the weekend, whereas their screen price was 3/1 (and all other firms were around 3/1)
Is it the punter's fault for not checking this clear price error as this firm has said, or can punters claim 'palpable error' like the bookmakers can?
They have said if the bet had been written on a slip, rather than on their coupon, then they would have paid out at the 3/1 screen price.
Any help much appreciated.
I can appreciate the bookmakers need this rule to cover themselves when coupon prices turn out to be much bigger than kick off prices, but does anybody know if it works the other way round in that punters should be entitled to the much bigger prices when the coupon price is wrong?
I ask because because a high street firm had Sunderland at 2/1 on their coupon to beat Liverpool at the weekend, whereas their screen price was 3/1 (and all other firms were around 3/1)
Is it the punter's fault for not checking this clear price error as this firm has said, or can punters claim 'palpable error' like the bookmakers can?
They have said if the bet had been written on a slip, rather than on their coupon, then they would have paid out at the 3/1 screen price.
Any help much appreciated.
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Definitely worth investigating further as the coupon rule shouldn't apply just for shorteners.
try and get there reply in writing, maybe in a email from customer services.
If it says what you have been told, that had you wrote the bet on a slip and not a coupon, then you will be able to arb the hell out of every price that shortens on the coupon.
If it says what you have been told, that had you wrote the bet on a slip and not a coupon, then you will be able to arb the hell out of every price that shortens on the coupon.
in my work as soon as theres a price change its enetered into the computer (somewhere in head operations i suppose) then as soon as i put a coupon through the computer then wether its a bigger or smaller price the computer will tell me and thats what will also be printed on your slip, all his happens of course aslong as its a marksense coupon. if its a coupon where u get a duplicate copy then this wont happen at the time of acceptance. either way though i think you shoulld be paid out at the price that they were at the time of your bet...
thanks all.
yuvutu - yes it was one of the modern coupons, rather than the old duplicate coupon, but the printout reflected the 2/1 coupon price. it was undoubtedly a mistake to place the bet at this price without looking properly, but the bookies are protected by such mistakes by the 'subject to fluctuation' rule', so why not punters too?
they have admitted that if the bet was written on a slip rather than the coupon, then the screen price of 3/1 would have been paid. it makes quite a difference to the payout, thousands rather than hundreds, so i think it's worth filling out the ibas form and seeing what happens.
if ibas rule in the bookmakers favour then the 'prices subject to fluctuation' rule needs to be changed to, 'prices subject to bookies changing them as they please' !
yuvutu - yes it was one of the modern coupons, rather than the old duplicate coupon, but the printout reflected the 2/1 coupon price. it was undoubtedly a mistake to place the bet at this price without looking properly, but the bookies are protected by such mistakes by the 'subject to fluctuation' rule', so why not punters too?
they have admitted that if the bet was written on a slip rather than the coupon, then the screen price of 3/1 would have been paid. it makes quite a difference to the payout, thousands rather than hundreds, so i think it's worth filling out the ibas form and seeing what happens.
if ibas rule in the bookmakers favour then the 'prices subject to fluctuation' rule needs to be changed to, 'prices subject to bookies changing them as they please' !
There's not a chance in hell that IBAS can rule in the bookmakers favour here. He will get paid.
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