New Posts For Thread: Student wins £1,000 from 50p bethttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-betJulius Ndlovu's win was turned down by William Hill, who said they 'calculated the odds wrongly' on the online tennis betA student nurse won £1,000 from a 50p bet on tennis ace Roger Federer - only for William Hill to refuse the pay-out, claiming thjamesdean there are numerous cases of white goods being offered online and apparently bought at ludicrous prices, none of the contracts has ever been deemed enforceable. Bookmakers are no different.The area worth fighting about is a bookmakers errorhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544987637#544987637jamesdean there are numerous cases of white goods being offered online and apparently bought at ludicrous prices, none of the contracts has ever been deemed enforceable. Bookmakers are no different.The area worth fighting about is a bookmakers errorWed, 03 Jun 2015 09:24:44 -0500Sure you do. Consumer rights/protection act Every bet placed is in essence a product bought. You're buying into a contract with the bookmaker.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544987015#544987015Sure you do. Consumer rights/protection act Every bet placed is in essence a product bought. You're buying into a contract with the bookmaker.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:53:05 -0500you have no legally enforceable t&c'sHTHhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544986933#544986933you have no legally enforceable t&c'sHTHWed, 03 Jun 2015 08:48:14 -0500Shouldn't it be a two street though.I've made loads of palpable errors down the years...how come I don't get my money back from the bookies.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544986897#544986897Shouldn't it be a two street though.I've made loads of palpable errors down the years...how come I don't get my money back from the bookies.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:46:43 -0500palpable error = a basically obvious error.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544986477#544986477palpable error = a basically obvious error.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:21:15 -0500Don't think anyone on here is disputing the fact that it was clearly a palpable error.The discussion is still going on because people are rightly saying there should be measures put in to ensure it doesn't happen. The technology is there to stop it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544986363#544986363Don't think anyone on here is disputing the fact that it was clearly a palpable error.The discussion is still going on because people are rightly saying there should be measures put in to ensure it doesn't happen. The technology is there to stop it.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:12:04 -0500Issue fundamentally surely is what constitutes a "palpable error". Undefined the words are capable of differing interpretations and therefore a recipe for dispute. The whole rule as currently constructed is unfair,unclear and ambiguous. A bit like "rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544985281#544985281Issue fundamentally surely is what constitutes a "palpable error". Undefined the words are capable of differing interpretations and therefore a recipe for dispute. The whole rule as currently constructed is unfair,unclear and ambiguous. A bit like "rWed, 03 Jun 2015 06:36:46 -0500roida - of course it was a cover up, it was a BF bot gone wrong (very badly). I would imagine a few got paid some sort of compo after taking it as far as possible without it hitting the courts. I would love to have seen them giving out the account dehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544985123#544985123roida - of course it was a cover up, it was a BF bot gone wrong (very badly). I would imagine a few got paid some sort of compo after taking it as far as possible without it hitting the courts. I would love to have seen them giving out the account deWed, 03 Jun 2015 06:12:20 -0500The VLV scenario was a cover up without doubt...In over 10 yrs ive never known anyone place a bet that exceeded their exposure limit.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544984921#544984921The VLV scenario was a cover up without doubt...In over 10 yrs ive never known anyone place a bet that exceeded their exposure limit.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 05:33:51 -0500Turning down the £100 free bets does, I suppose, strengthen his claim to be an innocent punter who believed Hills odds, rather than a shark trying it on.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30514585/student-wins-1000-from-50p-bet?post_id=544984851#544984851Turning down the £100 free bets does, I suppose, strengthen his claim to be an innocent punter who believed Hills odds, rather than a shark trying it on.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 05:22:57 -0500