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Not sure whether to feel for the fella or say ah well, you got greedy.....?
THE Betfair user who lost his life savings when laying Bradley Dredge for the Madeira Island Open at hugely inflated odds is threatening legal action in a bid to get his money back.
The punter is hoping that the European Tour will recognise their error by compensating him for his loss - to the tune of £10,000 - but is threatening go to the police if he is not satisfied with their response.
In one of the most amazing betting stories ever, Dredge was laid on Saturday at odds of up to 499-1 after the European Tour's website mistakenly put him down for a 30 at the opening hole of his third round.
The score sent him spiralling down the leaderboard from his true position of joint- first - because he had actually posted a birdie three - to second-last of the 77 qualifiers (the only player behind him was a Spanish amateur who had been credited with a 40).
Dredge, of course, went on to equal the European Tour record of 60 to build up an eight-stroke lead, an advantage he comfortably maintained for a maiden Tour victory.
But the Welshman's joy brought only misery to the layer, who refuses to rule out skulduggery.
"I'm not saying anything untoward did happen, but when you think about it, it would be quite easy to do," he said.
"At the very least I want europeantour.com to admit to misinforming people and compensate me for their mistake.
"I've got a big decision to make, but I'm not ruling out getting solicitors or the police involved."
The 42-year-old, who feels so embarrassed by his situation that he has asked us not to name him, believes the website should have corrected their error much earlier than they did.
"I was acting on information I presumed to be correct and it's not like I just jumped in," he said. "I thought to myself that it had to be wrong, but kept on checking on europeantour.com and BBC Ceefax and there was no correction.
"After that I spoke to a friend, who said to lay everything I could because Dredge couldn't win from there.
"Thankfully he is the only person I have told. I can't tell the rest of my friends because I'm so embarrassed about it. I must have laid around 50 bets in total and they ranged from 7-1 to 110. Basically, anything that appeared in pink I clicked on.
"I'm not normally a big punter, but I've lost £10,000 and that represents my life savings."
But surely it takes some believing that a golfer, even a 28-handicapper never mind a professional, could take 30 strokes for a single hole.
"Yes, with hindsight it does sound stupid," he admitted.
"But I gave the website sufficient time to correct the mistake and it didn't happen.
"When you think of it, if someone is doing a leaderboard you would imagine they would know how important the leader's score is, so how could they put up 30 and not think that something was wrong?"
Yet no matter how much the punter moans, he is well aware that he has little chance of recompense.
"I'd gladly lay 100-1 about me getting anywhere, but I feel I've got to try," he said.
"If I was a regular ten grand punter, I'd probably swallow it, but I'm not a big player and this is my life savings.
"Yes, I do feel like an idiot. Even more so after reading all about it on the Betfair chatroom and being called
THE Betfair user who lost his life savings when laying Bradley Dredge for the Madeira Island Open at hugely inflated odds is threatening legal action in a bid to get his money back.
The punter is hoping that the European Tour will recognise their error by compensating him for his loss - to the tune of £10,000 - but is threatening go to the police if he is not satisfied with their response.
In one of the most amazing betting stories ever, Dredge was laid on Saturday at odds of up to 499-1 after the European Tour's website mistakenly put him down for a 30 at the opening hole of his third round.
The score sent him spiralling down the leaderboard from his true position of joint- first - because he had actually posted a birdie three - to second-last of the 77 qualifiers (the only player behind him was a Spanish amateur who had been credited with a 40).
Dredge, of course, went on to equal the European Tour record of 60 to build up an eight-stroke lead, an advantage he comfortably maintained for a maiden Tour victory.
But the Welshman's joy brought only misery to the layer, who refuses to rule out skulduggery.
"I'm not saying anything untoward did happen, but when you think about it, it would be quite easy to do," he said.
"At the very least I want europeantour.com to admit to misinforming people and compensate me for their mistake.
"I've got a big decision to make, but I'm not ruling out getting solicitors or the police involved."
The 42-year-old, who feels so embarrassed by his situation that he has asked us not to name him, believes the website should have corrected their error much earlier than they did.
"I was acting on information I presumed to be correct and it's not like I just jumped in," he said. "I thought to myself that it had to be wrong, but kept on checking on europeantour.com and BBC Ceefax and there was no correction.
"After that I spoke to a friend, who said to lay everything I could because Dredge couldn't win from there.
"Thankfully he is the only person I have told. I can't tell the rest of my friends because I'm so embarrassed about it. I must have laid around 50 bets in total and they ranged from 7-1 to 110. Basically, anything that appeared in pink I clicked on.
"I'm not normally a big punter, but I've lost £10,000 and that represents my life savings."
But surely it takes some believing that a golfer, even a 28-handicapper never mind a professional, could take 30 strokes for a single hole.
"Yes, with hindsight it does sound stupid," he admitted.
"But I gave the website sufficient time to correct the mistake and it didn't happen.
"When you think of it, if someone is doing a leaderboard you would imagine they would know how important the leader's score is, so how could they put up 30 and not think that something was wrong?"
Yet no matter how much the punter moans, he is well aware that he has little chance of recompense.
"I'd gladly lay 100-1 about me getting anywhere, but I feel I've got to try," he said.
"If I was a regular ten grand punter, I'd probably swallow it, but I'm not a big player and this is my life savings.
"Yes, I do feel like an idiot. Even more so after reading all about it on the Betfair chatroom and being called
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Guess what forumite
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*last line missing
...."a muppet and so on but i still feel like i have been had over" |
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30 one hole,did he get a 3
what a tool,anyone with 1/2 a brain |
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Warwick Hunt lost about 15 times that laying a horse at 1000s after Thommo had called it a faller. Warwick admitted it was his own fault.
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how much did he actually stand to win....answer probably peanuts
i feel sorry for him though and hope he wins his case...though no doubt he'll need legal aid if he's lost everything |
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I did laugh when i read it but then the Europeantour site does get it wrong regularly, but a 30?!
Ive never had a 10 ffs, plenty of 9's but never a 10 |
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If you are laying 7/1 for somebody who you think is 22 shots of the lead with just 35 holes of a golf tournament left, you are trying to rob someone - so as far as i'm concerned got what he/she deserved.
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$10,000 is a lot of money
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I came to the same conclusion baker boy
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So he had his life savings in a Betfair account!?
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A chancer who got caught trying to be greedy, no more, no less. Unlucky, cough up and stop bleating.
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I once saw David duval@1000/1 during his slump
thinking tourney started on Thursday I put £50 on it was a Disney tourney in Vegas which had a 5 round format he already shot 79 |
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Just glad Betfair has these clowns punting on here. Too many shrewdies as it is.
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In one of the most amazing betting stories ever, Dredge was laid on Saturday at odds of up to 499-1 after the European Tour's website mistakenly put him down for a 30 at the opening hole of his third round.
ANyone who thought that was correct deserves to lose |
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to win@score
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A pro shooting a 30 on a par four ffs my labby could shoot a 29!!!!!
22 off the lead and 7/1 ffs you couldnt make this up. |
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bannahan 11.24
Ive never had a 10 ffs, plenty of 9's but never a 10 In all my years of playing golf, usually quite badly off 18 handicap I cannot recall getting a ten either. The alarm bells must surely have ringing loudly with the 30 |
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Dont think there was water on the hole either, i mean anyone who saw Kevin Na take was it 17 or something on YOu Tube would realise its nigh on impossible as long as you have 2 arms!
I think he has done his dough! |
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judge will say,I've never played golf in my life
Let me play the par 4,and see what I shoot |
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Warwick Hunt lost about 15 times that laying a horse at 1000s after Thommo had called it a faller
.... and did Thommo apologise or write about it in his book? |
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wow--that's a suicidal amount
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This story is 10 years old.
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Its a quiet news day cj
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I bet he's won it all back by now
 Temporary blip for an obvious shrewdie. |
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there have been similar events on non televised tennis matches over the years, i remember one in particular where they had the scores reversed on a tennis website, must be 8-10 years ago as well
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theres normally a warning regarding accuracy somewhere on these scoreboard sites which absolves them from legal action,the euro golf scoreboard is notorious for innaccuracy especially,id never bet a penny relying on just that for info.
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Sammy..twas Metal Detector
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Feel a bit sad for him 'cos it was still unlucky that the bloke won the tournament. Not a hope of getting his money back though. The website in question is not connected to gambling. It's sports information, which in this case was wrong. Simple case of Caveat Emptor.... Or without caveat, Betfair account is soon emptored!
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'... a friend said
"After that I spoke to a friend, who said to lay everything I could because Dredge couldn't win from there." |
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big lol. and wouldn't that be his first port of call when so unwisely handing out writs
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'a friend' pmsl
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this blokes the one who does jump off a cliff 'cos 'a friend' said to do it
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So he had his life savings in a Betfair account!? Shocked
sorry dont believe it...the bit about the life savings i mean.  |
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Long John Silver wouldn`t score a 30 at one hole. No wonder he is embarrassed.
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yep, surely after about ten or twelve swings you would start thinking about changing sports...
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A 30? WTF! Was he meant to have dribbled the ball into the hole?
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And some other **** did manage 40? Did he go via every other frickin hole?
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