Palpable error to go to court?

[superwomble]

Someone hit by a palp claim wants to take WH to court over it: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bookie-william-hill-backs-out-5799631#rlabs=1

[TheDazzler]

Someone hit by a palp claim wants to take WH to court over it: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bookie-william-hill-backs-out-5799631#rlabs=1

As per usual, the media makes a complete arse trying to report a betting story.
What is the actual bet? To win a set 6-3? Is this in play?
To get offered 2 x £50 free bets in lieu of a £1000 win is pretty good considering it was a £0.50 bet. Obviously he loses if it goes to court.

[Doobs]

What price would you offer on this ever going to court?

Assuming you can't palp it obv.

[TheDazzler]

What price would you offer on this ever going to court?

Assuming you can't palp it obv.

You can't just negate my palping option sir! I reserve the right to palp.
I offer you 1,000,000-1 the court visit.*

*"Court" in this example means Supreme Court.

What price would you offer the court?
Surely it could easily go to a small claims court. Where it would be promptly thrown out.

[The Camel]

Has anyone ever heard of a palp in the punters favour?

The bookie saying "the odds we offered were too short, so we are giving you an extra £xxx"

[doubleup]

Has anyone ever heard of a palp in the punters favour?

The bookie saying "the odds we offered were too short, so we are giving you an extra £xxx"

What's the point?  Anyone stupid enough to make such a bet is obviously going to lose all their money super quickly.

I hope that the twat in the article sees sense as there is virtually no chance of him winning and the books would see it as a justification of their rules.  They would never risk going to court on a case that is not an error but just their poor judgement (usually evidenced by the book having their normal over-round).

[The Camel]

Has anyone ever heard of a palp in the punters favour?

The bookie saying "the odds we offered were too short, so we are giving you an extra £xxx"

What's the point?  Anyone stupid enough to make such a bet is obviously going to lose all their money super quickly.

I hope that the twat in the article sees sense as there is virtually no chance of him winning and the books would see it as a justification of their rules.  They would never risk going to court on a case that is not an error but just their poor judgement (usually evidenced by the book having their normal over-round).

A casual punter wants £10 on Arsenal to beat Villa 4-0 in the Cup Final.

Gets 4/1 instead of 14/1.

I don't think they are "stupid".

We've all been ripped off in areas of life we don't know much about.

[sonour]

I took Ladbrokes to court over a palp and won by default as they didn't respond. The bet was placed in shop and was clearly a palp not an error of judgement.

[youthnkzR]

Arent WH very likely to not show up therefore he wins?

Although now its all over the news who knows