Hollywood - Can a Bookmaker reduce the odds of a bet after the event has taken place

If the result had gone the other way " in good faith " would the odds have been amended..........?

This was not a palpable error and I doubt uk bookies would even attempt such a sketchy move, maybe I'm wrong ....

Thanks Dev, just been cleared on my account.

Well done Hollywood

Good morning Guys, I have been with Hollywood for many years. Never have I had any problem with any transaction. Delays in this or that, yes. Dev have assisted me a couple of times with queries and the outcome was positive. Dev, you are a great 'service provider' by far in the way you deal with your customers. Thank you and your team for the great service provided.

Party Line Wrote:

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> If the result had gone the other way " in good
> faith " would the odds have been
> amended..........?
>
> This was not a palpable error and I doubt uk
> bookies would even attempt such a sketchy move,
> maybe I'm wrong ....


you have no say in the uk

ashan Wrote:

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> Thanks Dev
>
> The bet was placed last night and we need money to
> punt today.
>
> Just curious. 1st one between India and
> Bangladesh .
>
> I took no hundred to be scored and it was a rain
> affected game and got my money back.
> I also took a bet with Bangladesh to score less
> than 250 runs and another less then 245 and lost
> both . .
>
> Is is possible to get the money back I lost
> because it was a rain affected game.

Just looked at this match Bangladesh played all 50 overs

hibernia Wrote:

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> Nice 1 Dev,wouldnt even have got a response from a
> UK bookie

Not directly perhaps Bob, they would just close your account

Rob, not sure if I have mentioned before... if you take a UK bookie to the ombudsman, which I have over such a matter, they will look at the price of the horse and if in their opinion, based on form etc, the horse should have been say 4/1 rather than 12/1 they will go with the bookies and confirm that because it is in the TnCs the "corrected" price stands. A horse's price, especially in SA can fluctuate big time, how often do we see one start at 33s and go to 10s, or open at 4s and drift to 12s? How they can therefore make such a judgement is a little confusing to me. I appreciate courts are different but when the ombudsman is taking such a stance it gives you little confidence to take matters further.

I also accept there are occasions where a price is obviously wrong.

In the particular instance above, I appreciate Hollywood are doing the right thing BUT imo there is a time concern here too. They had plenty of time to correct this supposed error and if they failed to do it over the course of 48 hours or whatever then that surely can't be seen as an error. Terrible administration perhaps and in such cases they should always fall on their sword imo, if not then the whole betting world becomes a shambles (an even bigger one than it perhaps already is!).

And while we are on the subject, assuming it still happens with some bookies, I still think it is an absolute disgrace that deductions are applied on scratchings irrespective of the price of a potential reserve running. That one is injustice beyond belief imo! :X

In the absence of consequence, there is no incentive to change behaviour...

So expect these "errors" to crop up every so often, after the event...

Englander ,I assume that the ombudsman in the UK is the same as everywhere else ..................a "jobsworth" civil servant!
I wouldn't put much store in a ruling from that source !
The problem is that a proper litigation would be unlikely to be fully tested!

hi guys after reading all the posts please can someone advise as to what event or market was incorrectly priced up.
thanks

Brazil v Cameroon

Over 2.5 goals should have been 6/10

Punters been paid 11/10

hibernia Wrote:

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> Brazil v Cameroon
>
> Over 2.5 goals should have been 6/10
>
> Punters been paid 11/10

From what I've heard there was a host of errors on that market.

Over 2.5 goals was between 7/20 and 9/20. Punters will not be paid the evens that was available according to their T & C 's .

The price was
Total goals in the Brazil and Cameroon game

Under 2,5 goals was 6/10
Over 2,5 goals was 11/10


I still think the bet was correct .