Can a book do this?

imgv94 · 07-18-06, 03:09 AM

I think it is B.S!!! when a book voids a bet because
of a bad line. It would never work the other way.

Like if the player bets the "BAD LINE" the player can't
void it or get a refund. This is BS but I hear of it happening
all the time. I hate to hear these stories.

bigboydan · 07-18-06, 03:16 AM

the bad line rule came into effect on you i see. books should probly honor it, but they won't. if you bet into a bad line you won't get much support from anyone really. it's kinda like an unwritten rule sorta thing.

if you like playing tennis checkout pinnacle, because they have the best tennis lines out there IMO

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 03:27 AM

thanks for the sympathy guys. i have a pinnacle and bet365 account. both are better than sportsinteraction for tennis and about anything else. but i still have the sportsinteraction because i got the account first. i kinda just shop and compare now. but i think i was kinda screwed here. oh well, now i guess i need to hope like hell the other guy wins so i feel better. but i still dont see how they can void a bet they took.

DrSlamm · 07-18-06, 03:57 AM

when the line is way off they can

imgv94 · 07-18-06, 04:00 AM

They should never be able to post a line they can
go back on. I hope everyone busts their Casino as
payback. They have a honest easy to win Casino!!

polarcita · 07-18-06, 04:09 AM

Yes under these circumstances.

SIA had the line reversed. Pinny has Benneteau -533 and DeBakker +483. That's why they have the "bad line" rule. At least they caught it early and notified you. Even the poor schmuck who bet the dog at -5something had his bet cancelled.....S* happens.

kdmfox · 07-18-06, 04:14 AM

At least they voided the bet before the match started ... It's really special when they do it after it's over.

:confused:

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 04:21 AM

polarcita, i saw that it was reversed after the bet was voided. i was just wondering if it was standard practice to void their mistakes. if you guys say it is common, then i guess i am ok with it. it has happened to me before both before and after an event. and yes, it really sucks when they do it after the event. like i said, now i will root for de bakker so i can feel i got over on them!

rm18 · 07-18-06, 04:31 AM

It usually is not a good idea but sometimes it is hard to pass up, I give youwager a lot of credit for being a book that will not cancel your wager, although they took my bonus privileges and are making me close one of my accounts

imgv94 · 07-18-06, 04:49 AM

This is from Raiders and it is a very good read:

http://forum.sportsbookreview.com/showthread.php?t=13770

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 05:12 AM

thanks for the link. it was a good read. but i would like to add this in my defense. although i did question the line, i wasnt CERTAIN it was a bad line. it isnt like football where you KNOW the colts should be favored over the lions, for instance. this kid just won the wimbledon jr.s tournament and was the #1 ranked junior player in the world. he was also playing in his own country. maybe he is supposed to be the next tiger woods for all i know. benneteau isnt exactly federer, so i wasnt sure. i had to research the kid and try to find out if there were injury issues, whatever. federer at 4.50 against mardy fish, yea, i should know. but here it wasnt exactly like everyone should know it was a bad line.

having said that, again, i am satisfied if it seems that this is common practice.

hanco21 · 07-18-06, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by dakota5369

thanks for the sympathy guys. i have a pinnacle and bet365 account. both are better than sportsinteraction for tennis and about anything else. but i still have the sportsinteraction because i got the account first. i kinda just shop and compare now. but i think i was kinda screwed here. oh well, now i guess i need to hope like hell the other guy wins so i feel better. but i still dont see how they can void a bet they took.

SportsInteraction is bad for tennis lines. First of all I don't like full match rules. I remember I had Martin beating Roddick on clay about 1.5 months ago and martin was kicking his ARSE 2-0 and up in the 3rd set before Roddick bitched up up retired blaming it on his ankle. Sure enough he was ready to play next weekend. That retire rule in tennis flat out stinks.

Sportsinteraction is great with baseball lines though.

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 11:14 AM

the kid is up a set and a break! the void may have saved me.

but i have a concern. they had the line up for the pavel del potro match which i bet. i took pavel not realizing it was another error and pavel actually had already played, and lost. they voided the bet and credited the money back to my account. but they still have not credited me w/ the money for my voided benneteau bet even though it was listed as a void. however, it still has it listed as a pending wager. i hope they credit my money back!

hanco, i dont mind the tennis rule. they are not the only book to do it. and it has both helped and hurt me in the past. i agree it could be tweaked though so if a guy like martin who is obviously gonna win has that happen, you still get credit. i remember the match. it was at the french.

slash · 07-18-06, 11:46 AM

Of course the bet should be voided. It's clearly a bad line. I can't believe that anyone supports you here.

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 11:50 AM

like i said in my numerous posts if you had bothered to read them, i have no problem with it. also, i wasnt sure because benneteau isnt exactly federer and the kid was the #1 junior player in the world. go troll somewhere else.

slash · 07-18-06, 11:53 AM

Talking to me dakota?

To answer your question, no I didn't bother reading your posts, I just skimmed them.

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 12:05 PM

yea, i was talking to you. if you had read them you would have seen i said 3 times i was cool w/ it if it was common. and the kid won, so he obviously can play. i suggest you read the entire thread or not comment on things you haven't even educated yourself on. it makes you look as dumb as the guy in your av.

Tchocky · 07-18-06, 12:47 PM

I believe most sportsbooks reserve the right to void any bets if they posted a bad line. It's bullshit but they set the rules. I bet tennis as well. I've never heard of Sports Interaction. I use Pinny for all my straight wagers and 5 Dimes for all my parlays.

Tchocky · 07-18-06, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by dakota5369

i like to bet on tennis. i was looking at the lines at sportsinteraction.com. to my surprise, i saw julien benneteau at 4.50 against some kid named de bakker. sounded good to me taking the #53 player against a kid in his first match. so i bet the maximum allowed.

i go back a half hour later and see the line was swapped and my bet voided. i didnt see this in the rules, but it seems like a bet is a bet. if they put out a bad line, shouldnt they still honor the bet? or is it ok to void all bets?

thanks

Don't ever bet the max on a marginal player like Benneteau in the 1st round when he is facing a qualifier or wildcard that he has never faced and you have never heard of. This is truly gambling.

dakota5369 · 07-18-06, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by Tchocky

Don't ever bet the max on a marginal player like Benneteau in the 1st round when he is facing a qualifier or wildcard that he has never faced and you have never heard of. This is truly gambling.

i agree w/ all of that. especially, as i said when in their home country. but the max there is onlt $220 on tennis, so it wasnt like i was risking my mortgage. but like i said, i am cool w/ the void as long as it is standard. and in this case, it saved me. btw, they did put the money back in the account