Inquiry?

[Ponies101]

A while back I was betting an Eastern track card at an on-line wagering site. I have bet many hundreds, perhaps thousands of races over the past few years at this site.

Well on this particular day, something remarkable happened. For 2 consecutive races, wagering was available AFTER the races had been run, i.e. with 5 minutes left until post time, the wagering screen showed 20 minutes left to wager....and then when post time arrived, the wagering was still available! This continued until the next race, where the same thing happened again.

Just for kicks, I bet a few bucks to see what would happen. Well, the bets were accepeted, and eventually my account was credited with the winnings. A horse players wet dream, betting on the races already knowing the results!!!

Anyway, the first race bets were refunded a few hours later, when the official post time was shown to be after the bets were taken.

However, the second race payoff stayed in my account, probably because the official race results showed the post time to be several minutes after the actual post time. That is to say, the time I placed my bet, which was after the race had finished, was still showing as several minutes earlier than the official post time!!!

Conspiracy? Why not. I had bet so many races, and never seen the wagering available after post time. And then, the official results showed a post time that was inaccurate!

Anyone else ever hear or seen this kind of thing happening at these off-shore wagering sites?

[jjgold]

JUst a tech gliche once in a while

[bigboydan]

Glitch or no glitch I wouldn't be a shot taker like that bud. That type of thing will only leading to problems down the road for you when it comes to cash outs.

[thezbar]

Many moons ago I was at the local off track center and they had the queens plate from canada on the card.I bet the race and won with a 6/5 favorite.The bet was for 200 dollars.When I went to cash ,the teller told me there was a delay.About twenty minutes later they announced that the local pool money had not reached the main hub in time before the race was official. They were going to honor all winning tickets and refund any losing tickets.While all the stoopers were digging in the trash for losing tickets I was quickly in the club house information line collecting my 460 dollars.As the information clerk hands me the money he also returns the wager tickets to me.They weren't too organized at that point. The line at the information line in the general section of the track was a lot longer but it was a free start to a winning day thanks to the extra 460 dollars I'd received. This time they knew enough to keep the tickets.

[Ponies101]

Message received Mr. Mod

Yeah I hear ya Mr. Moderator, I'm niether proud or ashamed of what I did, just telling the facts, I imagine my account would be closed if I intentionally did it again and got caught.

Mostly what I was trying to point out was for it to happen, two VERY improbable things had to happen in the same race, namely the wagering needed to be opened after post time, AND the official record of the race (DRF, Equibase) showed a later starting time than what really happened. What are the chances of those two things happening in the same race??? So low, that I can't help considering there may have been some hancky-pancky going on with insiders at the book/official charts recorders, other people, etc.. Call me suspicious.

Anyhoo, if anyone understands the mechanics of taking these bets at these offshore joints, share away, maybe I'm misunderstanding the checks and balances of the bet-taking systems.