[Pot luck]

A book cancelled a wager before the event citing an "input error". The line offered was comparable with the four other books offering prices at the time of betting.

The line when bet was +300.00 which dropped to +240.00 before dropping to -142.86 - at which point the bet was cancelled.

The response to an email was this:

"We would like to confirm once again that those bets had to be cancelled due to an input error because incorrect odds were entered.

If we wouldn't do that and would settle them correspondently, some users could lose on the ground of an error from our side and this would be absolutely unfair. Moreover, the cancellation of a bet does not report any damage to any of the affected customers, since all stakes are reimbursed".


Is this fair?

[bigboydan]

Have you filled out a complaint form yet. Also, what book was this sir?

[Pot luck]

I have not filled a complaint form yet. I wanted to get a feel for whether people thought that this was OK from the book or not. The book is a major European book who have tended to be fair with me in the past.

[KEdge2k]

What type of sport are we talking? And did the rest of the comparable books all drop their lines concurrently down to a negative juice? Why did the line move so drastically?

[Pot luck]

Soccer. All the books dropped their lines around the same time - I am not sure why they all dropped but I thought that the correct line was about +100 when making the bet.

[Maniac]

Sounds like the typical big you move you see when a game is bent or if the players of one team suddenly go on strike or something - seems way to big a move to be on a normal game to me.

What match was it, or what league/competition was it in - that way will be able to see if there is more to things than meets the eye with the game, and whether it was a legit "input error" or them just not reacting to a legitimate market move...

[BET THE HOOK]

Something smells fishy here.

[isetcap]

You would need to be able to provide evidence that your bet was placed while the overall market was in the +300 neighborhood. If so then your complaint is valid and the book should honor the bet. If not then the book is definitely within its rights to cancel citing a bad line.

[isetcap]

Soccer. All the books dropped their lines around the same time - I am not sure why they all dropped but I thought that the correct line was about +100 when making the bet.

You were able to handicap the line at +100 when you bet +300 but you are not sure why the line dropped? An extreme move of that nature should be easily explainable.

[skrtelfan]

You would need to be able to provide evidence that your bet was placed while the overall market was in the +300 neighborhood. If so then your complaint is valid and the book should honor the bet. If not then the book is definitely within its rights to cancel citing a bad line.

By that argument any stale line is a "bad line" and allowing books to cancel any stale line also allows them to be lazy.

[in play, run(s)]

What game was it?

[isetcap]

By that argument any stale line is a "bad line" and allowing books to cancel any stale line also allows them to be lazy.

A stale line is not being discussed here and therefore the argument does not apply. This line was declared an input error.

If a player is trimmed for betting a stale line then a different set of bookmaking ethics/rules comes into play.

[King_Suckerman]

The line offered was comparable with the four other books offering prices at the time of betting.

Were the 4 other books in any way related? eg all part of same group or all using odds from the same source?

[bigboydan]

Were the 4 other books in any way related? eg all part of same group or all using odds from the same source?

Mr.Blackie's establishment only has 2 books under the BlackDog Group family of books sir.

[LT Profits]

Maybe Pinny put up a bad line and many sheep copied?