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    What warrants a book cancelling a bet?

    I run a lot of parlay bets for small money mostly, and every now and then I will see that a game or two within my parlay's are listed as "cancelled" when I check the parlay status. What circumstances cause a book to cancel a bet?

    I've got a monster parlay going right now and even though I have yet to lose on it, one of the games on was just cancelled . Hate to see what happens should I win the bet, haha.

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    Crap, I ended up losing my parlay by 1 game, guess that cancelled bet became moot...still would like to know why they do it though.

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    Books rated D- or lower may do that all the time.

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    Some software will show the game as cancelled if the side/total is a push but doesn't mean the rest of the parlay is cancelled.
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    do believe that the parlay isnt cancelled ,just that bet.happened to me a few times

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    2 team parlay would result in no-action.

    3 team parlays and greater are reduced down. (i.e. a 3 team parlay reduces to a 2 team parlay)

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    shouldjustdropdownanumber

    so3movesto2

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackkkk2009 View Post
    Books rated D- or lower may do that all the time.
    Well, this bet was placed at 5Dimes

    Quote Originally Posted by Trident View Post
    Some software will show the game as cancelled if the side/total is a push but doesn't mean the rest of the parlay is cancelled.
    Quote Originally Posted by oiler View Post
    do believe that the parlay isnt cancelled ,just that bet.happened to me a few times
    Quote Originally Posted by sharpcat View Post
    2 team parlay would result in no-action.

    3 team parlays and greater are reduced down. (i.e. a 3 team parlay reduces to a 2 team parlay)
    Quote Originally Posted by iceminers26 View Post
    shouldjustdropdownanumber

    so3movesto2

    Don't mean to be rude, but you all missed the point of the question completely... I asked WHAT WOULD WARRANT A BOOK CANCELLING A BET. I know the play is reduced should that happen, I also know that the ENTIRE bet isn't cancelled...i'm asking WHY a book would do it? Work with me people, damn.

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    Typo in the line, bet was graded as a push, other bizarre event/

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    Which game was cancelled, what was the bet on this game

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    Quote Originally Posted by macoeric View Post
    Which game was cancelled, what was the bet on this game
    I took UNC Charlotte to cover within 13 of U of Richmond..they ended up covering by EXACTLY 13, lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Recurring View Post
    Typo in the line, bet was graded as a push, other bizarre event/
    This makes sense...

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    Do you mean cancel the entire parlay? Well, they're not going to cancel it if there are at least 2 bets left that don't push and aren't (as individual bets) on bad lines. 5Dimes software shouldn't accept any excessively correlated parlays they don't want, so they'd have no reason to try to cancel the entire parlay if you won.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Counterfeit Cash View Post
    I took UNC Charlotte to cover within 13 of U of Richmond..they ended up covering by EXACTLY 13, lol.
    You had a push and they canceled the whole parlay?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AimingHigh View Post
    Do you mean cancel the entire parlay?
    Quote Originally Posted by Trident View Post

    You had a push and they canceled the whole parlay?
    NO NO NOOOO!!! they cancelled just the one bet, i'm thinking the other guy I quoted was right, that it was considered cancelled due to that particular bet pushing. Aside from that, How the hell could a simple question be misconstrued like that? I thought I did pretty well explaining what happened....sheesh.

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    You couldn't figure out that the bet was cancelled because it was a push? Really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trident View Post
    Some software will show the game as cancelled if the side/total is a push but doesn't mean the rest of the parlay is cancelled.
    Quote Originally Posted by Counterfeit Cash View Post
    NO NO NOOOO!!! they cancelled just the one bet, i'm thinking the other guy I quoted was right, that it was considered cancelled due to that particular bet pushing. Aside from that, How the hell could a simple question be misconstrued like that? I thought I did pretty well explaining what happened....sheesh.
    That's exactly what I said in the first place.

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    Books have different rules about parlays. I am sure there are some that would cancel the whole bet if 1 leg is canceled. Fortunately, none of the A books do this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trident View Post
    That's exactly what I said in the first place.
    I'm aware you said that initially, but you ALSO said it doesn't meant the ENTIRE BET was cancelled, I never mentioned anywhere that my entire bet was cancelled...so what are you talking about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianLaverty View Post
    You couldn't figure out that the bet was cancelled because it was a push? Really?
    I've only been betting online for a short while now, so i'm still learning the in's and out's so yeah, really...ass-munch.

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