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Shot taking season just opened for scumbags....

Still can’t believe they paid....man was I wrong....
 

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FanDuel to pay out disputed $82K football bet


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Upon further review, a New Jersey man will get his full $82,000 payout on a disputed $110 sports bet.

And several other gamblers who made similar bets at wildly inflated odds will also be paid in full, FanDuel said Thursday.

The online sports betting company said it will pay Anthony Prince of Newark the full 750-1 payout he was promised when the company's automated system mistakenly generated long odds on the final moments of the Denver Broncos-Oakland Raiders game on Sunday.

The company initially refused to pay the bet placed at its sports book at the Meadowlands Racetrack, saying it isn't obligated to pay for obvious errors. But FanDuel reversed field after consulting with state gambling regulators.

"Above all else, sports betting is supposed to be fun," the company said in a statement Thursday. "As a result of a pricing error this weekend, it wasn't for some of our customers."

Prince made his bet before a game-winning Denver field goal.

"A 36-yard field goal has approximately an 85 percent chance of success, so the astronomical odds offered on something highly likely to occur was very obviously a pricing error," the company said. "These kinds of issues are rare, but they do happen. We want sports betting to be fun. So, this one's on the house. We are paying out these erroneous tickets and wish the lucky customers well."

Prince was handed his 750-1 ticket with about a minute left in the game, as the Broncos trailed by 2 points on their final drive. Denver kicked a field goal with 6 seconds left to win 20-19, capping a second half comeback that started with the Broncos down 12-0.

FanDuel says its system should have calculated his odds at 1-6, meaning a bettor would have to wager $600 in order to win $100.

Prince bet $110 on the Broncos but was stopped when he went to collect from FanDuel's betting window.

The dispute is one of the earliest for the budding sports betting industry in New Jersey, coming at a time when new sports books are opening in some other states and lawmakers throughout the country consider whether to also jump in for the potential tax revenue. New Jersey challenged a federal ban and won a U.S. Supreme Court decision in May that cleared the way for gambling on games to expand beyond Nevada.

The idea that player money and winnings would be protected and regulated by the state has been a major selling point among sports betting supporters who contrasted legal gambling with shady offshore betting sites where players often have little recourse in disputes.

But gambling regulators also have policies in place to void obvious errors in sports bets.

FanDuel also says it will give away another $82,000 this weekend by adding $1,000 apiece to the accounts of 82 randomly chosen customers


Fanduel says its system should have calculated his odds at 1-6.


okay so fanduel the more they open their mouth the worse it gets. They are little puppies in this. Hilarious.

But back to those odds lol. -600 for broncos to win, down 2 with about a minute left. Lol worse odds I have ever heard.
 

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I don't see anything written yet about lawyers. Prince may have lawyered up (and the others), with the same attorney who probably took half if he won the case. Also, sports gambling is new in New Jersey and maybe FanDuels "bit the bullet" on this one to keep their name in tact. I wonder if an established casino in Vegas or somewhere else would have paid it or not. This kind of occurrence happened to me with the Greek (Olympic) a few years back. UL Lafayette was plus 3 but the Greek had them at plus 27 (or something like that). I dumped my whole account in to the game (maybe a dime) and took Lafayette at the plus 27. Lafayette covered the 27, but my bet was denied. I didn't really argue about, since I realized I was in the wrong myself for trying to "get one over" on a book.
 

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-600 is actually pretty reasonable in that situation. Denver has about an 80-85% chance of winning the game in that situation, not including the fact that it's in Mile High with a great kicker.

Probably wouldn't play it, but definitely not the worst odds ever by any means.
 
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-600 is actually pretty reasonable in that situation. Denver has about an 80-85% chance of winning the game in that situation, not including the fact that it's in Mile High with a great kicker.

Probably wouldn't play it, but definitely not the worst odds ever by any means.


Fanduels calculations are horse shit and so are yours. Thank you.
 

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He's getting the payout

[h=1]FanDuel sports book to pay out $82K bet despite system glitch[/h]
[FONT=&quot]FanDuel agreed on Thursday to pay out $82,000 in winnings to a New Jersey man who was able to place a bet with erroneously favorable odds due to a system glitch.[/FONT]
 

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Shot taking season just opened for scumbags....

Still can’t believe they paid....man was I wrong....

FD got no clue what they're doing. Software sucks too.

They're owned by Paddy Power too which is actually a legit operation in the UK. Surprised they're so bad at this.
 

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They should pull a Sting close out special every week just to watch people try to get a bet in
 

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It will be interesting to see how these incidents are handled moving forward because now there is precedent where the sportsbook admits their error and still pays out the ticket. Attorneys have to be salivating at that. Surprised it got paid out.
 
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Thinking they’re paying this more based on optics and getting a nudge from gaming with sports betting being newly legal in these states more than anything else. No way in hell this guy deserves it.
 

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Fanduels calculations are horse shit and so are yours. Thank you.

-600 wasn’t even the most expensive price at that point in the game. I guess I’ll stick to objective statistical analysis, and you’ll stick to “unique perspective.”
 

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FanDuel Sportsbook Pays Erroneous Tickets At Full Value After NFL Betting Glitch

Eric Ramsey, Sep 20, 2018


Several bettors placed in-play bets on the OaklandDenver game during what the company called an 18-second “computer glitch,” receiving tickets with printed payouts far larger than intended. The pricing error was at least the third hiccup at The Meadowlands since New Jersey sports bettingbegan, and by far its biggest gaffe.

FanDuel initially offered to settle the errant tickets at what it deemed the correct odds before announcing Thursday it would pay the winners in full. The largest winning ticket will pay more than $82,000 on a $110 bet — a 750-to-1 payout.


A tidal wave of attention and phone calls with the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement likely played a role in the change of heart.


FanDuel Sportsbook makes it right


The decision arrived in a long statement from FanDuel Sportbook:

Above all else, sports betting is supposed to be fun. As a result of a pricing error this weekend, it wasn’t for some of our customers. For eighteen seconds, bettors were offered odds paying out 750-1 on the Denver Broncos converting a 36 yard field goal. A 36 yard field goal has approximately an 85% chance of success, so the astronomical odds offered on something highly likely to occur was very obviously a pricing error. These kinds of issues are rare, but they do happen. We have clear house rules about how such obvious pricing errors are treated, which is to pay winners at the correct price.

For those familiar with the industry these rules are understood, but we realize a lot of our customers are new to sports betting and were not familiar. We want FanDuel to be a sportsbook for all bettors, and we want sports betting to be fun. So, this one’s on the house. We are paying out these erroneous tickets and wish the lucky customers well. Going forward, we are working with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to improve our processes and procedures. We will also work with others in the industry on educating bettors on these and similar instances and how they work.

We are committed to ensuring sports betting is reliable and fun for everyone, and we don’t want an eighteen second error to define anyone’s experience. So let’s have fun. This weekend, we’re giving away $82,000 to our customers, by adding $1,000 to the account of 82 lucky users…


It’s hard to say how much the mistake will cost the company in total, but the two tickets that have garnered the most attention add up to more than $130,000. Add the additional $82,000 mea culpaplus the tickets we don’t know about, and it’s no small chunk of change.


Pay that man his money


The story of Anthony Prince is the one that drew FanDuel Sportsbook into the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Prince placed an in-play wager during that 18-second window, and the ticket showed 750-to-1 odds on his $110 bet — a payout of $82,610.

When Denver won and Prince went to collect, FanDuel cited the malfunction and denied full payment. It was a clear pricing mistake, at least to those familiar with in-play betting. Those printed odds are not even in the same universe as the true odds in that situation, or really any situation.

More relevant is how the error happened, though, and how to prevent it from happening again. It’s not clear how the DGE would have handled potential discipline, or if that was on the table at all, but it was investigating.

The DGE seemed content with the resolution in a short statement to Legal Sports Report:


The Division is encouraged by FanDuel’s actions today. The Division will continue to work with FanDuel and the State’s other licensed sports wagering operators to ensure the implementation of industry wide best practices.


FanDuel Sportsbook does have house rules in place to protect itself against precisely these sorts of problems, which it did follow. Knowing what it knows now, though, it probably wishes it had just done this on Sunday. It can afford the money, but customer confidence is worth its weight in gold in the booming New Jersey market right now.

 
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-600 wasn’t even the most expensive price at that point in the game. I guess I’ll stick to objective statistical analysis, and you’ll stick to “unique perspective.”


You are a moron if you think that line should have been -600 with Denver getting the ball back down 2 with about a minute left. Period. -450 absolute MAX.

The line on the game was like -260 or less.

Where is the mathematician patsfans?
 

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