If you think you're having a bad day of betting...

billnevin · Nov 19, 2006

Think how this guy must feel:

http://www.betasia.com/news/1795/mis-click-costs-punter-£237,500.html

vermonthorseplayer · Nov 19, 2006

To Quote Frank Barone:

"HOLY CRAP!!!!"

LGBoots · Nov 19, 2006

I was trading on this HorseRace. Saw the 1000 odds flash up.Thought the horse must have failed to start so did not profit on it :ughhh:

6under · Nov 19, 2006

ouch! This kind of stuff can happen on those exchanges too often.

Holysmoke+ · Nov 19, 2006

6 under said:
ouch! This kind of stuff can happen on those exchanges too often.

amen, I have f'd up on them but nowhere near that mistake.

TTinCO · Nov 19, 2006

The guys who sucked up that $447K have to be dancing in the streets.

Holy shit.....

Dante · Nov 19, 2006

did the guy who lost that kill himself?:nohead:

mj23 · Nov 19, 2006

Dante said:
did the guy who lost that kill himself?:nohead:

They are trading on that as we speak!!:missingte

randyrohm · Nov 19, 2006

Helluva account balance he must have had. Must be a pro for that balance and must have cleaned out his earning for the decade. Should be a way to avoid that.

jasin4000 · Nov 19, 2006

TTinCO said:
The guys who sucked up that $447K have to be dancing in the streets.

Holy shit.....

Im not too familiar with exchanges...So 1 guy put up 447k for people to bet on??

TTinCO · Nov 19, 2006

In short, he played the house & offerred odds of 999-1 on the horse

mj23 · Nov 19, 2006

TTinCO said:
In short, he played the house & offerred odds of 999-1 on the horse

Tln can you get me his phone number??

PublicsMoney · Nov 19, 2006

Just another reason why Online gambling gets a bad rap........this is a honest mistake and anyone with a half a brain would refund this guy.....but not in the online world.

randyrohm · Nov 19, 2006

I imagine it was programs that grabbed his bet before he could do anything. I posted about a London punter that developed his on program for live golf, no doubt a similer situation. With that much money in his account he is a pro and this time it backfired. My similer mistakes cost me a couple hundred bucks.

mj23 · Nov 19, 2006

randyrohm said:
I imagine it was programs that grabbed his bet before he could do anything. I posted about a London punter that developed his on program for live golf, no doubt a similer situation. With that much money in his account he is a pro and this time it backfired. My similer mistakes cost me a couple hundred bucks.

Then again maybe he was from Jakarta?

sean1 · Nov 19, 2006

That is absolutely ridiculous.

I don't offer odds on exchanges and this is a good reason why.

These exchanges should have a bad line thing built into their system. If anyone offers a line of twice the normal line, it should stop them.

Sean

Doug · Nov 19, 2006

Agree, something like a message saying "Are you sure you want to offer this ? ". Then if the guy does it anyway, so be it.

Omni · Nov 19, 2006

I saw a similar story a while back, I think it was betfair where a guy offered ridiculos odds on a horse by accident and he got cleaned out of a big chunk of money as well.

Omni · Nov 19, 2006

I found the story.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004121684,00.html

X-Files · Nov 19, 2006

Doug said:
Agree, something like a message saying "Are you sure you want to offer this ? ". Then if the guy does it anyway, so be it.

Some casinos have something just like that, e.g. bet365 for BJ
when one accidently hits on a hand with 20. Pinnacle will let
you go ahead, hit it & take your money.