Bad..... Really BAd :(

daveboy

Would be interesting to know exactly how much the OP lost due to this.

Markyt

daveboy wrote: »

Would be interesting to know exactly how much the OP lost due to this.

Not really. It's pretty much irrelevant to everybody except the OP, and it was enough to hurt.

geordie_joe

MC24 wrote: »

Does any one think its actually fair? and could anytihng be doone about it beacuse its not exactly great that other people winn due to unforeseen circumstances

I;d love to see this rule actually changed and i do believe it is possible to have it changed as there are more negatives then positives

Love to hear what other people think - and is it actually worth complaining to the governing board?

In one sense it is fair, you bet someone would win a tennis match and they didn't. You lost your bet.

It could have gone the other way, you could have bet on the other person to win, which they did.

One of the rules of matched betting is to match the rules too. if you bet at two places and one says if a player pulls out the other one is the winner, and the second place say if this happens all bets are off, you run the risk of losing money.

You also run the risk of winning, if the right man goes on to win.

Either way, you place the bet, you take the risk.

MC24

Yeah well i guess i was not the only one who lost, there was about £1,700,000 odd matched for djokovic to win and alot was for really nothing around 1.01 to 1.15 soo lots of money gone to waste

Not much put on Davydenko but the layers of djokovic would have won loads for nothing at all

Well i guess all i can say is thats life, just got to move on and stay positive

Norfolk_Jim

As someone who ha done a great deal of matched betting and arbing over the years, please, please, unless you know exactly what your doing, do not use Tennis for matched betting or Arbs. Its notorious that different bookies and Betfair have differing rules on various possible scenarios. Stick to something safer like football. You have no case, hope you didnt lose too much.

weegie.geek

Why is this thread here and not in the gambling loopholes part of the forum?

I'm sure that looking on the bright side, the OP can look at this as a lesson learnt. You lost x amount of money. That sucks. You could've lost more though.

Next time I'm sure you'll double check the rules

Might be worth keeping a list of certain sites whose sports are compatible with the exchange you're using, and a list of stuff to avoid at all costs because of rule differences.

misskool

It's been mentioned in the introductory guide that tennis isn't safe for matched betting and you should always be careful of rules for each sport you bet in.

I'm still astounded at the number of people who jump into this headfirst and then complain when they make a mistake that could have been pointed out to them if they had posted.

I hope the OP did not lose a significant sum of money. You have no recourse to IBAS or SBR as it's clearly printed in the rules.

Woby_Tide

that was the total amount on Betfair by everyone, not just the posters 'bet'

MC24

No it was the total bet :rotfl: i'd be dead if i lost that much i hardly have any money, but yeah fair points by everyone was my fault in the end, guess i was just to schocked by it all

I have already got over it now and never be betting on tennis again, ive learnt my lesson and everyone here have been very helpfull which im very appreciative about

:rotfl: Daisy_Norris that would be great is Novak would pay my money back