William Hill sportsbook in dispute with Nevada gambler over potential $40,200 win
The player was paid $1,000 for a golf tournament bet.
Key Points
- The gambler placed a longshot bet that resulted in a $40,200 win
- William Hill claims the odds settings were posted in error
A gambling patron in Las Vegas has filed an appeal with the Nevada Gaming Control Board regarding a winning bet placed with William Hill Sportsbook, according to a recent Las Vegas Review-Journal report.
The winning bet was wagered during a 2023 Australian golf tournament. According to the local report, the patron made a $200 “longshot bet at +20000 odds” last November on a golfer in the tournament and said he is entitled to $40,200 in winnings.
The patron said he kept bet sheets from his William Hill Sportsbook account showing that he should be paid the $40,200.
However, William Hill paid a total of $1,000 for the winning bet.
The player claims that the sportsbook told him “there was an error in the posting of odds and substituted his winning ticket with a ticket reflecting corrected odds of +400 that provided winnings of $1,000 to the player.”
William Hill told state regulators that it would not cancel the original wager “because of the ‘obvious errors’ in the setting of the odds and that William Hill’s house rules enable it to make those changes in the event of a mistake,” the local report said.
William Hill currently has a notice posted that addresses terms for correcting errors.
The notice reads, “We reserve the right, pending regulatory approval, to correct any obvious error made on a wager placed in one of our betting Live markets and settle at the correct odds or terms, which were available with William Hill Sportsbook (absent the obvious error) at the time the wager was struck.
“Where the incorrect odds or terms are less advantageous than those available with William Hill Sportsbook, the odds or terms will be amended to the correct odds or terms available.”
Nevada state regulators have not reached a decision in the dispute at this time.
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