{"id":88542,"date":"2018-09-19T11:33:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=88542"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:33:35","slug":"fanduel-refuses-to-pay-out-winning-sports-bet-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-refuses-to-pay-out-winning-sports-bet-in-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"FanDuel Refuses to Pay out Winning Sports Bet in New Jersey, Regulators Investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Jersey sports bettor who laid 110 bucks on a Broncos game thought he’d won $82,000 when Denver came back to beat the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, but it turns out the odds on offer were too much of a good thing.<\/p>\n

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This winning boot by Brandon McManus kicked off a betting controversy in New Jersey. (Credit: Bleacher Report)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, FanDuel — the newly formed sportsbook which took the bet in the Garden State — is declining to pay out the winning ticket.<\/p>\n

Sports bettor Anthony Price told a local New Jersey news outlet that he’d made a live, in-game bet from the Meadowlands<\/a> on Sunday. He did it while the Broncos were down 19-17 to the Raiders, with just over a minute left in the game. It’s not clear whether the bet was made from one of the 10 betting windows at the stadium, or from FanDuel’s mobile app.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The odds on offer from FanDuel at that time were an incredible +75,000, meaning his $110 ticket was good for a cash of $82,610. But after Brandon McManus booted the winning field goal for Denver, Prince got the bad news.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“They said their system had a glitch in it and they’re not obligated to pay for glitches,” Prince told New Jersey News 12.<\/p>\n

Price says FanDuel tried to make good by offering him tickets to three New York Giants games, as well as $500 in cash, but he’s not satisfied.<\/p>\n

The government is taxing it now so I thought it would be a better situation. You’d rather go to the corner bookies now. You’re not getting paid here,\u201d <\/span><\/strong>Price said after the outcome.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Controversy?<\/h2>\n

It’s the first major controversy to surface since the state legalized sports betting<\/a> back in June.<\/p>\n

Punters across the pond are probably having a good laugh at this story. That’s because in the UK — where sports betting his been legal since 1961 — such a story wouldn’t be considered controversial at all.<\/p>\n

Odds glitches are so common there that they’ve even been given a name: palpable errors, or “palps” for short, and such bets are usually voided. It’s a fact of betting life that many have taken to Twitter to point out.<\/p>\n

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Pretty well established that books don’t have to pay out clearly erroneous lines.<\/p>\n

\u2014 You’re a Strange Kid, Kekambas (@Kekambas10) September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n