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Originally Posted by Andy Asaro
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Not sure how I missed this thread for so long.
FanDuel paid this out for the following reasons - lawyer fees and PR.
Legal sports betting is in it's infancy here.
That makes relevant legal case history non-existent.
There is no way to predict how this would be ruled upon.
Why take the chance of losing, in addition to paying attorneys?
$82K is a reasonable price to take a dose of medicine.
I've been on both sides of the counter with legal sports betting for 50 years.
The lesson the bookmaker would have to learn here is to tighten up rules.
"Palpable errors" was the term we had for it in Irish bookmaking.
Any obvious error made in the acceptance of a wager renders it null and void.
If any such term was not listed in their wagering rules and conditions,
then they were up a creek without a paddle.
