Messed up betting slip

digiman · 2005-07-15 08:25:17

I asked a freind of mine to put a bet on for me, but he made a mistake on the slip. He wrote down the wrong number beside the chosen horse. The horse lost but the number was of the horse that won. I was wondering if my horse had of won, would they have paid out? It was boylesports that took the bet. Also how is that bets…

15-07-2005 09:25AM

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I asked a freind of mine to put a bet on for me, but he made a mistake on the slip. He wrote down the wrong number beside the chosen horse. The horse lost but the number was of the horse that won. I was wondering if my horse had of won, would they have paid out? It was boylesports that took the bet.
Also how is that bets get calculated? Are they all sent to a central location and are worked out by hand or what way?

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#2 15-07-2005 02:32PM

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if the race course, time and horse name were correct the number wouldn't matter. It would be unlikely they would be that fussy.

all bets go to a central system so any big movements on a particular horse get tracked quickly and prices adjusted accordingly.

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