Paid wrong on a tie

[Lee B]

 i bet 20 pounds on a double. 

5/2 and 11/10 , 5/2 won , 11/10 tied for 1st. 

Paid me 73.50. This must be wrong.

I get 70 pounds for the 5/2. So 70 pounds on 11/10 tied 1st only gives me £3.5 . No way is that right. Should be another around £35. Not £3.5 . 

[Lee B]

It should be £108.5 not £73.50 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Lee B

[GR1ZZL3R]

   To me this looks like another example of a punter not knowing the rules and being disappointed when a payout doesn't seem to meet expectations. Most bookmakers treat dead heats the same and it looks like UB have done so. 

 

 

    So £20 on a 5/2 winner pays £70. Half this amount, £35, wins at 11/10 paying £73.50, the other half loses, so a total payout of £73.50 is correct. Disappointing but correct according to the rules.

Edited April 28, 2023 by GR1ZZL3R

[GR1ZZL3R]

    The story so far.

   @Lee B thought his bet had been settled incorrectly.

On 4/28/2023 at 4:30 AM, Lee B said:

 i bet 20 pounds on a double. 

5/2 and 11/10 , 5/2 won , 11/10 tied for 1st. 

Paid me 73.50. This must be wrong.

I get 70 pounds for the 5/2. So 70 pounds on 11/10 tied 1st only gives me £3.5 . No way is that right. Should be another around £35. Not £3.5 . 

 

On 4/28/2023 at 4:39 AM, Lee B said:

It should be £108.5 not £73.50 

 

   This is typical mistakes by punters, lord knows I've made enough of them in my time, probably this very one, so I pointed out where I thought his error was.

 

On 4/28/2023 at 9:26 AM, GR1ZZL3R said:

   To me this looks like another example of a punter not knowing the rules and being disappointed when a payout doesn't seem to meet expectations. Most bookmakers treat dead heats the same and it looks like UB have done so. 

 

 

    So £20 on a 5/2 winner pays £70. Half this amount, £35, wins at 11/10 paying £73.50, the other half loses, so a total payout of £73.50 is correct. Disappointing but correct according to the rules.

 

   Then I received a private message.

 

 

 

   And here's me thinking I'd been helpful. 

   Many years ago I tentatively suggested to a work colleague that he may want to share some of the extra money he had earned through me donating three hours of my time and effort to help him out of a tricky situation (when I could have headed home and put my feet up) I was called a "grasping avaricious bastard," up till now my favourite nickname. "Keyboard warrior twat" has a certain ring to it which I almost feel like adopting, but before I do so here is something  I urge you to read Lee B.

    

   

Maybe you should look up big words or phrases and try to understand whether they are describing yourself rather than someone else before using them. 

   Further recommended reading. 

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by GR1ZZL3R

[cris1285]

As I see this is the second time you are trying to help him (by posting the actual rules!) but maybe these answers didn't meet his expectations 

Helpful posts, but he is the textbook keyboard warrior, don't worry about him @GR1ZZL3R.