Customer Attempts to Sue William Hill for Gambling Losses
February 15, 2008 by Robert
British Bookmaker William Hill is being taken to court by a former customer who intends to sue the betting company for the gambling losses that he incurred whilst betting in the company’s betting shops, believed to be in the region on £2million.
The customer, Graham Calvert of Sunderland, was a successful Greyhound Trainer before he lost everything through gambling. Calvert claims that William Hill failed in their duty of care towards him after he underwent the self exclusion process from the comapny’s chain of shops but was still able to go and place bets. Calvert said “If I’d known I had the problem and didn’t do anything about it, I would see myself as being 100 per cent responsible. However, I did try to go through the right procedures and I was let down by William Hill.”
It emerged that Calvert used to bet in large stakes and was responsible for placing the largest bet ever on Golf, when he placed £350,000 on The USA to win the 2006 Ryder Cup Golf Odds.
The case will go to court in the next couple of weeks.
Paddy Power publish golf betting losses
August 2, 2007 by admin
In winning the Deutsche Bank Players Championship, Andrés Romero stung the pockets of the irish bookmaker Paddy Power. Paddy Power stood the biggest bet on the Argentinian, laying £4,000 at 28-1. That customer collected £112,000. Another irish bookie Boylesports took a string of three-figure bets, including one of €500 (£337) at 5-1 in-play. One Sporting Index client collected £6,600 after selling Romero’s finishing position at 34 for £200 a place.
Boylesports was also forced to pay a punter from Tallaght €7,000 (£4,716) after he wagered €1,000 (£674) at 7-1 about Jim Furyk winning the Canadian Open. It was worse for Victor Chandler, which lost £50,000 thanks to Furyk’s success at Angus Glen. Still, at least Nick Faldo did not win the Senior Open Championship - that result would have cost VC Bet a further £25,000.
India attracted plenty of interest to defeat England in the second Test, although most of the money came in-play. SkyBet reported a £20,000 punt at 1-2 (but got most of its money back when a client staked £16,000 at 5-6 that there would be fewer than 88 runs in the second session of day two). William Hill saw a £16,000 wager at 1-16 while Boyle’s stood multiple bets between €300 (£202) and €1,000 (£674). Paddy Power reported the draw best backed (one of £4,500 at 6-5) while England (£2,500 at 6-5) also saw support.
VC Bet laid the draw heavily, standing one bet of £12,000 at 4-6. A Sporting Index account holder bought India’s first-innings total at 300 for £50 per run, resulting in a £9,050 win.
Source: Guardian
