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London\u2019s High Court has agreed to hear the case of a wealthy bettor who claims Paddy Power<\/a> owes him \u00a3286,000 after the stakes of his bet were misheard.<\/p>\n

\"Paddy
James Longley, pictured outside London\u2019s High Court, claims Paddy Power is welching on a perfectly legal bet. But the bookmaker says the two parties had their wires crossed.\u00a0 (Image: The Sun<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In September 2019, James Longley, 44, called Paddy Power\u2019s telephone betting service with the intention of placing a $1,300 each-way bet on a horse called \u201cRedemptive\u201d at Wolverhampton Racecourse.<\/p>\n

The operator sought authority for the stake because of its size, but mistakenly relayed it to an authorizing trader as \u00a313,000 each way, \u00a326,000 in total.<\/p>\n

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Longley accepted the bet, claiming he understood it as \u201ca counter-offer\u201d from Paddy Power. This should have entitled him to a \u00a3286,000 payout when Redemptive romped home in the first place, but Longley says the bookmaker is welching on the bet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The bookmaker<\/a> refused to pay out on the larger stake, citing an \u201cerror\u201d clause\u00a0in its terms and conditions.<\/p>\n

‘Plausible Bet’ from Multi-Millionaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Paddy Power\u2019s lawyer Kajetan Wandowicz argued that, based on context and Longley\u2019s reaction, the plaintiff had not noticed the mention of a larger stake. He claimed Longley only realized the difference when he later checked an app on his phone.<\/p>\n

This meant the parties had been at cross purposes, and so no valid contract had been agreed upon, Wandowicz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt beggars belief, that a highly intelligent and sophisticated punter [bettor] who has only just been told that his requested bet has been approved would regard that\u00a0mention of a different sum of money as a counter-offer,\u201d Wandowicz added.<\/p>\n

Longley\u2019s lawyer, Mark James, said that for most people, a sudden tenfold increase in stakes would be unheard of. But his client’s wealth and gambling habits made it perfectly plausible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Longley is described by The Sun<\/em> newspaper as a \u201cself-made multimillionaire\u201d who made his fortune through the sale of his utility bills company Utility Bidder in 2018.<\/p>\n

Chasing Losses<\/strong><\/h2>\n

James said it seemed the Paddy Power trader had been eager to accept the bet because he thought Longley was chasing his losses. The plaintiff had already lost \u00a319,000 to Paddy Power that day, from an opening balance of \u00a378,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cObjectively, it\u2019s a bet for \u00a313,000 each way. That\u2019s how Mr. Longley understood it, that\u2019s how the phone operator understood it, and that\u2019s the bet that Paddy Power\u2019s trader authorized. It would be a very unusual outcome if they were all wrong,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [bookmakers] can lay off their bets, make a profit on the deal, and then tell the bettor,\u00a0\u2018We\u2019re keeping our winnings, but you can\u2019t have yours\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London\u2019s High Court has agreed to hear the case of a wealthy bettor who claims Paddy Power owes him \u00a3286,000 after the stakes of his bet were misheard. In September 2019, James Longley, 44, called Paddy Power\u2019s telephone betting service with the intention of placing a $1,300 each-way bet on a horse called \u201cRedemptive\u201d at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":178404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPaddy Power Sued by Gambler Over \u2018Misheard\u2019 \u00a3286,000 Bet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paddy Power is being sued by wealthy gambler James Longley in London\u2019s High Court over a 'misheard' 16\/1 each way bet that netted \u00a3286,000.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paddy Power Sued by Gambler Over \u2018Misheard\u2019 \u00a3286,000 Bet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paddy Power is being sued by wealthy gambler James Longley in London\u2019s High Court over a 'misheard' 16\/1 each way bet that netted \u00a3286,000.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T14:47:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T16:41:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/james.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/\",\"name\":\"Paddy Power Sued by Gambler Over \u2018Misheard\u2019 \u00a3286,000 Bet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/james.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T14:47:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-02T16:41:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Paddy Power is being sued by wealthy gambler James Longley in London\u2019s High Court over a 'misheard' 16\/1 each way bet that netted \u00a3286,000.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-sues-paddy-power-over-misheard-286000-bet\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/james.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/james.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"James Longley, pictured outside London\u2019s High Court, claims Paddy Power is welching on a perfectly legal bet. 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