{"id":3998,"date":"2018-11-20T13:28:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2018-11-20T13:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:28:18","slug":"betfred-faces-legal-action-over-non-payment-of-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10casinowebsites.net\/news\/betfred-faces-legal-action-over-non-payment-of-jackpot\/","title":{"rendered":"Betfred Faces Legal Action Over Non-Payment Of \u00a31.72m Jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"British gambling firm Betfred<\/strong> is facing legal action after it failed to pay a jackpot worth \u00a31.72 million. <\/p>\n

Andy Green<\/strong> hit the massive \u00a31,722,500.24 jackpot when he played the “Frankie Dettori\u2019s Magic Seven Blackjack<\/em>” on the UK online casino<\/a>. Green celebrated his life-changing win with family and friends after receiving confirmation from the customer support team at Betfred.<\/p>\n

However his pleasant surprise was ruined as just four days later customer support called him and informed him that the company could not honor the jackpot and payout as his win occurred due to a system glitch.<\/p>\n

A Betfred representative claimed the online casino encountered a software malfunction and thus it could not award the \u00a31.72 million jackpot. This isn’t the first time that an online casino has refused to honor a payment on the basis of a software glitch.<\/p>\n

According to Green, the company decided to be \u2018generous<\/em>\u2019 by offering to reimburse the \u00a32,500<\/strong> he spent on celebrating his win. In addition to that, Betfred would pay him \u00a360,000<\/strong> under the condition that Green would not talk about the non-payment of the jackpot payout. Realizing he was being put at a disadvantage, Green decided to take legal action against Betfred to force it to pay the full \u00a31.72 million.<\/p>\n

Anomaly Exposed on The One Show<\/h2>\n

BBC\u2019s popular UK prime time TV program \u2018The One Show<\/a><\/em>\u2019 unveiled Green\u2019s story and exposed Betfair\u2019s deliberate attempts to gag him.<\/p>\n

Sharing his story on the show, Green said he started out with \u00a3100 when he played the online casino game and almost lost all of it until he hit a \u00a310,000 bonus. That was a good amount of cash but Green continued to play. His winnings increased to \u00a338,000 and he kept having a good run and saw it go all the way up to \u00a3600,000.<\/p>\n

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