Punter hits Sportingbet for almost a bar $$$$$

I hope they limit that punter.He's too clever for them.

This smells like big stinky fish.......I would only believe it once I see the punter, holding the wining ticket rolling around in some good old fashioned South African MONEY!!!!

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> > > > Why didnt they pay out the full
> > > > odds......:S.......should have been .
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> > > > Payout(inc. stake): 930 690.00 ZAR....
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> > > your calc correct, found it strange - also
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> > > bookies limit you to 100k max per ticket, was
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> > Scotia said: He staked R1,500 and his return
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> > Sure one of the books on here can give us the
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> ODDS comes to 659/1 .... 659 x 1500 = 988,500
> minus 6% = 929,190 + 1500 (stake) = 930,690 !!!

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Thanks for that, maybe those returns made it fall under a different taxable bracket (taking a guess)
still it means he lost out on an extra 37k... for what ever reason... would be nice to know what that reason is... I'd be a scrooge and fight for it, even if i end up giving that same bucks to charity, that price was given to him, should of limited his winnings before final amount appearing on the ticket... (if this is the reason)

depends when the bet was taken it might have been subject to deductions in one of the legs due to scratching

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> depends when the bet was taken it might have been
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could quite be, tis another option...

Bernie's bookie in Bloemfontein also offer a maximum payout of R1 000 000

I was happy to take the R37k less since I didn't think they would pay out the R893k in the 1st place -D

Hey Loopy, congratsX(

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> Couldn't happen to a better bookmaker (very heavy
> with sarcasm)... hope someone does the same for
> the next year and puts them out of business. Well
> done to the anonymous punter (tu)


-D..
Couldn't have happened to a better firm...
I'm not one for boasting,but I can top that by a few rand..
Did I post the bet on here before..

I bet Harris was gutted..

The mystery punter must have been the mighty ziets ....or benito ... or could it be chuck norris