Most books don't do political bets this way (I know Bovada paid me out yesterday on all of my political bets), but I have heard of this practice before.
Also, very shady that INTERTOPS didn't put this in as a qualifier when you placed the bet (like for example, when you place a baseball bet on Bovada, a popup comes up after your wager requiring you to click on a box that says, "only valid if the starting pitcher begins the game", so that's there's a transparency there on the validity of the bet in relation to the books' rules caveat).
A bettor should have the right to know what qualifies as a ship and when they should expect to be paid out. The type of gonzo approach INTERTOPS did here is very shady and IMO, very un-customer friendly. But it just underscores the fact that the book makes the rules and most of the time, there's nothing you can do except bitch on sites like these and hope they resolve the situation appropriately.
Also, I will say, another reason why they (unfortunately) have every right to not pay out until President Trump is sworn in by a Supreme Court Justice: Hillary does still have one way to win:
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For diehard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Donald Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch onto — a surprise twist in the Electoral College.
Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary to be elected president. As of late Wednesday, he had 290 to Clinton’s 228.
According to the Constitution, chosen electors of the Electoral College are the real people who will vote for president, when they meet on Dec. 19 in their respective state capitals.
However, there is nothing stopping any of the electors from refusing to support the candidate to whom they were bound or abstaining from voting.
There’s even a name for it: becoming a “faithless elector.”
http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/the-one...e-white-house/