Yeah, LOL at these guys playing victim.
They placed a +75000 moneyline bet on the Broncos. That's 750-to-1.
Even worse, it was a live bet when the Broncos were heavily favored to win in the 4th quarter.
After quarterback Case Keenum completed a pass down to the Oakland 18-yard line, putting the Broncos in comfortable field goal range, FanDuel attempted to update the live betting odds to reflect Denver as a -600 favorite. However, according to the company, an error in the live-odds feed caused the Broncos to be posted as 750-1 (+75,000) underdogs to win the game.
http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id...due-line-error
So for 18 seconds, the live betting system was screwed up and listed a team very likely to win as a 750-1 dog.
Anyone who bet that knew exactly what they were doing, and I agree that FanDuel shouldn't be required to pay them.
What if, instead of 750:1, the line was 750,000:1?
Would these guys believe they were in line to get $80 million from a $100 bet?
Give me a fucking break.
I'm pretty sure the law n New Jersey allows FanDuel to do this, when the line was clearly an egregious error.
Had FanDuel listed +600 instead of -600, my guess is that they would have paid it, and in fact may have had a hard time legally cancelling it.
Similar consumer laws guide advertised sale prices.
If you see an advertised item worth $2000 in the paper as $1000, they typically have to honor it.
However, if an item worth $2000 is erroneously listed as $20, they typically don't.
There's a point where a reasonable person cannot claim they really thought the price was legitimate. Same thing goes here.