Paddy Power Money Back If Sprinter Sacre Wins

del boy said:
I have reported ye both to PP and have provided them with pictures of ye to be distributed to each shop.

Il also pay for the bounty hunter should ye have already collected. Bandits.
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i've seen the image..are you sure this is OTB?

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On The Bridle said:
Pain in my stones retracing my steps all around Cork......never again:p
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Boys here in Tallaght breaking their bollocks laughing at me for walking 5 mins to another shop. They did €275 no problem and collected it in one scoop! Was the easiest free bet I ever had.
 
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Has anybody who did multiple selections on a single shop docket handed in their docket yet ?
And, more to to the point, did you get refunded?
 
Same with online accounts .................... did anyone who did more than one selection in the race from a single account get refunded?
 
icebreaker said:
Has anybody who did multiple selections on a single shop docket handed in their docket yet ?
And, more to to the point, did you get refunded?
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€375 in two scoops. Winding up Powers on Twitter. They know they have been bent over sideways and rogered.
 
SlimChance said:
€375 in two scoops.
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Slim, are you saying you handed over a docket with more than one selection on it and were paid out out the refund? Can you clarify this?
Are you saying you got the refund of stake on each of both or more horses on the one docket? :blink:
 
icebreaker said:
Slim, are you saying you handed over a docket with more than one selection on it and were paid out out the refund? Can you clarify this?
Are you saying you got the refund of stake on each of both or more horses on the one docket? :blink:
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Yes I did. I drink in the busiest bar next to one of Powers busiest shops. The barman handed in 5 slips and got back €275. Child's play. Who were the staff to tell him they were for the one person when he goes down with multiple selections in races on a daily basis. Powers had no provisions in place to police this offer. It was the biggest mistake made by a bookmaker in a longtime.
 
No mate, I think you've misunderstood me.
I am referring to a single docket with more than one selection on it.
 
LOL, you'ld be surprised at the stupidity of some people.
Was having a pint this morning in an early house in Youghal, and a bunch of them were were pooling £20 each of five and backed all the runners bar SS and Foildubh on a single docket for Paddypower up the street.
I resisted the urge to enlighten them as to their folly !
 
jft2005 said:
i have 5 different online accounts, with different names & addresses, bank details etc, all real people.
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A fair bit to go yet, JFT, until you reach the 5,000+ bookmaker accounts this bozo maintained. :lol:
As reported yesterday, Mr Ospiau sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to three years for bonus abuse. ( Fraud by any other name).

Still, a salutary lesson to anyone considering multiple accounts and a career as a bonus abusing tart.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/323343/20120403/bonus-abuse-man-jailed-online-gambling-fraud.htm
 
I do agree with you.
Lets be realistic as to the "enormity" of Ospiau's transgression -- he opened multiple bookmaker accounts and betted those accounts to accrue the benefit of the advertised bookmaker sign-up bonus'.
A major crime? Way down in the league of depraved criminality, in my opinion. In my view, 3 years was a harsh penality for an offence which didn't involve thuggery, violence to the person, drug-dealing or car-crime.
Every day I'm reading of individuals guilty of these crimes who escape with far lighter punishment.

I have no doubt that a certain agenda was at play here. A kind of marker being set down, if you will. This was the first charge of its kind layed in a British court. The nexus of bookmakers, crown prosecution, and reactionaries who dislike the notion of a "small man pulling a stroke" wanted to make an example and send out a clear message to any other individual who might be considering "gnoming" bookie accounts in the future.
(Of course, when financial spivs working in the City and Wall Street are caught pulling scams on a far higher level they get a quiet word-'n-the-ear to "be more careful in future". :whistle:
 
Bit like Bookies taking £50 multiples where the potential win is way above the may payout limit.... Stuff like that winds me up...
 
I can't help think that his sentence was more about his use of false passports and ID's. It would seem an awful lot of effort to track down and prosecute someone just because he 'abused' bookmakers offers.
 
Dave G said:
I can't help think that his sentence was more about his use of false passports and ID's. It would seem an awful lot of effort to track down and prosecute someone just because he 'abused' bookmakers offers.
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You would certainly have a point if he was misusing them for other nefarious purposes and you probably have a point anyway.
 
Dave G said:
I can't help think that his sentence was more about his use of false passports and ID's. It would seem an awful lot of effort to track down and prosecute someone just because he 'abused' bookmakers offers.
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Thi is the point isn't it? It's the use of illegal & false documents that's the problem, the multiple accounts / bonuses are just how he was caught.
 
Many and varied are the reasons for the possession of fake ID's -- a criminal evading justice; international terrorist; an intent to defraud banking systems etc.
This guy purveyed his false documentation for the sole purpose of opening bookmaker accounts -- way down the scale of villainy in my view -- and consideration of these circumstances should have been shown by the magistrates.
I just think the punishment was harsh in this instance.
 
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