My wife and I often call a happy surprise “like finding $20 in your jacket pocket.” Well, this story is the opposite of that.
On November 22, 2023, a Las Vegas gambler bet $200 on massive longshot golfer Joel Moscatel Nachshon to win the first round of the 2023 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship. He was going off at +20000 at the William Hill Sportsbook.
Moscatel did, in fact, win the first round with a course record-tying 63 and eventually finished seventh in the tournament.
William Hill told him it made a mistake when it posted the odds
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the gambler had the bet slip from his online sportsbook account, which showed that he won $40,200. But when he went to cash it in, William Hill told him it made a mistake when it posted the odds. Instead, the sportsbook said, the odds should have been +400, so it paid him $1,000 in winnings.
A patron dispute hearing officer with the Nevada Gaming Control Board heard arguments from both parties last Thursday and will deliver a recommendation to the Board.
William Hill said that, according to its terms and conditions, it reserves the right to correct any “obvious” errors.
The customer said that his gambling account showed the $40,200 in winnings for five days after the golf event concluded.