Rupert Adams, spokesperson for William Hill, said: “We have millions of bets placed every day and on a regular basis we have a number of ambiguous bets placed with the intention of fraudulent payouts.
The Anfield pensioner said he was told by staff that he would be fine to collect his winnings, but when he went to the shop to collect the money he was turned away by the area manager.Īfter the ECHO reported Mr Langton’s issue earlier today, William Hill has now said it will pay Mr Langton. There was no 10.48 race so the difference on the betting slip was purely down to Mr Langton, who has poor eyesight, making an error, rather than trying to game the system. Mr Langton then realised he had misread the race times in the paper and written down 10.48 instead of 10.46.
