Betfred have refused to pay a mobile BlackJack jackpot winner the Ā£1.7 million ($2.2 million) he won back in 2018 and now the case will go to a High Court summary judgementā¦
According to Gambling Insider, Andy Green landed the massive jackpot after playing the mobile app version of āFrankie Dettoriās Magic Seven Blackjackā for more than 6 hours.
His lawyer, Peter Coyle, claims that Betfred reps congratulated Green, but after four days āsuddenly changed their tuneā and refused to pay out.
Betfred say that the app malfunctioned, but are unable to specify how, claiming that the evidence belongs to the app developer Playtech, who apparently refuse to release the information ābecause of supposed confidentialityā.
Coyle claims that Betfred offered Green just Ā£60,000 ($77,634) along with Ā£2,500 ($3,235) as reimbursement for ācosts incurred in his celebrations.ā
That would have required Green to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and Coyle has described the sum offered as āan insult.ā
He told Gambling Insider magazineās Tim Poole: āIf it was a more reasonable figure that properly reflected the risk to Andy of litigating but also the fact heās in good faith won that money, then weād do a deal.ā
He continued: āTheyāre doing themselves no favors by not paying out to a punter who won in good faith and giving no rationale for doing it.ā
Two and half years on from the win, and two years since Green launched his legal action against Betfred, the case is set to go before a High Court judge.
āThe last two and a half years have felt like hell on earth,ā Green told Gambling Insider, adding: āYou wouldnāt treat an animal like Iāve been treated by Betfred, but hopefully the judge will accept the arguments put forward by my legal team and this nightmare will be over next month.ā
If the two parties agree on the evidence, the judge can make a summary judgment on the case. If they canāt agree, Green might still have his day in court with a jury, but it is a āhigh risk strategyā says Greenās lawyer.
Coyle stated: āIt is surprising, but weāll get there in the end. Weāll play hardball and wonāt give up until we get justice for Andy, whoās been really badly let down.ā
Betfred have yet to comment publicly on the case.