In a case of whether anyone actually reads terms and conditions clauses, a British student is claiming Bet365 reneged on paying nearly .7 million she won on horseracing.
According to Britain’s Telegraph newspaper, the student, Megan McCann has lodged a writ in the High Court in Northern Ireland against Bet365
McCann—who was 19 when she placed the best in June last year—claims she is owed at least $1,711,489 by Bet365. McCann bet almost $42,359 on 12 different horses in four races, ultimately winning $1,668,955, according to the paper.
Bet365 says McCann breached its terms and conditions when the original betting stake was supplied by a “third party”, breaking a “no third-party rule” requiring the whole stake be put up by the customer alone. The bookmaker has reportedly refused to pay out McCann’s winnings as well as her initial stake of $42,290, the report said.
McCann has denied any wrongdoing and her lawyers say she never agreed to a third-party rule. The suit argues that the rule is buried in terms “too lengthy, too complex and much too vague for the average customer to understand.”
The suit also contends that the wording of such a ‘no third party rule’ clause effectively means that “the husband who puts a bet on the winner of X-factor for his wife, or on the winner of the Grand National, would have those winnings ‘robbed’ of him,” the Telegraph reported.
Her suit charges Bet365 with breach of contract and demands damages of $1,711,196.
