{"id":1461,"date":"2020-06-12T10:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newbettingsites.co\/?page_id=1461"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:32:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T10:32:50","slug":"can-you-get-a-refund-if-you-placed-a-bet-accidentally","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newbettingsites.co\/articles\/can-you-get-a-refund-if-you-placed-a-bet-accidentally\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Get A Refund If You Placed A Bet Accidentally?"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are a few reasons why someone might have placed a bet by accident. Perhaps they were trying to figure out how a new website that they haven\u2019t used before works, for example. Or maybe they added something to their bet slip<\/a>, changed their mind but pressed the wrong button and placed the bet rather than removed it from the slip altogether.<\/p>\n The simple answer to whether you can get a refund or not is that bets cannot be cancelled once they have been placed, but some bookmakers will allow you to Cash Out your wager. If you realise quickly enough you can often Cash Out for the same amount as your original stake, so it\u2019s essentially the equivalent of getting a refund as long as the event hasn\u2019t taken place.<\/p>\n Failing that you can contact them, if the event has not yet gone live most will allow a bet to be cancelled if they believe it is a genuine error.\u00a0 If you do this regularly though or try to cancel a bet and then place it immediately again at better odds then it is unlikely a bookmaker will refund you again.<\/p>\n There are a whole host of reasons why someone might have placed a bet accidentally. We\u2019re not talking silly excuses like \u2018whoops, I slipped\u2019 here. Instead, we\u2019re talking legitimate mistakes that happen from time to time. One of the most obvious ones would be a bet on a horse to win a race where you\u2019ve placed it To Win and you intended to place an Each-Way wager.<\/p>\nReasons For Placing Bets Accidentally<\/h2>\n