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\"cancel\"It\u2019s not exactly unheard of for a punter to place a bet that is a mistake. How easy is it to stake \u00a3100 when you meant to bet \u00a310, for example? Equally you might have placed a bet on a horse that you didn\u2019t intend to bet on, simply clicking the wrong option when you were looking at the list of odds. These sorts of things happen all of the time, with the obvious question being what can you do when you\u2019ve made a mistake?<\/p>\n

The short answer is that it is at the bookmaker\u2019s discretion whether or not to allow you cancel a bet. If you get in touch with the straight away and explain the error, many of them will cancel the bet as a good will gesture. It\u2019s not something that they have to do, however, so whether they will or not will depend on numerous different factors. Here we\u2019ll look at what your options are and what you can do when you\u2019ve make an error.<\/p>\n

Cashing Out<\/h2>\n

\"handingThe most obvious option to explore is that of the Cash Out<\/a>. Though typically an option that is intended to be used by punters who have placed a bet but seen the chances of it coming in alter in one way or another, most of the companies that allow you to Cash Out will give you the option to do as soon as you\u2019ve placed your bet. As long as the odds haven\u2019t changed, you should be able to do so without losing any money.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve placed a wager in error, therefore, you should head straight to your account and see if the option to Cash Out is there. If it is then you can take it, get your stake money back and be no worse off than you were before you placed it. You might have to take a slight hit if the odds have changed, but it\u2019s probably still worth doing so depending on why you\u2019ve decided that you want to cancel the bet.<\/p>\n

Contacting The Bookie<\/h2>\n

\"contactIf Cashing Out isn\u2019t an option, the next thing you can do is to get in touch with your bookmaker of choice and explaining the situation to them. The vast majority of bookies have excellent customer service options nowadays, especially the bigger and better known ones. Whether it be by phone, text or email, you can drop them a line and explain the situation that you find yourself in and ask them to help.<\/p>\n

Sadly, they are not obliged to do so. The placing of a bet is essentially the creation of a contract<\/a> between you and the company that you use, with the submission of that bet the equivalent of you saying that you\u2019ve looked at it and you\u2019re happy with it. If you ask them to cancel it and they say no, there\u2019s not an awful lot that you can do about. There are also a number of reasons why they might refuse your request.<\/p>\n

The most obvious one is if you do it on a regular basis. A punter that has requested the cancellation of ten bets over the past two months, say, will be flagged up on the bookmaker\u2019s system. Whilst you might have an entirely innocent explanation for cancelling the bets, they will soon start to refuse your request if you\u2019re making it all of the time. A bettor who has never asked before, however, will stand a good chance of getting it cancelled.<\/p>\n

How much you bet is something else that your bookie will look at, especially if this is the reason for you getting in touch with them. If you have spent your entire time as a member of a bookmaker placing \u00a310 bets and have never bet more than \u00a320 with them, for example, then it\u2019s much more likely that they\u2019ll believe you when you get in touch with them and explain that you meant to bet \u00a310 and not \u00a3100.<\/p>\n

If, on the other hand, you regularly bet \u00a3100 on a selection then there\u2019s no reason they\u2019d believe you when you say that this time you only meant to bet \u00a310. That might well be the truth, of course, but bookmakers can only go off what you\u2019ve chosen to do with your wagers in the past when trying to decide if you should be allowed to cancel a bet this time around. That\u2019s the sort of thing that you\u2019ll need to bear in mind.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Not Illegal<\/h2>\n

\"Legal\"Some bookmakers claim that the law forbids them from cancelling bets. This is absolutely not true and there is nothing in a legal sense to stop them from cancelling your bet if they want to. What is written in their terms and conditions is something entirely different, but at least you know that if a bookie tells you that it\u2019s against the law for them to cancel your bets you\u2019ll be able to tell them that they\u2019re chatting nonsense.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean that they can\u2019t still refuse to cancel it, though. Regardless of the reason you want to cancel your wager, the responsibility for getting it right in the first place lies with you and you\u2019ll be lucky to find a bookmaker willing to make your bet void irrespective of the reason you give. Unless the bet was placed because of a technical error on the website, which is virtually unheard of, you\u2019ll be stuck with your bet in place.<\/p>\n

That being said, the other example of an occasion when a bookie would not only be willing to cancel your bet but could also get in trouble for placing it in the first place is if you had previous self-excluded. In this instance, you never should have been allowed to bet and there are all sorts of regulatory issues that would arise for a company that was willing to take your bet. Get in touch with them, let them know the situation and if it\u2019s on their system that you wanted to self-exclude they\u2019ll cancel your bet immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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