Player takes Betfred to High Court over £1.7m jackpot win

A Betfred player is taking the gambling giant to High Court over a £1.7million pay out which Betfred are refusing to pay due to a ‘software glitch’. The Lincolnshire player has spent the last two years campaigning to get Betfred to pay out his jackpot win to no avail, and now the case will begin in the High Court in the next few days.

Short-lived celebrations

Andrew Green from Lincolnshire, had been playing the Frankie Dettori’s Magic Seven slot game when he hit the jackpot and won £1.7million. Not quite believing his luck, he called Betfred to confirm the win, which they did. They congratulated him on becoming a millionaire and proceeded to give him financial advice to spread the windfall out over different bank accounts.  Then five days later, Betfred called to give him the devastating news that they would no longer be paying out the jackpot, claiming a software glitch had caused the pay out.

Court Case pending

Mr Green has spent the last two years attempting to fight Betfred’s decision and now has brought the case to be heard in High Court. He said: “They led me to think I was one, even advising me to open a number of bank accounts to spread my winnings across with it being such a vast amount. Then, after five days, I got a phone call out of the blue, saying there had been a software glitch which caused the £1.7m payout and so they would not be paying me. In this time I have never received any evidence of this glitch.”

He also claims that even if a glitch did occur, the issue would be between Betfred and the software developer and he has done nothing wrong.

Mr Green also alleged that Betfred offered to pay him £60,000 in return for signing a non-disclosure agreement, which he refused and now the case is due to be heard in court. If Mr Green wins, he will actually receive over £2million due to the legal fees incurred and the interested accrued in the last two years.