Paddy Power fails to scam punter out of £1m win

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Big respect for this lady's tenacity in not accepting the derisory £20k "win" that Paddy Power initially offered her and winning big in court to get the full million.

I believe that bookies are just a legalized criminal racket conning gullible people with the odds always stacked against them making it a mugs' game, so seeing a result like this giving them a poke in the eye is quite satisfying for me.

I'm sure this will make them think twice about having "errors" like this on their tablet apps in future.

When Corrinne Durber was told by Paddy Power she had won £1m but received only £20,000 she had a choice: fold or double down.

The gardener from Gloucestershire went for the latter and on Wednesday her tenacity paid off – she won a high court case forcing the gambling giant to hand over exactly £1,076,867.57.

Speaking after the court decision, Durber said: “As you can imagine, I’m so relieved and happy that the judge has confirmed I fairly and squarely won £1m from Paddy Power.

“But why couldn’t Paddy Power pay up straight away instead of putting me through this legal torment? I will never bet with them ever again, and I advise others to be very careful, too.”

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