Betfair Poker 'Computer Glitch' Costs Company ThousandsNewspaper Reports Betfair Demanding Return of £100,000 |
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The Daily Telegraph today reports that online poker operator Betfair has written to around 20 online poker players demanding they return over £100,000 in “winnings” after a software glitch lead to “erroneous payments to every participant in certain all-in situations.”
Online poker forums have been buzzing with news of the sting, and the Telegraph reprinted one ‘succinct’ explanation from a leading forum: “The winner got the standard 1st place prize money. The 2nd place person got the 2nd place prize money. And the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th players also got 2nd place prizemoney!!!
“Obviously, chaos ensued, with people testing it out again and moving up to the largest stakes possible. They were just all going all-in every hand as they were guaranteed to profit! I just wish I had been part of it.”
The Telegraph also reprints what it says is an e-mail from Betfair: “You recently received payments from playing Sit & Go STTs [single-table tournaments] on Betfair Poker in circumstances that resulted in greater payouts than intended.”
Betfair said such games “were incorrectly set up to pay everyone involved in certain all-in situations and this was exploited by you and others to generate substantial returns in a short space of time. As I'm sure you can understand, the winnings received as a result of this exploitation must be returned.”
Betfair, which used the Cryptologic software platform until 2004 before moving to an in-house system, has made no public comment on the events to date.
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