Bookies welch on Scot bet.Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY A SCOTS List of Scots is an incomplete list of notable people from Scotland. Actors (see also humorists) Please refer to List of Scottish actors Architects
1. An trader who hopes to make quick profits. Basically, another term for speculator. 2. In the U.K., it is generally used to describe someone who gambles. It is also used to mean a client or customer of any business. who put on a bet to win pounds 9,000 from England's Euro 2008 misery is going to the European Court after bookies refused to pay out. Edinburgh-born Ian Mathewson tried to cash in on England's poor form by laying pounds 100 on a defeat at the hands of Croatia. But the 48-year-old builder, who always bets against England, combined his wager with a bet that Russia would qualify for the knockout stages - rendering it void, say BetFred. The combined bets would have made pounds 8,700 but he was offered pounds 850. The firm says it will not pay out if double bets are too closely related - loss for England made Russia almost certain to qualify. But Ian, now living in Brighton, said: "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Court of Human Rights I have a right to a fair hearing in civil matters and the right to an effective remedy, so I will be in touch with them. "The bookie accepted the bet, so they should pay out as agreed." CAPTION(S): WAGER: Ian |
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