World's biggest bookies declare Celtic title null and void as they make decisive payout decision
Bets placed on nine-in-a-row will not be valid if the season is ended early.
If Celtic are crowned Premiership champions next week, punters who backed them at the start of the season risk NOT being paid out by the world's biggest bookmaker.
An SPFL resolution finally passed this week that means Dundee United are crowned Championship winners.
The tables in League One and League Two will also be considered final, and the Premiership is likely to follow after a UEFA meeting this week that could see Celtic crowned champions with eight games to go.
But Bet365 won't be paying out on the SPFL standings.
Most bookmakers waited until the threat of legal action from clubs had subsided before settling bets and the majority of them have paid out on the final league placings as per the SPFL vote.
However, bet365 - who have 45 million customers globally, making them the largest bookmakers in the world - have declared antepost bets void.
The Stoke-based firm say they have decided to void all bets in accordance with their rules which state 'for settlement purposes in divisional betting, the finishing positions of teams at the end of the scheduled programme of matches will determine places.'
They have also pointed out their rules were in place at the start of the season, but have settled bets on Dundee United and Cove Rangers as league winners as a 'goodwill gesture' after both sides ran up huge leads at the top of their leagues.
Even they think Celtic winning the league was by no means a gimme.
Bets placed on nine-in-a-row will not be valid if the season is ended early.
If Celtic are crowned Premiership champions next week, punters who backed them at the start of the season risk NOT being paid out by the world's biggest bookmaker.
An SPFL resolution finally passed this week that means Dundee United are crowned Championship winners.
The tables in League One and League Two will also be considered final, and the Premiership is likely to follow after a UEFA meeting this week that could see Celtic crowned champions with eight games to go.
But Bet365 won't be paying out on the SPFL standings.
Most bookmakers waited until the threat of legal action from clubs had subsided before settling bets and the majority of them have paid out on the final league placings as per the SPFL vote.
However, bet365 - who have 45 million customers globally, making them the largest bookmakers in the world - have declared antepost bets void.
The Stoke-based firm say they have decided to void all bets in accordance with their rules which state 'for settlement purposes in divisional betting, the finishing positions of teams at the end of the scheduled programme of matches will determine places.'
They have also pointed out their rules were in place at the start of the season, but have settled bets on Dundee United and Cove Rangers as league winners as a 'goodwill gesture' after both sides ran up huge leads at the top of their leagues.
Even they think Celtic winning the league was by no means a gimme.
