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An Australian betting company has paid for the wrong result in the nation's elections.
Sportsbet gave out more than A$ 1m (₤ 540,000) to those who thought that the yohaig code opposition Labor Party would win, 2 days before Saturday's vote.
Polls had actually commonly anticipated a Labor win for the very first time in 6 years.
But with most of the yohaig code votes counted, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a conservative, is predicted to win a shock majority.
The betting company informed its fans that it has actually now likewise paid out cash to those who anticipated that Scott Morrison's Liberal-National would win.
As the results can be found in, Sportsbet required to social networks to share the oversight.
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Sportsbet spokesperson Richard Hummerston told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper: "Seventy per cent of the money staked before the yohaig code early payout had actually come for Labor, our punters called the election early.
" We believed we 'd merely provide their cash early."
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Bookmakers typically pay out early if they are specific of the result. In many cases where they are sure of the result, they pay out to avoid more people placing on bets.
It's not the very first time a bookie has paid out early.
Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaker, paid out on a Hillary Clinton win the month before the November 2016 elections.
It stated it paid out $1m (₤ 786,290) early to those who wager on Clinton and $4.5 m to those who bet on Donald Trump.
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