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A 54 year old man from a Lincolnshire village hit £1.7 MILLION on Betfred blackjack, spent £2,500 celebrating, then was told it was a glitch. Three years later, a High Court judge ruled in his favour. – Andrew Green was 54 and from a village in Lincolnshire, England. – Just after midnight on 26 January 2018, he started playing Frankie Dettori's Magic Seven Blackjack on an online platform hosted by Betfred. – When he stopped, the screen recorded winnings of £1,722,500.24. – He went out that night with family and friends and spent about £2,500. – On Monday, Betfred told him the win was so big it had to go to the game provider, Playtech, to be double-checked, which it called standard procedure. – On Wednesday, Betfred's Russell Young told him Playtech had found a glitch and he couldn't be paid. – His solicitor says Betfred then offered £60,000 if he signed a non-disclosure agreement. – He said no. – Playtech later said the evidence of the glitch was too confidential to share. – That was the whole problem. The game ran on Betfred's platform, the glitch verdict came from the company that built it, and Betfred decided his win didn't count based on evidence he was never shown. – A prediction market doesn't work that way. You trade against another person at a price you both agreed to, and your payout comes from the person on the other side, not a house that wrote the game. – He sued them. – Betfred argued the dispute should go to a full trial. – Mrs Justice Foster ruled in Green's favour. That was summary judgment, so there was no full trial. – She found the terms and conditions couldn't exempt Betfred from paying out on an apparent winning bet. – Betfred was ordered to pay his winnings plus interest, and it apologised. – After the ruling, he said: "The last three years have felt like hell on earth." – He also said the case was a win for everyone in a similar position. A man saw £1.7 MILLION on his screen, spent £2,500 celebrating, and needed three years and a High Court judge to get it.