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Hello. User is off-site but want to post this here. I had reported this user back in 2019 or so and they respected the Sythe decision. To protect myself (as sports books have been under fire recently with Kluch exit scam), I am getting ahead of the curve by posting here.

User had 1.25K balance. They have sent me 4.75K BTC.

User sent us 4 suspicious bets at approximately 4:30 EST right before the AFL game started. We noticed that the disposal value seemed low. I have confirmed the closing odds using the odds api Sports Odds API | The Odds API.

There were 2 previous bets on AFL which we reviewed and confirmed that odds were similarly shaved. I paid out for those. I would like assistance understanding if it is okay to take back a previous payout that has this level of proof. It would amount to removing the initial 1.25K balance, keeping ~1-1.5K of the BTC, and sending the remaining BTC to user.

I am happy to send the BTC to a mod/admin in escrow if needed. I don't want this to blow up (user previously called a family member of mine when I counter-scammed him for charging back PayPal. I overstepped back then, so I want to make sure I am doing things correctly)

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   API Call:
   
   import requests
   import json
   
   API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
   DATE = "2026-03-26T08:27:00Z" # ~5 min before start
   
   PLAYERS = ["Atkins", "Bruhn", "Stewart", "Rachele"]
   
   # Step 1: Get events
   events_url = f"https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/his...rules_afl/events?apiKey={API_KEY}&date={DATE}"
   events = requests.get(events_url).json()
   
   event_id = None
   
   for e in events.get("data", []):
   if "Geelong" in e["home_team"] or "Geelong" in e["away_team"]:
   event_id = e["id"]
   print("Game:", e["home_team"], "vs", e["away_team"])
   print("Start:", e["commence_time"])
   break
   
   if event_id is None:
   print(" No game found")
   else:
   # Step 2: Get odds
   odds_url = (
   f"https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/historical/sports/aussierules_afl/events/{event_id}/odds"
   f"?apiKey={API_KEY}&regions=au&markets=player_disposals&date={DATE}&oddsFormat=decimal"
   )
   
   odds = requests.get(odds_url).json()
   
   # Step 3: Check for API errors
   if "error_code" in odds:
   print(" API error:", odds["message"])
   
   else:
   print("\n=== PLAYER ODDS ===")
   
   found_any = False
   
   for bookmaker in odds.get("data", {}).get("bookmakers", []):
   print(f"\n {bookmaker['title']}")
   
   for market in bookmaker.get("markets", []):
   for outcome in market.get("outcomes", []):
   
   name = outcome.get("name", "")
   desc = outcome.get("description", "")
   
   # Combine fields for better matching
   full_text = f"{name} {desc}"
   
   for player in PLAYERS:
   if player.lower() in full_text.lower():
   print(f" {player}: {outcome}")
   found_any = True
   
   if not found_any:
   print("\n No props found for those players")
   

 

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They agreed to push all. Apologies if I wasted anyone’s time

 

I'll go ahead and close this as it was resolved privately. Should any further issues arise please feel free to create a new report.