A FORMER winner of Ross Golf Club Ladies' Open title has won a major battle with a betting company over her winning of the gambling firm’s ‘monster jackpot’ of over a million pounds.

Corrinne Durber had been playing the Wild Hatter game in October 2020, which was described as a combination of a fruit machine and a wheel of fortune-style game with two parts, which culminated with her iPad screen displaying that she had won the ‘monster jackpot’, of £1,097,132.71 on the day she played.

However, Ms Durber was paid only £20,265.14 and was told she had won the smaller daily jackpot, with the difference attributed to an error with the game’s display.

Ms Durber sued PPB Entertainment Limited – the trading name of Paddy Power - for breach of contract and the rest of her winnings.

And last week Ms Durber’s tenacity paid off. She won a high court case ordering Paddy Power to hand over the £1,076,867.57.

Speaking after the court decision, Ms Durber, now resident of Wotton-under-Edge, said: “As you can imagine, I’m so relieved and happy that the judge has confirmed I fairly and squarely won £1m from Paddy Power.

“I will never bet with them ever again, Paddy Power have tried their very best to deny me my rightful winnings.

“What’s the point in betting if betting companies like Paddy Power won’t pay up when someone wins a big jackpot?”

In a 62-page ruling, Mr Justice Ritchie said: “Objectively, customers would want and expect that what was to be shown to them on screen to be accurate and correct.

“The same expectation probably applies when customers go into a physical casino and play roulette.”

After the ruling, a spokesperson for the company which owns Paddy Power, said: “We always strive to provide the best customer experience possible and pride ourselves on fairness. We deeply regret this unfortunate case and are reviewing the judgment.”