theScore Bet Fined C$200,000 Over C$380,000 Parlay Cash Out

Picture a C$1,000 parlay with one leg left to play and a screen offering you C$380,000 to walk away. You press accept. The money never comes.

According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), that is what happened to a theScore Bet customer on 14 March 2025. The ticket was a parlay on NHL, NBA and NCAA basketball games, all played that day, and it would have paid more than C$1 million if every pick landed. All but one had landed when the C$380,000 offer appeared. The player accepted immediately. theScore's automated verification rejected the transaction because the odds had changed. WATATATATAFAK.

Four minutes later came a second offer, this time of almost C$100,000. The player accepted again, immediately, and again nothing was paid. The bet ultimately settled as a loss, with no payout at all. Would youluwu have tapped as fast? On a live ticket, four minutes is a long time.

On Tuesday 6 October 2026, the AGCO announced a C$200,000 penalty against Score Media and Gaming Inc., the operator of theScore Bet. It is the maximum monetary penalty available to the regulator. The finding: neither offer was achievable as presented, which breaks an Ontario standard against showing players prizes that cannot actually be won.

Now the number that stops the scroll. The fine, C$200,000, is smaller than the first offer, C$380,000. It is honestlu a gap worth a gluwugulu.

The penalty punishes how the offers were shown, not the bet itself. The AGCO is not ordering theScore to pay the bettor, and it did not say whether the player was reimbursed. The operator has 15 days to ask for a hearing at the Licence Appeal Tribunal. It had not responded to a request for comment when Canadian Gaming Business published its report.

The Spirit only deals the luck. Paying it out is the house's job, and in Ontario this week the regulator says one house missed it.