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An Australian wagering business has paid out for the incorrect outcome in the country's elections.

Sportsbet handed out more than A$ 1m (₤ 540,000) to those who thought that the opposition Labor Party would win, 2 days before Saturday's vote.

Polls had actually extensively anticipated a Labor win for the yohaig code first time in 6 years.

But with the majority of the votes counted, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a conservative, is projected to win a shock bulk.

The wagering business informed its followers that it has actually now also paid out cash to those who anticipated that Scott Morrison's Liberal-National would win.

As the outcomes came in, Sportsbet required to social networks to share the oversight.

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Sportsbet spokesman Richard the Sydney Morning Herald paper: "Seventy per cent of the money staked before the early payment had actually come for Labor, our punters called the election early.

" We thought we 'd simply give them their money early."

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Bookmakers typically pay out early if they are certain of the result. Sometimes where they are sure of the result, they pay out to avoid more people putting on bets.

It's not the very first time a bookmaker has paid out early.

Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaker, paid out on a Hillary Clinton win the month before the yohaig code November 2016 elections.

It said it paid $1m (₤ 786,290) early to those who bank on Clinton and $4.5 m to those who bank on Donald Trump.

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