Judge rules in favor of St. Petersburg man who refused to pay 2020 election bet

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Trump supporter Sean Hynes and Biden supporter Jeffrey Costa bet $100 on who would win the 2020 presidential election. When Trump lost, Hynes refused to pay and Costa sued.

A Pinellas County judge has dismissed a lawsuit centered on a 2020 presidential election wager, ruling that the bet was illegal in Georgia, where the plaintiff resided, as well as void under Florida law.

The saga started in November 2020, when St. Petersburg resident Sean Hynes and an acquaintance, Jeffrey Costa of Atlanta, agreed to a $100 wager on the presidential election. Hynes bet on Donald Trump, and Costa put his money on Joe Biden.

However, after Biden was declared the winner, Hynes refused to pay up. So Costa decided to sue in December 2020, asking for the $100 from the bet, plus $250 in court fees and $300 in interest.

In March 2021, the two parties settled the dispute in mediation. Hynes agreed to pay the bet, plus $215 in court costs. The agreement also stipulated that if the election results were overturned by Sept. 10, 2021, Costa would pay Hynes $207.50.

In late April, Hynes still had not given Costa the $315 agreed on during mediation, and the court ordered Hynes to pay the settlement and fill out a small-claims form and return it to Costa. In September, when Hynes still had not filled out the form, Judge Edwin B. Jagger threatened to hold him in contempt of court — punishable by fines and incarceration. The judge set a court date of Nov. 1, by which time, the judge said, Hynes would be required to explain why he had failed to fill out the form, and why he should not be held in contempt of court.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/2022/02/04/judge-rules-in-favor-of-st-petersburg-man-who-refused-to-pay-2020-election-bet/

Sounds as if both parties are real sweethearts.

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1. Deadbeat welcher

What a loser.

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2. At this point he was trying to enforce the settlement--

a separate contract. I think the judge was wrong.

(I do wonder how he thinks he’s entitled to about 3600% interest. And why he thought a Trump supporter would ever pay up.)