50% is very good, especially considering you'll get to see those two. Brilliant news for you!
I got 6 out of the 20 pairs I applied for, mostly preliminaries but did hit gold with some athletics and the women's basketball final. Didn't get either football final, which surprised me.
Incidentally - nothing is showing on my statement / account at all - or even under "pending transactions". I've only worked out the £366 by looking at the difference between my balance and my "available balance". Might be worth checking there if you don't think there's anything showing up?
£360 gone from my account this morning. Could be pretty much anything from my application as it's full of £40 (2x£20), £60 & £80 sessions.
Probably includes £180 of football though - one early match plus men's and women's finals - but a long wait to find out which ones the other £180 are...
Likewise.
Though apparently (so say those in the know) that if you've applied for team sports (football/hockey/water polo/handball) then you should be fine for them, so don't panic :smile: ( Yet. :( )
An interesting comment/post by one of the readers on the Guardian's version of this thread:
I would be furious if that happened to me!
There are a few people on there though saying that the money is going though, so it sounds like they're finally pulling their finger out. General consensus is...