Sorry OP but all I can see in you is desperate and frustrated gambler, gambling, like its called is gambling, there is never a guarantee of making profit on your money, this is why it is commonly advised to gamble only what or an amount you are comfortable lose, don't go betting too much and hope to win, because like I said before, there is no guarantee of winning in gambling.
You cant attack a casino and tag them as scammers simply because they did not announce you as the winner, it simply shows/means you went over board in your gambling by betting much more than you can afford to lose in hopes of winning.
Not really, I think @OP has a point here, if you run a contest, the host should show statistics so that this kind of conflict will be avoided. @OP is asking for statistics and data transparency because he has doubt about the result which is strengthen by the first announcement of the host where they announced a winner that is not qualified to be included on the event.
I think to solve this issue, the host should provide the table of the participants and their wagered amount, that way all the confusion and doubt will be cleared and this case be close or resolved.
We were very clear in showing the statistics of all the players that bet in the race. The issue did not come from betting in the race, the issue came from the additional requirement of players to like, retweet, and tag 3 friends in order to be considered eligible for the contest.
Once we were made aware of the fact that the top 10, which were completely transparent, did not fulfill these requirements, we went through to find the next highest bettor that did. We shared that person's betting amounts and the OP was one of the other two players that fulfilled all the requirements. He knows he did not surpass that betting amount. There is no point in sharing his information (unless he wants us to), because he only bet 20% of the what the winner did in the period.
We understand what you are saying and we did not think that players that had bet so much and had an opportunity to win $500 USD would not fulfill the very simple tasks of Twitter. We were completely transparent having the race section on our website for the duration of the World Cup.