TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ATTENTION! NEW RULES ARE IN EFFECT FROM 10.05.2008 Before placing bets at BK OFFSIDE, familiarize yourself closely with the current rules for accepting bets.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. General provisions
2. Basic rules for accepting bets
3. Main types of bets
4. Main kinds of bets
5. The concept of a held event
6. Financial limitations
7. Payment of winnings
8. Bet refunds
9. Rules by sports:
- Bets on soccer
- Bets on hockey
- Bets on ball hockey
- Bets on basketball
- Bets on tennis
- Bets on Formula-1
- Bets on Baseball
- Bets on Biathlon
- Bets on American Football
- Bets on “Statistics”
- Bets on the outcome of a tournament or its stages
- Bets during a match (live-bets).
- Bets on Eurovision
- Bets on the next football head coach of a national team.
- Bets on Table Tennis
- Bets on Badminton
- Bets on Bowls
- Bets on Ball Hockey and Field Hockey
Main terms and definitions
- Betting company - the bookmaker Offsidebet.com
- Player (Client) — a person who makes a wager with the Betting company.
- Wager— agreement between the Client and the Betting company where the loser must fulfil his obligations. This agreement is made by taking bets from clients according to the rules set by the Betting company in line.
- Line – list of events and odds made for betting and offered by the Betting company for wagering.
- Stake – the amount used to secure the fulfilment of player’s obligations, which players pay to the Betting company for their bet
- Outcome – the result on which the wager has been placed.
- Odds to win – the quotation of the Betting company for outcomes of different events.
1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1. Offsidebet.com (hereinafter the Betting company) accepts bets on sports and other events (referred to events as from now on).
1.2.1. The Betting company has a right to void any bets placed by players who have broken these Terms and Conditions.
1.2. Registration, opening of deposit account and wagering is allowed only for persons that have minimum age of 18. The clients are responsible for checking that Internet wagering is allowed in the countries where they live. The clients are responsible for giving information about winnings and losses to their local authorities if necessary.
1.3. The Betting company trusts completely in the information given by the Client during registration. The Betting company accepts no responsibility if the Client provides the Betting company with wrong information.
To prevent cheating and other conflicts the betting company can demand the client to show personal identification (documents, passport) in order to verify the information the client has presented during registration. The Client agrees on presenting all necessary documentation if demanded by the Betting company.
1.3.1. If personal information provided by a player is not correct, the Betting Company will void all bets made by the player and withheld any winnings until the player proves his right on the betting account balance.
1.3.2. Should the Betting Company establish that a bettor intentionally gave incorrect information, the Betting Company reserves the right reserves the right to decline acceptance of any bet made by that player and all transactions recoded in this account will be reversed regardless if bets were won or lost. The bettor is barred from further play as of immediate effect.
1.3.3. Bettor is responsible to keep his personal information (e-mail, postal address, telephone numbers etc) up to date; any changes should be reported to the Betting Company in a good time
1.4. All bets are accepted only in accordance with these rules and are confirmation that the participant in the wager knows these rules and agrees with them completely.
1.4.1. If a bettor suspected in fraud or manipulation, as well as in case of any breach of this Terms and Conditions the Betting Company reserves the right to block the bettor’s account.
1.5. The Betting company has the right, without preliminary personal written notification, to make any changes and additions to the rules, provisions and procedures outlined here for making payments. Betting participants are informed of this by corresponding announcements. However, the terms of earlier placed bets remain unchanged and bets being accepted with the arrival of this date are subject to the changed rules.
1.6. The following may not be players:
- state and municipal institutions and enterprises and non-commercial organizations;
- persons who are participants in the event on which bets are being placed (athletes, trainers, judges, and others);
- persons under the influence of alcohol or drugs and also those incompetent.
1.7. The management of the Betting company reserves the right to cancel any bet placed on an obviously "incorrect" "line" or after the start of an event.
1.8. The Betting company reserves the right to deny or cancel any bet or to place any sort of limitation on it.
1.8.1. Management of the Betting Company reserves the right to cancel any bets made by individual bettor of a number of bettors who are believed to be cheating the Betting Company. For example, if a bettor has registered several accounts or made bets on behalf of multiple users at the same time.
1.9 The Client accepts complete responsibility for keeping his/her password and account information secret. The Betting Company guarantees that the information concerning the Client is kept secret and the Betting Company takes no responsibility if the information is spread to a third party. All events and transactions confirmed with the login/betting account number and the betting account holder`s password are valid and official. If the Client believes that the given information is lost he/she can contact the Betting company administrator and request for a change of the current password.
1.10. The Betting company does not accept any responsibility on damage or losses caused by use of the site or by the contents of the site. A connection failure and other technical mistakes in communication are no reasons to change or cancel a bet if the wager has been registered in the server. The same applies to the use or misuse of the site contents by any person, inability to be connected to the site, inability to use the site, delays in site functioning or data transmitting, failures in communication lines or to any mistakes, typing errors or misses in the maintenance of the site.
1.11. These rules enter into force on 10 May 2008 and apply to all bets made from this date on, regardless of whether or not the players know that this version had taken effect. All previous rules are considered invalid.
1.12. Site operated by Entertainment International Malta 209, Marina Street, Pieta, PTA9041.
2. BASIC RULES FOR ACCEPTING BETS
2.1. Bets are accepted based on the daily "odds line" - a list of upcoming matches with odds and handicaps offered by the Betting company on outcomes of events in total which should not be more than client’s account balance.
2.2. The odds and handicaps take into account the correlation of strengths of the competing teams or players and determine the value of the expected winnings of the person placing the bet.
2.3. The Betting company has the right to change the odds and handicaps at any time. The terms of the bets placed earlier remain the same. The Betting company has the right to remove any event from the offered "line".
2.4. The player places a bet according to the "line" operating at the time of the bet.
2.5. The home team is indicated first in the "line". In this case first team is a Home team, the second one – is an Away team. A neutral field is specially indicated.
2.6. The player chooses the number of the event and outcomes of the competition from the predictions offered by the Betting company.
2.7. The player must state the amount of each bet and receive a bet confirmation when the bet is placed.
2.8. After placing a bet with the Betting company it cannot be cancelled or changed.
2.8.1. Several identical bets may be considered as one in case if a bettor made a number of identical bets and reported it within 10 min. of bet being made and before the event has started.
2.9. Wagers are accepted up until the start of the event. Wagers that are placed after the start of the event are not valid and the stakes will be refunded. These bets are removed from multibets. The exceptions are so called live-bets during the event. These bets are valid and will be refunded only if for some reason the bets have been placed after the event has ended.
2.10. The date and time of the start of events, indicated in the "line", are informative. The Betting company is not responsible for the date and time not corresponding to the actual start of the events.
2.11. Information displayed during "live" events (including the update of this information) is informative only. A wrong result is no reason to refund the wager. The Betting company accepts no responsibility for correct results during “live” event.
2.12. The Betting company accepts no responsibility for correct spelling of surnames, team names and names of places for the event.
2.13. Calculation of the bets is done by the Betting company. The event results, announced by the Betting company, are the basis for calculating the wagers and determining the winnings. Claims over the results of events are reviewed within seven days from the conclusion of the event and only upon providing official documents of corresponding sports federations or videotape. The results of sporting events announced in the periodical press may not be grounds for submitting players' claims against the Betting company.
2.14. In a number of types of sports, changes in the parameters of the "line" are possible by decreasing the winning coefficient ("buy points"). All numerical ratios are indicated in the line.
2.15. If a player placed a bet on an event, the result of which was known to him in advance, in this case the decision is made after a special investigation by internal affairs (or judicial) bodies, for the time of which the amount of the wager is blocked.
2.16. In disputed situations not having a precedent, the final decision is made by the Betting company, taking into account practice of the bookmaking business and players' interests.
2.17. The amounts of the minimum and maximum bets are indicated in the section “Financial limitations”.
2.18. The Betting company has the right to limit the maximum bet for individual events and also to limit or raise the maximum bet for specific persons without explanation.
2.19. Each client is allowed to have only one betting account in one currency. Exceptions are granted by the administrator of the Betting company depending on the individual client.
Bettors who have or previously had an account with the Betting Company are not allowed to register a new account with a new name, e-mail or postal address. The Betting Company reserves the right to suspend this account and void any transactions and bets made by that player.
2.20. The Client cannot give permission to anybody else to use his/her betting account.
A lost password cannot be used as grounds for cancelling a placed bet, or a withdrawal request, in case the player has not informed the Betting Company on time.
2.21. The Betting company reserves the right to refuse and cancel bets caused by mistakes by employees or by the computer programmes (mistakes in odds and others) and other reasons causing incorrect bets. The Betting company reserves the right to refuse and cancel all bets placed with incorrect odds or placed after the event has started.
Bettors are responsible for any damages caused to the Betting Company by deliberately taken advantage of technical or administrative errors in money transactions
3. MAIN TYPES OF BETS
The following types of bets differ: "single", "multibet" and "system".
- Single – bet - a bet in which it is required to guess the outcome of just one event. Single bets are accepted for any event in a line. The winnings on single bets are equal to the amount of the bet multiplied by the winning coefficient.
- Multibet - a bet in which it is required to guess the outcome of more than one event. Several independent events may be combined into a multibet. The multibet bet loses when any of the combined matches loses. Interrelated events are not included in the "Multibet". Incorrect combining of such events into a multibet bet results in such events being excluded from the multibet. In particular, bets on a match (odds or total) and bets on the list of this match (periods, corners, points scored by players and so forth) are considered interrelated events. It is not allowed to include different events and markets from the same match in “multibets” and “systems” even if they are not interconnected directly. If any events pertaining to a given match were included in a "multibet" or "sysem" bet, this bet will be refunded even if the computer program for accepting bets did not block this bet. The winning coefficient is equal to the product of the winning coefficients of the events combined into the express bet.
- System - this is all possible combinations of "multibet" events equal in number, chosen from several events named by the player. “System” winnings are counted as a sum of “multibet” winnings, which are in the system bet.
Final odds for winnings on all classified betting forms are defined by taking into account specialities (hitting the spread on the handicap of total etc.), postponement of the event or the transfer of the event to another date. In these events the odds for winnings are "1".
4. MAIN KINDS OF BETS
Result should be determined according to the time of game specified in this rules unless otherwise specified in a line.
The bet is winning if the outcome is predicted correctly.
- Home team win – is indicated by "1".
- Draw - is indicated by "O".
- Away team win - is indicated by "2".
- Home team win or draw - is indicated by "1O". It is necessary for the home team to win or for the mach to end in a draw to win a bet on such an outcome.
- Away team win or draw - is indicated by "2O". It is necessary for the away team to win or for the mach to end in a draw to win a bet on such an outcome.
- Home team win or away team win - is indicated by "12". It is necessary for one of the competitors to win in order to win a bet on such an outcome, i.e., there can be no draw.– is indicated by “H1” for a first competitor and “H2” for the second competitor in an event. The outcome of an event, taking into account the handicap, is determined by adding the handicap to the actual result. If the result obtained is in favour of the chosen team (player), the bet is considered to have won. If the result obtained is not in favour of the chosen team (player), the bet is considered to have lost. If the result obtained taking into account the handicap is a draw, the winning coefficient for such an outcome is "1".
- Bet on total – is indicated as "Total". To win, it is necessary to guess if the number scored or won will be more or less than the total given in the line or equal to this number. Only the goals hit into the opponent's net are counted when determining an individual total. If the result coincides with the total suggested by the bookmaker company, the winning coefficient on "over" and "under" bets is considered equal to "1".
- Result of the participant. In this wager, it is necessary to guess if the participant will reach a certain stage of the competition (1/4, 1/2 of the finale and so forth), or which place a participant will occupy in the competition. If the participant's reaching the next round is later cancelled for any reason, the cancellation is not taken into account, and payment will be made based on the results of the matches that have taken place. In a wager to reach the next lap, when participants are met several times in the event of a change in the sequence of teams (participants) on the fields, the bets remain valid. If one of the matches did not take place or was suspended, and also if the result of the first match has been changed, the outcome is determined by a team (participant) actually reaching the next round. If none of the matches took place, the winning coefficient is considered to be "1" for such bets. If the participant announced in the competition cannot complete his participation in it for some reason (injury, malfunction and so forth), the bets on the result of this participant are considered valid: they win if the result is achieved, and they lose when the result is not achieved (unless otherwise indicated in the line). If the participant did not play a single match, the winning coefficient is considered equal to "1").
- Three way Totals or Outcome. Will be settled as regular football three way markets. Example: Total Goals "under 2" - "2" - "over 2". If the score is 2-0 (or 0-2, or 1-1) then bets on "Over 2" and "Under 2" will be settled as lost and bets on "2" will be settled as winning. Same principle applies to all other sports and markets. Example: in Formula 1 a bet on "How many points will M. Shumacher score?" "under 6" - "6" - "over 6" will be settled by the above-described principle.
5. THE CONCEPT OF A HELD EVENT
5.1. An event is considered held if at least the following were played in it: soccer - 80 minutes; hockey - 55 minutes, Eurobasketball – 35 minutes, NBA basketball – 40 minutes; ball hockey – 60 minutes, and in other playing types of sports, a match is considered held if it is conducted completely, unless otherwise indicated in the particulars of accepting bets for a given type of sport. An exception is cases of a tie score at the time matches are stopped in those types where the regulations do not permit draws (basketball, baseball, American football, NHL playoff series and so forth). In these cases, the event is considered not held.
5.2. In those instances when a match has begun, but not enough time (Para. 5.1.) was played and was not completed within 24 hours, it is considered not held, and all bets on it are to be refunded.
5.3. If the match is transferred to a neutral ground the wagers will stay unchanged. If the match is transferred to the opponent`s ground the wagers will be refunded and the bets will be removed from multibets. If the match is transferred to another ground for teams from the same city, wagers will stay unchanged and they will not be refunded regardless of the playing ground. The wagers in international matches will be refunded only if the match is transferred to another country.
5.4. If the result is changed (protest, doping etc.) the original result will remain in betting.
5.5. In all playing types of sports, only the main time is counted, unless otherwise stipulated separately in these rules or in the "line" for the current day.
5.6. The Client must check that his/her betting slip is filled in according to the rules. If it has been filled in incorrectly regardless of why and who is guilty for incorrect filling, the Betting company reserves the right to refund the stakes and cancel the wagers.
6. FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS
6.1. Minimum stake for wagering is the equivalent to 0.5 USD in the betting account currency for all events.
6.2. Minimum wagering stake in systems is 1/3 of the minimum stake of the event in question.
6.3. Maximum odds in multibets are 1000. If the odds are bigger than maximum odds for multibet, the winnings will be counted as if the odds were exactly 1000. However, the winnings must not exceed the maximum winnings for one wager.
6.4. The maximum wagering stake for each event depends on the event and the sport. The maximum stake will be defined by the Betting company individually for each event and wagering form and it can be changed without giving written notice. The Betting company reserves the right to limit the maximum stake for certain events like changing the betting limits for individual clients without notice.
6.5. Maximum payout for one wager is equivalent to 100,000 USD in the betting account currency.
7. PAYMENT OF WINNINGS
7.1. The Betting company makes calculations according to the initially recognized result. Subsequent disqualifications and cancellations do not affect the calculation.
7.2. The amount of winnings is equal to the bet, multiplied by the established odds.
7.3. Winnings are transferred to a player’s gaming account after bets are settled.
Payments will be credited to the customer’s accounts in 1 to 3 days, depending on payment method being used.
7.3.1. Customers should immediately notify the Betting Company, if they notice any amounts incorrectly credited to their accounts. Otherwise all subsequent winnings directly or indirectly derived from that error will be considered invalid and should be returned to the Betting Company.
7.3.2. If player’s account balance becomes negative as a result of the recalculation of incorrectly settled bets, the account will be blocked up to the time when player makes a deposit; equal or greater to the negative account balance. Otherwise the Betting Company reserves the right to suspend this account.
7.4. Deposit and withdrawal transactions should be made in one currency and in one payment system.
7.4.1. Bettors using e-payments systems have to make sure that they are using e-wallet registered to their own name. Withdrawal requests to the e-wallets registered to other names will be declined.
7.5. All transaction fees are to be paid by a recipient and will be deducted from the amount transferred unless otherwise specified.
7.6. Winnings are paid out within 30 days from the time the last event on the betting slip ended.
8. BET REFUNDS
8.1. Bets are refunded if:
- the bet is made after the start of the match;
- participants in the match are erroneously indicated;
- Home and Away team are specified incorrectly (i.e. team which is an Away team is shown first in a line (2.5.);
- the winning coefficient is 1;
- first place is a competition is shared by several participants;
- a match according to the current Rules is considered not held;
- one of the competitors has suffered a technical defeat;
- a match is postponed more than one day (other than tennis matches);
- less than one complete set is played in a tennis match;
- a bet is made on handicaps and odds no corresponding to those of the established "line";
- one or several of the matches of a round are interrupted, not completed or not held – bets on the overall statistics of the round are to be refunded.
- if a multibet or system bet contains a bet on an event made after the event has started, this part of the multibet or system bet will be resulted at odds of 1.0.
- if a format of a game, competition of a tournament has changed in a way which can affect odds and handicaps values
8.2. The following are not accepted as reasons for bets to be voided:
- game being played on neutral ground;
- game being postponed to less than 24 hours or exactly 24 hours.
8.3. If one or more events in multibet or system have started before the bet was actually placed and accepted by the Betting Company, then only those bets that are placed after the event has started will be voided, all other bets in multibets will be settled as usual.
9. RULES BY SPORTS
9.1. BETS ON SOCCER
9.1.1. Bets on soccer matches are accepted for regulation time (including compensated time). The compensated time of the 1st period is considered the 45th minute and the compensated time of the second period is the 90th minute.
9.1.2. Bets are accepted on the "specials" of a match:
- “match result” bets - a bet on the exact final score of the match;
- “halftime – fulltime” bets - a bet on the outcome of the first period and the entire match.
9.1.3 Corners are counted according to the television broadcast and only corners given are counted, regardless of how the ball was put into play from the corner. In the absence of a television broadcast or the impossibility of its unambiguous interpretation, data from the corresponding Internet sites are used (see Appendix 1).
9.1.4. Warning (yellow cards), removals (red cards) are counted for any player participating in the match. Warnings and removals are not counted for players (trainers and other team members) on the bench or in other places off the playing field. The results for these types of bets (yellow cards and red cards) are published on corresponding Internet sites (see Appendix 1)and are taken into account when calculating the wagers according to these Rules. A repeat warning (after which the player should be removed from the field) is not counted.
9.1.5. In bets on a player ("will score – won't score"), if this player is not in the starting line-up, the bet will be refunded.
9.2. BETS ON HOCKEY
9.2.1. Overtime is counted in international hockey matches, unless otherwise indicated. In NHL matches, the result is considered taking into account overtime and penalty shots; one goal is added to the score at end of regulation time by the winner of a match by penalty shots. In national championship matches, including the championship of Russia, only regulation time is counted.
9.2.2. For bets on shots, goals scored and other technical indicators of NHL matches, the official site of the organizers of the competition is the source for the results.
9.2.3. If an NHL match is cancelled, not completed or postponed to another day, the bet is refunded.
9.3. BETS ON BALL HOCKEY
Bets on ball hockey matches are accepted for the regulation period of the game, unless otherwise indicated.
9.4. BETS ON BASKETBALL
9.4.1 In basketball games (including bets on the second halves), all overtimes are counted. If a game ended in a draw after regulation time, overtime was not played and the line did not have a position with odds for the actual outcome - a draw, the bets on the actual outcome are to be refunded and all remaining bets are calculated based on the result.
9.4.2. Bets on Individual performance of a certain player in a game (points scored, rebounds, assists etc) will be returned if the player did not played in the game at all.
9.5. BETS ON TENNIS
9.5.1. A tennis match is considered to be held if one whole set is played. In case if first set was not completed all bets on game including first set are to be refunded.
9.5.2. In the event of a match being suspended (and not later continued) in the second, third, fourth or fifth sets - the unplayed sets or games are added in favour of the winner. Bets on sets where no games were played are to be refunded.
9.5.3. If the rules are changed (a scheduled five-set match is changed to a three-set match, or vice versa), the bets on:
- winner of the match;
- winner in the first set;
- handicap for games in the first set;
- total of the first set are calculated at the accepted odds and the rest of the bets are to be refunded.
9.5.4. If an interrupted tennis match is postponed for any period of time, bets on the outcome of this event are valid the entire time until the end of the match.
9.5.5. In team competitions, when one or several participants of any of the teams is replaced for any reason, bets on the outcome of the entire match and qualifying to the next round remain valid; in doubles matches, if the composition of the doubles is indicated, when even one of the participants is replaced, the winning coefficient will be "1"; if the composition is not indicated, the bets will remain valid.
9.6. BETS ON FORMULA-1
9.6.1. In Formula-1, bets are accepted for the winner of the qualification and the race, the winner of one of the teams in the qualification and race, as well as comparisons.
9.6.2. If both drivers drop out of the race in the same lap, the bets are refunded.
9.6.3. Participation in the warm-up lap is considered participation in the race.
9.6.4. If one of the drivers drops out prior to the start of the warm-up lap, bets on "Head to head" are considered invalid.
9.7. BETS ON BASEBALL
9.7.1. Bets are accepted for the final result of the game with all possible extra innings.
9.7.2. If the game is cancelled, not completed or postponed to another day, the bets are refunded.
9.7.3. If two identical games are held, the "line" additionally indicates which of the games is the one in question and in the absence of this clarification, the result is considered for the first of them.
9.7.4. If a game is not played on the announced day for some reason, bets are refunded.
9.7.5. A game is considered have been held if at least 5 innings have been played. If a game is interrupted or called off in extra innings, its outcome is determined by the score recorded after the last full inning, except when the home team goes ahead in the bottom of the inning, then the results is determined by the score recorded at the time the game was interrupted.
9.7.6. Bets on the outcome of the first period (five innings) are considered valid if the period was played in its entirety. Otherwise the bets are refunded.
9.8. BETS ON BIATHLON
9.8.1. Bet on the winner of the race. The winner of the race is considered to be that participant who held first place in the final protocol. If there are two or more winners, bets are refunded. If one of the listed participants does not start - bets on him will be refunded.
9.8.2. "Head to head". In the couples offered, it is necessary to name the participant (team in a relay) who will finish higher in the final protocol. If both participants drop out of the race or if one of them did not start, bets are refunded.
9.8.3. Wagering on the total number of target misses of race participants. If it falls on the spread, the bets are refunded. If a participant does not finish, the bets are refunded.
9.8.4. Comparison "Who has more misses". From the offered pairs of participants, it is necessary to name the participant who will make the greater (total) number of misses. If there is an equal number of misses, the bets are refunded. If one of the participants did not start or did not finish, the bets are refunded.
9.8.5. Comparison "Which team member is higher". Name a team whose member will be higher in the final race protocol.
9.8.6. The final results of the race participants are determined based on the official race protocol, published immediately upon its completion on the official site of the organizer of the competitions. Later disqualifications of participants and any changes in the final protocol are not taken into consideration.
9.9. BETS ON AMERICAN FOOTBALL
9.9.1. The winners and losers are determined according to the final result (including overtime), provided that the game lasted at least 55 minutes.
9.9.2. It the game was interrupted after 55 minutes and not resumed that same day, its outcome is determined according to the result recorded at the time it was interrupted, regardless of whether the game was resumed the next day.
9.9.3. If a game is interrupted before 55 minutes have expired since its start and is not resumed that same day, all bets made on it are cancelled and the sums deposited for them will be returned to the players.
9.10. BETS ON "STATISTICS"
9.10.1. The Betting company accepts bets on compound events that are a combination or sum of several matches of one type of sport being conducted within the framework of a game day, round, tournament and others.
9.10.2. Such an event is considered to be held when and only when all matches included in it have taken place. In the event of the cancellation or erroneous indication of participants of only one match, the bets on the compound events are refunded, regardless of the result of the matches already held.
9.11. BETS ON THE OUTCOME OF A TOURNAMENT OR ITS STAGES
9.11.1. Bets on the winner of a tournament, reaching the next lap, "who is better" in the tournament and so forth are considered played only upon completion of the competition (based on the approved result according to tournament rules).
9.12. BETS DURING A MATCH (LIVE-bets).
9.12.1. Bets made on the progress of a match are government by the general rules for accepting bets, taking into account the particular features of accepting bets by types of sports. The Betting company accepts only single live-bets.
9.12.2. An accepted live-bet is not subject to change or cancellation. Claims on the acceptance of live-bets are not accepted.
9.12.3. The Betting company may make calculations for bets made on individual segments or outcomes of a match (for example, 1st period, 1st set, first goal scored, and so forth) without waiting for the end of the game.
9.12.4. Bets made on periods made after results of period are known (for example bet on first half in football made between first and second half) are to be refunded.
9.12.5. If a match was not completed and is considered not held (see Para. 5 of these rules), the individual segments and outcome of the match, the result of which was clearly determined by the time it was stopped for example, 1st period, 1st set, first goal scored, and so forth) are to be calculated and other bets on the match will be refunded.
9.12.6. The Betting company is not responsible for inaccuracies in the current results of the matches according to which live-bets are accepted. Players are recommended to use alternative information sources.
9.13. Bets on Eurovision
9.13.1. Bets are accepted on the final winner of the Eurovision contest.
9.13.2. If any of the countries, in a “head-to-head” bet, does not take part in the final, then all such bets are refunded.
9.13.3. If in the final stage of the contest, countries in a “head-to-head” bet, have the same number of points, then the winner is the country which received more first places, and if the number of first places is also equal, then bets are voided.
9.14. Bets on the next football head coach of a national team.
9.14.1. Bets on the next football head coach of a national team are accepted for new personalities in the position (if the same coach keeps the position, bets are extended).
9.14.2. The nationality of the next head coach. If the next head coach has more than one nationality, and bets are accepted on a specific nationality, then if one those nationalities coincides – bets are winning as if the next head coach has that specific nationality.
9.14.3. If two or more head coaches are assigned to the position, then all bets are refunded.
9.15. Bets on Table Tennis
9.15.1. Handicap and total in table tennis are specified in points if other is not specified in line.
9.15.2. If started match is not finished for any reason (for example, one of participants refuses to continue game, is disqualified), those outcomes, which are unequivocally defined by the time of its stop (for example, an outcome of the first set, total first set etc.) are accepted for settlement of bets. For other bets, payment will be made with the winning coefficient equal to "1";
9.15.3. If the rules are changed (a scheduled seven-set match is changed to a five-set match, or vice versa), the bets on:
- winner of the match;
- winner in the first set;
- handicap for games in the first set;
- total of the first set
are calculated at the accepted odds and the rest of the bets are to be refunded.
9.15.4. If an interrupted match is postponed for any period of time, bets on the outcome of this event are valid the entire time until the end of the match
9.15.5 In team competitions, when one or several participants of any of the teams is replaced for any reason, bets on the outcome of the entire match and qualifying to the next round remain valid; in doubles matches, if the composition of the doubles is indicated, when even one of the participants is replaced, the winning coefficient will be "1"; if the composition is not indicated, the bets will remain valid.
9.16. Bets on Badminton
9.16.1. Handicap and total in Badminton are specified in points if other is not specified in line.
9.16.2. If started match is not finished for any reason (for example, one of participants refuses to continue game, is disqualified), those outcomes, which are unequivocally defined by the time of its stop (for example, an outcome of the first set, total first set etc.) are accepted for settlement of bets. For other bets, payment will be made with the winning coefficient equal to "1";
9.16.3. If an interrupted match is postponed for any period of time, bets on the outcome of this event are valid the entire time until the end of the match
9.16.4. In team competitions, when one or several participants of any of the teams is replaced for any reason, bets on the outcome of the entire match and qualifying to the next round remain valid; in doubles matches, if the composition of the doubles is indicated, when even one of the participants is replaced, the winning coefficient will be "1"; if the composition is not indicated, the bets will remain valid.
9.17. Bets on Bowls
9.17.1. Handicap and total in Bowls are specified in shots if other is not specified in line.
9.17.2. If started match is not finished for any reason (for example, one of participants refuses to continue game, is disqualified), those outcomes, which are unequivocally defined by the time of its stop (for example, an outcome of the first leg, total first leg etc.) are accepted for settlement of bets. For other bets, payment will be made with the winning coefficient equal to "1";
9.17.3. If an interrupted match is postponed for any period of time, bets on the outcome of this event are valid the entire time until the end of the match
9.17.4. In team competitions, when one or several participants of any of the teams is replaced for any reason, bets on the outcome of the entire match and qualifying to the next round remain valid; in doubles matches, if the composition of the doubles is indicated, when even one of the participants is replaced, the winning coefficient will be "1"; if the composition is not indicated, the bets will remain valid.
9.18. Bets on Ball Hockey and on Field Hockey
9.18.1. Bets on these type of sport matches are accepted for the regulation period of the game, unless otherwise indicated.
9.18.2. If the match cancelled or postponed with any reason for more than 24 hours, all bet for this event take the winning coefficient, equal to “1”
9.18.3. If any match was not finished, those outcomes, that are unequivocally defined by the time of its stop (for example, an outcome of the first period, first goal and it’s time and etc.) are accepted for settlement of bets. For other bets, payment will be made with the winning coefficient equal to "1";
9.19. Bets on FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship
9.19.1. Penalty Shoot-Outs are not counted towards statistical indicators of the teams and players
9.19.2. Dead Heat Rules - is used to determine winning odds if there are two or more winners. In this case winnings odds calculated by the following formula - OW = OB/NW Where:
OW – Wining Odds;
OB – Odds for which the bet placed;
NW - The number of winners.
For example, three players with six goals became the Top goal scorers of the World Cup; David Villa – the bet placed with the odds 9, Wayne Rooney – the bet placed with the odds 12.0, Didier Drogba – the bet placed with odds 30. In such case it will be settled with the following odds: Villa – 3.0(9/3winners =3.0), Rooney – 4.0 (12/3=4.0), Drogba - 10.0 (30/3=10)
9.19.3. Highest Scoring Group - if the total amount of goals scored in two or more groups are equal(same), the bets for these groups will be settled according to the Dead Heat Rules
9.19.4. Highest Scoring Team - if the total amount of goals scored in two or more teams are equal(same), the bets for these teams will be settled according to the Dead Heat Rules
9.19.5. Top Goal Scorer – goals scored including extra time are taken into account. If total numbers of goals scored by two or more players are equal (same), bets on these players are settled according to the Dead Heat Rules.
9.19.6. Stage of Elimination, To reach the Quarter-Finals/Semi-Finals/Final, To Win the Tournament – Bets will be settled according to actual team performance in tournament, including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.7. Top Continent (European, South American, African) team - preference is given to the team that won the tournament, or that was out from it at a later stage. If two or more of the best teams were out at the same stage, the Bets for these teams will be settled according to the Dead Heat Rules
9.19.8. Top Team Goal Scorer - goals scored including extra time are taken into account. If total number of goals scored by two or more players, bets on these players are settled according to the Dead Heat Rules.
9.19.9. Top Club Goal Scorer - goals scored including extra time are taken into account. If total number of goals scored by two or more players, bets on these players are settled according to the Dead Heat Rules.
9.19.10. Will Any European/South American/African Team Advance to Final/Semi-Final/Quarter-Final - Bets will be settled according to actual team performance in tournament, including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.11. Goalscorer Special Bets - scored including extra time are taken into account. Bets on comparison of individual performance of players in case players scored equal number of goals will be returned
9.19.12. New World Cup Winner – bet on “Will a team which never before won World Cups win the World Cup”. Previous winners of World Cup: Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina, France. Bets on the winner will be settled including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.13. Winning Continent – bets on “Representative of which continent will become the World Champion”. Bets on the winner will be settled including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.14. Winners’ Group – bets on “Representative of which Group will become the World Champion. Bets on the winner will be settled including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.15. Winner of the tournament – bets on the winner will be settled including overtimes and penalty shootouts.
9.19.16. - Winner and Top Goalscorer – multibet on the Tournament Winner plus the Top Goalscorer
APPENDIX 1
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American football |
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Basketball, Euroleague |
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Basketball. ULEB Cup |
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Basketball. NBA |
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Basketball. Championship of Greece |
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Basketball. Championship of Spain |
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Basketball. Championship of Italy |
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Basketball. Championship of Russia |
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Basketball. Championship of France |
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Baseball |
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Biathlon |
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Volleyball |
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Handball |
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Tennis Tournament, ATP and Challengers series |
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Tennis. WTA tournament |
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Soccer. Championship of Europe and Eurocup |
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Soccer. Championship of England |
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Soccer. Championship of Germany |
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Soccer. Championship of Spain |
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Soccer. Championship of Italy |
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Soccer. Championship of the World |
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Soccer. Championship of Russia |
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Hockey. NHL |
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Hockey. Championship of Germany |
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Hockey. Championship of the World |
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Hockey. Championship of Russia |
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Hockey. Championship of Finland |
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Hockey. Championship of Czech Republic |
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APPENDIX 2
Single bet is a bet in which it is required to predict the outcome of only one event. The winnings of the single bet are equal to the stake of the bet multiplied by the odds on the event. You can make the single bet on any event. The winning amount is calculated by multiplication of the odd with a bet amount.
Example for Single Bets
Win1/Draw/Win2
| 90 minutes | Home | Draw | Away |
| Chelsea – Liverpool | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
Let’s say a bet of $100 is placed for DRAW in the game above. Odd for DRAW is 3.5. So if a player wins he will get $350 (100x3.5)
Net win is $250.
A multiple, or a combo bet is a bet in which it is required to predict the outcomes of more than one event simultaneously (the maximum number of the events in a combo bet is 30). If even one event in the combo bet is predicted incorrectly, the whole bet is considered to be lost. It is possible to combine in one combo bet events from various sports. Combo bets are not accepted when the outcome of one part of the bet contributes to the outcome of another (in such case the event with the biggest odd will be used for calculations, and the rest of depending events will be considered to be with odds 1.0). The odds of a combo bet are calculated as the product of the odds of all of the events included in the bet. The winnings of the combo bet are equal to the stake of the bet multiplied by the odds of the combo bet. The overall odd (coefficient) for a Combo bet is not limited.
Example for multiple bets
Win1/Draw/Win2
| 90 minutes | Home | Draw | Away |
| Chelsea – Liverpool | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Man U – Real Madrid | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Inter – Barcelona | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 |
Let’s say a bet of $100 is places for Chelsea – Liverpool to DRAW, Man U – Real Madrid, Man U to WIN, Inter – Barcelona, Inter to WIN. Odds will be multiplied 3.5x1.2x1.7 = 7.14
If this bets wins then money will be $100x7.14 = $714
Net win is $614.
A system bet is a full combination of combo bets of the given size with events from a predefined number of events. Each combination in the system is calculated as a separate combo bet.
Example of 2/3 system bet
Win1/Draw/Win2
| 90 minutes | Home | Draw | Away |
| Chelsea – Liverpool | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Man U – Real Madrid | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Inter – Barcelona | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 |
Let’s say a bet of $90 is places for Chelsea – Liverpool to DRAW, Man U – Real Madrid Man U to WIN, Inter – Barcelona, Inter to WIN.
It means player is placing 3 multiple bet with 2 possible outcomes in each:
| No | A system bet | Coefficient | Win |
| 1 | Chelsea – Liverpool Man U – Real Madrid |
3.5x1.2 = 4.2 | 4.2x$30 = $126 |
| 2 | Chelsea – Liverpool Inter – Barcelona |
3.5x1.7 = 5.95 | 5.95x$30 = $178.5 |
| 3 | Man U – Real Madrid Inter – Barcelona |
1.2x1.7 = 2.04 | 2.04x$30 = $61.2 |
If these bets will win, then player will get $126 + $178.5 + $61.2 = $365.7
Example of 2/4 system bet
Win1/Draw/Win2
| 90 minutes | Home | Draw | Away |
| Chelsea – Liverpool | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Man U – Real Madrid | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Handicap
| 90 minutes | Home | Away |
| Inter – Barcelona | (-2.0)1.5 | (+2.0)2.3 |
To Win
| To Win | Winner 1 | Winner 2 |
| R. Nadal – R.Federer | 1.6 | 2.6 |
Let’s say a bet of $120 is placed for: Chelsea – Liverpool to DRAW, Man U – Real Madrid Man U to WIN, Inter to Win with handicap, and R.Nadal to WIN
It means player is placing 6 multiple bet with 2 possible outcomes in each:
| No | A system bet | Coefficient | Win |
| 1 | Chelsea – Liverpool Man U – Real Madrid |
3.5x1.2 = 4.2 | 4.2x$20 = $84 |
| 2 | Chelsea – Liverpool Inter – Barcelona |
3.5x1.5 = 5.25 | 5.25x$20 = $105 |
| 3 | Chelsea – Liverpool R. Nadal – R.Federer |
3.5x1.6 = 5.6 | 5.6x$20 = $112 |
| 4 | Man U – Real Madrid Inter – Barcelona |
1.2x1.5 = 1.8 | 1.8x$20 = $36 |
| 5 | Man U – Real Madrid R. Nadal – R.Federer |
1.2x1.6 = 1.92 | 1.92x$20 = $38.4 |
| 6 | Inter – Barcelona R. Nadal – R.Federer |
1.5x1.6 = 2.4 | 2.4x$20 = $48 |
If these bets will win, player will get $84 + $105 + $112 + $36 + $38.4 + $48 = $423.4
Example of 3/4 system bet
Win1/Draw/Win2
| 90 minutes | Home | Draw | Away |
| Chelsea – Liverpool | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| Man U – Real Madrid | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Handicap
| 90 minutes | Home | Away |
| Inter – Barcelona | (-2.0)1.5 | (+2.0)2.3 |
To Win
| To Win | Winner 1 | Winner 2 |
| R. Nadal – R.Federer | 1.6 | 2.6 |
Let’s say a bet of $120 is placed for: Chelsea – Liverpool to DRAW, Man U – Real Madrid Man U to WIN, Inter to Win with handicap, and R.Nadal to WIN
It means player is placing 4 multiple bet with 3 possible outcomes in each.
Bet will be divided to 4 = $30:
| No | A system bet | Coefficient | Win |
| 1 | Chelsea – Liverpool Man U – Real Madrid Inter – Barcelona |
3.5x1.2x1.5 = 6.3 | 6.3x30ea = 189ea |
| 2 | Chelsea – Liverpool Man U – Real Madrid R. Nadal – R.Federer |
3.5x1.2x1.6 = 6.72 | 6.72x30ea = 201.6ea |
| 3 | Man U – Real Madrid Inter – Barcelona R. Nadal – R.Federer |
1.2x1.5x1.6 = 2.88 | 2.88x30ea = 86.4ea |
| 4 | Chelsea – Liverpool Inter – Barcelona R. Nadal – R.Federer |
3.5x1.5x1.6 = 8.4 | 8.4x30ea = 252ea |
If these bets will win, player will get $189 + $201.6 + $86.4 + $252 = $729
Handicap For the determination of the result of a bet with a handicap, it is necessary to add (if the handicap is positive) or to subtract (if the handicap is negative) the handicap to/from the goals scored by a selected team (a handicap on the second team does not count). If after that the result is a win for the selected team, the bet is considered to be won. If the calculated result is a draw, the bet is returned.
Example of Handicap
| 90 minutes | Home | Away |
| Inter – Barcelona | (0.0)1.5 | (0.0)2.3 |
Let’s say a bet is placed on Barcelona to WIN with a (0.0) handicap. For that Barcelona has to win with any possible result. If the Teams will DRAW then money will be returned.
Total Goals. Bet is places on how many goals will be scored in a game in total.
Example for Total Goals.
| Chelsea – Liverpool | |
| Over | (3.0) 1.7 |
| Under | (3.0) 2.0 |
If the amount of scored goals is less than 3, the winners are those who placed on Under (3.0), and Over (3.0) will lose, and vice versa if more than 3 goals will be scored.
If exactly 3 Goals will be scored, placed bets will be returned.
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