American Football Betting Rules

Betting Rules specific to American Football

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Money Line

This market includes overtime when settled, If the match is abandoned before completion then the market will be voided.

Match Result

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void.

Point Spread

This market is resulted including overtime. If the match is abandoned before completion then the market will be resulted as void.

Handicap Result

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

Odd or Even Total

This market is resulted including overtime If the match is abandoned before completion then the market will be resulted as void.

Total Points

This market is resulted including overtime If the match is abandoned before completion then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

Half-Time Result

This market is resulted based on the first half score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first half then the market will be resulted as void.

Half-Time/Full-Time

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void.

Highest Scoring Half

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void.

Highest Scoring Quarter

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void.

First Team To Score

If either team has scored and the game is abandoned then the market is resulted. If the game is abandoned before either team has scored then the market is resulted as void. Please note that safety goals count.

Last Team To Score

This market is resulted at the end of the regular time. If the match is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void. Please note that safety goals count.

First Team To Score Wins Game

The market is resulted at the end of regular time. If the game is abandoned before the completion of regular time then the market is resulted as void. Please note that safety goals count.

1st Half Handicap

This market is resulted based on the first half score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first half then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

1st Half Money Line

This market is resulted based on the first half score. If the first Half ends in a draw then the market is resulted as void. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first half then the market will be resulted as void.

1st Half Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the first half score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first half then the market will be resulted as void.

1st Half Total Points

This market is resulted based on the first half score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the first half then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

1st Quarter Money Line

This market is resulted based on the first quarter score. If the first quarter ends in a draw then the market will be resulted as void. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

1st Quarter Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the first quarter score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the first quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

1st Quarter Total Points

This market is resulted based on the first quarter score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the first quarter then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

2nd Half Money Line

This market is resulted based on the second half score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the second half then the market will be voided.

2nd Half Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the second half score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the second half then the market will be resulted as void.

2nd Half Total Points

This market is resulted based on the second half score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the second half then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

2nd Quarter Money Line

This market is resulted based on the second quarter score. If the second quarter ends in a draw then the market is resulted as void. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the second quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

2nd Quarter Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the second quarter score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the second quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

2nd Quarter Total Points

This market is resulted based on the second quarter score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the second quarter then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

3rd Quarter Money Line

This market is resulted based on the third quarter score. If the third quarter ends in a draw then the market will be resulted as void. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the third quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

3rd Quarter Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the third quarter score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the third quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

3rd Quarter Total Points

This market is resulted based on the third quarter score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the third quarter then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

4th Quarter Money Line

This market is resulted based on the fourth quarter score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the fourth quarter then the market will be resulted as void.

4th Quarter Point Spread

This market is resulted based on the fourth quarter score. If the match is abandoned before the completion of the fourth quarter then the market will be voided.

4th Quarter Total Points

This market is resulted based on the fourth Quarter score. If the match is abandoned before completion of the fourth Quarter then the market will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined.

Touchdown Scorer Markets

You are betting on Players who score Rushing Touchdowns, Receiving Touchdowns and/or Defensive/Special Teams Return Touchdowns. Passing Touchdowns will not count as a Touchdown scorer.


NFL Bet Builders

All NFL Bet Builder selections must win (no ties, draws or pushes) for a bet to be deemed a winner. A selection that does not win will be settled as a loser.
For instance, selections on a team to win a match where it is a tie after overtime, even where the draw or tie may not have been offered through Bet Builder, will be settled as losers. Similarly, ‘Race to X’ selections where neither team reaches the selected score will be settled as losers, regardless of whether a ‘neither team to reach X’ selection was available as an alternate selection or not.

If a quarter, half or match finishes scoreless, then touchdown or point-scoring selections for that period (e.g. Player to Score a 1st Half Touchdown) will be settled as losers.

Overtime

All NFL matches will be settled on the official declared result including any overtime.

Second Half/Fourth Quarter Markets

All second half and fourth quarter market selections do include overtime if it occurs. For example, a total second half points selection would include the points scored in both the second half and overtime.

Player-Specific Markets

All player selections will be considered active if a player participates in at least one play at any point of the relevant match, regardless of whether the selection in question references a specific period of the match.
If a player does not participate in a single play during a match, selections specific to that player will be void. For instance, a selection on a certain player to score a touchdown in the second half would be active (and therefore settled as a loser) if that player participated in the first play of the match, was injured, and did not return to the game, regardless of having never been on the field during the second half. However, if that player was injured shortly before the game commenced and did not participate in any plays whatsoever, the selection and therefore bet would be void.

Postponed And Incomplete Matches

If a match is postponed or incomplete, all bets will stand if the game is subsequently resumed or played within the same scheduling week of the NFL schedule (Thursday – Wednesday local stadium time) as the originally scheduled start time. All bets placed on games which are postponed and commence outside their originally designated scheduling week will be void, and stakes will be refunded.

Abandoned Matches

If a game is abandoned prior to commencement, it falls within the same scheduling week rule for postponed matches as described above. If it is halted during play, and then resumed and completed during the same scheduling week, all bets will stand. If a game is halted after commencing but prior to completion, and it is not resumed and completed within the same scheduling week, the following rules apply:

  1. Bet Builders will be void if they include at least one selection involving a player who has not yet been on the field for at least one play. The rules outlined below are all applied subject to and subsequent to the application of this rule.

  2. If every selection within a Bet Builder on the game is already a winner where the fact of abandonment had no impact on the outcome of each selection, the Bet Builder in its entirety will be treated as a winner.
    For example, a 2-leg Bet Builder containing an over total points selection and a certain player to score a touchdown, in a game where the required points have been reached and the player did score a touchdown before the game was subsequently abandoned, will be treated as a winner. In this case, the abandonment had no impact on either selection. The same would not apply to an under total points selection where a game is abandoned while the total score is still under the chosen number, as the abandonment would impact that outcome.

  3. If a single selection of a Bet Builder has lost and a match is then abandoned, the Bet Builder will be treated as a loser, where regardless of the fact of abandonment, the selection(s) in question had been irrevocably concluded.
    For example, a Bet Builder including a first team to score selection, in a game where the other team scored first and the match was subsequently then abandoned, will be treated as a loser. In this case, the bet had already lost, and this outcome could not be affected in any way by whether the game was subsequently abandoned or not.


  4. If there are no losing selections within a Bet Builder and at least one void selection at the time of a match abandonment, the Bet Builder will be treated as void. This rule applies where one or more selections are still undecided at abandonment and may have won or lost if the game had been completed as scheduled.

Venue Changes

If the venue of a match is changed from the one advertised, all bets on that match will be voided.

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