1. All soccer bets will be settled in accordance with OPTA Index results unless otherwise specified. All bets on soccer are automatically on the basis of 90 minutes' play unless otherwise stated for that particular market. 90 minutes' play includes time added on by referee for stoppages. The only exceptions are for matches that are scheduled for a lesser duration (e.g. 60, 70 or 80) as agreed by the laws of the competition in which they are competing or agreed by both sides prior to kick-off. In such cases, all bets will be settled at the end of the agreed game length which includes time added on by the referee for stoppages whether the game length is advertised by PointsBet or not.
2. All markets are based on the result at the end of regular time. This includes any added injury or stoppage time but does not include extra time, penalty shoot-out or golden goal.
3. Match Result/Asian Handicap/Handicap/Double Chance/Odd or Even Total/Half-time/Full-time markets are resulted at the end of regular time. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time the market will be resulted as void.
4. Over/Under markets are settled once they have reached their natural conclusion. If the match is suspended after the match has started all markets that are yet to reach their natural conclusion shall be void. Results already determined will stand.
5. Fixed price First Goalscorer markets will be settled after the first goal. Any selection that does not take part in the match will be void, as will selections on first player to score where the player comes on after the first goal is scored. Own goals do not count, should the first goal of the game be an own goal, the player deemed the winner will be the player who scores the second goal. If the own goal is the only goal of the game, 'no goalscorer' will be settled as the winner. If the match is suspended after the match but the first goal is scored all bets on this market will be voided.
6. Fixed price Last Goalscorer market will be settled at the conclusion of the game. Extra timed, other than injury time, is not included. Any selection that does not take part in the match will be void. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void. Please note that own goals do not count, should the last goal of the game be an own goal, the player deemed the winner will be the player who scores the goal before the own goal. If the own goal is the only goal of the game, 'no goalscorer' will be settled as the winner. If the match is suspended before the conclusion of normal time and any additional injury time all bets on this market will be voided.
7. Fixed price Anytime Goalscorer market is resulted at the end of regular time, any selection that does not take part in the match will be void. Please note that own goals do not count. If the match is suspended before half time then all markets will be voided regardless of whether the outcome has already been determined. If the match is suspended in the second half then only the goalscorers from the first half will be resulted. All other selections will be settled as losing wagers.
8. Fixed price Hat-trick market is resulted at the end of regular time, any selection that does not take part in the match will be resulted as void. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void.
9. Fixed price Win Both Halves market require your selection to win both halved in isolation. The market is resulted at the end of regular time. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time after the match has started then the market will be resulted as void.
10. Fixed price Win Either Half market requires your selection to win either half. If the match is suspended before half time then all markets will be voided. If the match is suspended in the second half then only the 1st Half markets shall be resulted.
11. Fixed price Draw No Bet market is resulted at the end of regular time. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time after the match has started then the market will be resulted as void. In the event that the match ends in a draw this market will be resulted as void.
12. Fixed price To Win To Nil market will be settled at the conclusion of normal time including any additional injury time played. This market requires your time to win the match and hold the opposing team to no goals. If the match is suspended after the match has started this market will be voided.
13. Fixed price 1st/2nd Half Asian Handicap/Correct Score/Result/Draw No Bet/Total Goals/Total Line markets are resulted based at the conclusion of the half. If the match is suspended before the completion of the half then all markets will be void.
14. Fixed price First Team To Score market will be settled once result is known. If the match is suspended after the match has started all markets that are yet to reach their natural conclusion shall be void. Please note that own goals count.
15. Fixed price Last Team To Score market is resulted at the end of regular time. If the match is suspended before the completion of regular time then the market will be resulted as void. Please note that own goals count.
16. Fixed price Both Teams To Score/Team Not To Score/Teams To Score market will be settled once a result has been reached. If the match is suspended after the match has started all markets that are yet to reach their natural conclusion shall be void. Please note that own goals count.
17. Fixed price Clean Sheet/ Team To Score/Total Goals markets are resulted once it has reached its natural conclusion. If the match is suspended after the match has started all markets that are yet to reach their natural conclusion shall be void. Please note that own goals count.
18. In circumstances where over 90% of the scheduled match time has been completed and the referee ends the match before the allotted time has elapsed then PointsBet will use that result for the settlement of all bets placed on the game
19. For matches where suspension occurs before 90% of the match has been completed then all markets are void unless their result has already been decided before match was suspended. If the suspended match is continued from the point of Suspension and completed before the end of the next calendar day, then all bets on the match will stand. If the suspended match is started again from kick-off at the start of the first half and completed before the end of the next calendar day, then all pre-match bets on the original fixture will stand and all Betting in Running bets on the original fixture will be voided unless the result was already decided before the original suspension.
20. Dates and kick-off times of matches shown on our website are for guidance purposes only. Bets will be accepted up until the advertised kick-off time.
21. Pointsbet reserves the right to void or stand any bet inadvertently accepted after the betting has closed or where the event was resolved or at a stage where the customer could have any indication of the outcome.
TIME OF BETS:
1. Bets on time of the first/last goal, time of first corner, time of first booking and interval bets will be settled as the time shown by the applicable official league website For time of first corner market, the time that the corner is taken will count. For time of first booking market, the time that the player is shown the card will count. In the event of a dispute, the decision of Opta Index will be final. the verdict of the majority of the following websites will be final: Where there is no result from the applicable league website, the following websites will be used to settle in order:
- soccerbase.com
- soccernet.com
- soccerbot.com
- flashscore.com
- futbol24.com
- livescore.co.uk
- soccerway.com
SUSPENDED, POSTPONED, VENUE CHANGED OR UNPLAYED MATCHES
1. All markets on an unplayed or postponed match will be treated as void if the event has been moved to more than 48 hours in the future. If the venue of a match is other than is indicated on our website, the bet will stand provided the match has not been switched to the opponent's ground, in which case the match will be declared void.
GOAL SCORER BETS
1. Own goals do not count for settlement of goal scorer bets. Bets taken on goal scorers will be void if that player does not take part in the game. In the event of a dispute over the award of a goal, settlement will be in accordance with the result given by Opta Index within 24 hours of the final whistle. Any subsequent changes to the result will be ignored for settlement purposes
2. A player will be considered to be a runner and bets will stand should the player play any part in the match. Goals scored in normal time only count for this market. Goals scored in extra time or in a penalty shoot-out do not count.
3. Live Betting goal scorer betting Own goals do not count for goal scorer bets.
NUMBER OF CORNERS / NUMBER OF GOALS / BOOKINGS
1. Bets on number of goals include own goals.
2. Bookings of managers, coaches or players who are yet to participate in the game (i.e. substitutes) do not count.
3. In the event of a suspended match all bets on special PointsBetting will be void
4. Half time result Bets on half-time result are settled on the result of a match at half-time including all injury and stoppage time.
PERFORMANCE
1. Bets on team performance are settled as follows: Yellow card = 10 points; Red card = 25 points. If a player is shown a yellow card and subsequently sent off this counts as 35 points.
2. Maximum booking points a single player can receive in one match is 35 points.
3. Bookings will only count for players taking part in the match. Bookings of managers, coaches or off the field of play will not count. Any bookings made during half-time will count, however bookings made after the final whistle do not count.
4. For first booking if more than one player being booked in the same incident the first player to be shown a card by the match referee shall be deemed the winner.
5. Both yellow and red cards count for this market.
6. Booking times will be settled on the match time when the yellow or red card is shown and not when the foul or offence took place.
7. Card Index Match Bet refers to which teams gets the most Card Index points during the match.
8. Only bookings in normal time (90 mins play) count.
CORNER MARKETS
1. Bets on number of corners refers to number of corners taken and not corners awarded.
2. For time of corner markets, the time that the corner is actually taken will count and not the time it was awarded.
GOAL MINUTES
1. The goal minutes market is the total of the time in minutes of each goal scored. A goal scored at 23mins 25seconds will be settled as the 24th minute.
2. All injury time goals will be counted as either 45 for injury time at the end of the first half or 90 for injury time at the end of the second half.
3. This bet is 90 minutes only - extra time and penalties do not count.
4. For team goal minutes, own goals count for the team that are awarded the goal.
HANDICAP MARKETS
1. For the purpose of deciding results on fixed price handicap markets, a number of goals (or half goals) is added to, or subtracted from, your selection. Settlement of any handicap betting will be at the special odds shown alongside the match(es), using the actual score in the match adjusted for the handicap. The handicap values assigned to the handicap draw option will always apply to the home team.
2. The handicap is applied to the final result of the match and the team with the most goals after the handicap has been applied will be the winner. Handicap markets are settled on the score after normal time plus any additional injury time added. Extra time, golden goal and penalty shootouts are not included.
Example:
Team A -2, Handicap Draw -2, Team B +2
If Team A wins by exactly 3 or more goals, then Team A -2 is the winning selection.
If Team A wins by exactly 2 goals, then Handicap Draw is the winning selection as after the handicap is applied the match has ended in a draw.
If Team A wins by exactly 1 goal, the match is drawn, or Team B win the match by any margin then Team B +2 is the winning selection.