Basketball Rules

Game and Prop betting

General types of NBA/NCAA/WNBA basketball wager

A detailed explanation of each type of wager available on our site is provided in the bet types section of our betting rules.

Point spreads, Game Totals are usually offered on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Quarters, 1st and 2nd Half, and the full game (incl. Overtime). Money lines and Buying Points are usually offered on the whole game only (incl. Overtime). In the case of a Push result, monies on straight wagers are refunded - Please see wager types to see how pushes affect parlays, teasers, and other exotics.

Point spread
For settlement purposes overtime counts

Game totals
For settlement purposes overtime counts

Money Line
For settlement purposes overtime counts

1st half betting
The 1st half must be completed for bets to have action.

2nd half betting
The 2nd half is considered official for wagering purposes if the game goes 43 minutes or longer. Second half wagering DOES include all overtime scoring.

Quarter betting
The relevant quarter must be completed for bets to have action. The 4th quarter excludes overtime

Game props
Propositions or 'props' are additional betting opportunities offered on the game. They can cover a wide range of results and occurrences within the game e.g. team to score first, race to 20 points, team totals, highest scoring half etc. Listed below are specific props offered along with co-related rules for validity.

'Highest scoring quarter' - excludes overtime. Dead-heat rule applies (game must be official for action)
'Winning margin' - includes overtime. A market offered on a game to predict the winning team and the margin of victory (game must be official for action)
'Double result' (result at half-time, plus result at the end of the game, including overtime). A market offered on a game to predict the 'result' at half time, and the result of the game, including overtime. (game must be official for action)
'Team with highest scoring quarter' - excludes overtime (game must be official for action)
'Highest scoring half' - includes overtime. (game must be official for action)
'Team totals' - includes overtime (game must be official for action)
Which team will score last in the game? includes overtime (game must be official for action)
Which team will record more assists/points/rebounds/blocks/etc in the game? (game must be official for action and both players must play if it's an individual match-up. Includes overtime)
Over/Under points/rebounds/blocks/assists, etc. by player (player must play for action and game must be official. includes overtime)
Total 3 point FG by both teams combined (game must be official for action. includes overtime)
Team to score first (official once a team has scored)
'Race to x amount of points' – (bets have action once one team has scored said amount of points)

Player match-ups/performance Props

Wagering is available on the performance of a named player in a variety of achievements e.g. points, rebounds, assists, blocks, free throws. Push rules apply

Relevant players must be 'dressed', and see court-time, for bets to have action. Overtime counts for any player props, unless specified otherwise

Individual players' performances are matched for betting purposes in a player match-up. Handicaps may be used, and are applied to each player's actual score to determine the result. Push rules apply

Game must be official for quantitative player match-ups (i.e. total points, most fouls, most assists, etc) to have action.

For specifically named props (i.e. player to score first , to commit first foul, to make first 3 pointer, etc) wagers are valid once the achievement has been made.

Double double/triple double. Double/double, player must record 10 or more in two of the following 5 statistical categories. Triple/double, player must record 10 or more in 3 of the following 5 statistical categories:

1) Points 2) Rebounds 3) Assists 4) Blocked shots 5) Steals

Futures

'Regular season wins/match-ups'- team must complete at least 80 regular season games for bets to have action 'To win Division' - team must complete at least 80 regular season games for bets to have action. NBA tie break rules apply. 'To win Conference'- team must complete at least 80 regular season games for bets to have action. The team that progresses to the NBA Championship will be deemed the winner of the Conference

Outright betting

Prices are offered on teams or players to be the outright winners of a given tournament or competition e.g. the NBA Championship. The NBA Championship Final winners are the outright tournament winners. Prices are offered for each team participating.

Conference/division betting

Teams participating in an outright tournament may be grouped in conferences and/or divisions. For example NBA is grouped into 2 conferences (Eastern Conference and Western Conference), each containing 2 divisions. Prices are offered for each participating team to win their respective Division and Conference.

Outright, Conference & Regional betting

All bets stand regardless of team relocation, team name change or season length and will be graded once designated period of time is complete and not during the designated period of time.