Sportsbook Wager Types

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Discover a World of Wagering Excitement with our Sportsbook Wager Types! Our platform offers a diverse range of wager types tailored to elevate your gaming experience. From classic straight bets to Rolling If Bets and point buying, explore the thrilling options that await you. Dive into the details of our extensive wager types and elevate your game to new heights. Your journey into the world of betting possibilities starts here.

1. Straight Wagers

A straight wager, commonly known as a “side,” represents one of the most prevalent forms of sports betting markets. When betting on straight markets, you make an advance prediction on which selection will emerge the winner in the match. For instance, in baseball, the wager revolves around predicting the outright winner of the match. In contrast, for basketball or football, a point spread is typically included in the bet. If the number is positive (+), you add those points to your team’s score; if negative (-), you deduct those points. The team with the higher score after applying the points is settled as the winner.

1.1 Straight Bets Payoffs: In football and basketball, the standard payoff is $100 for every $110 wagered, unless specified otherwise in the betting line. It is customary to include the juice as part of your wager when placing a bet. Consequently, if you opt for a $100 straight bet, you would wager $110.

1.2 For sports without a point spread, like baseball or boxing, the payoff is determined by the money line (ML). If the money line is a negative number, you wager the corresponding amount of the money line for each $100 of your bet.

1.3 For instance, with a money line of -135, you would bet $135 to win $100. Conversely, if the money line is positive, you wager $100 to win the indicated amount. For a money line of +125, your bet would be $100 to win $125.

1.4 When entering an ML wager using the “base” amount, input the amount you wish to WIN when betting on a favorite (negative number) and the amount you wish to RISK when betting on an underdog (positive number).

1.5 Additionally, you have the option to “risk” or “win” a specific amount, irrespective of whether you are wagering on a favorite or an underdog.

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2. Total Wagers

When betting on total markets, you are betting on whether the total points scored in the game will be higher or lower than the total of the market.

2.1 Total Markets Payoffs: For football and basketball the payoff for a winner is $100 for every $110 wagered unless otherwise noted. It is customary when making a bet that you put up the juice as part of your wager. Therefore, $110 will be wagered if you specify a $100 total bet. For baseball totals, the total points seldom move. Instead, applying a price to the total market creates line moves. Therefore, your payoff will depend on the money line price at the time of placing the wager.

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3. Parlays

A parlay wager entails combining a group of straight picks, encompassing spreads, money lines, or totals, into a single bet that offers an enhanced payout (refer to the chart below for details).

3.1 To secure winning a parlay wager, every individual selection within the parlay must be settled as a winner.

3.2 In the event of a push, cancellation, or no action affecting one or more parlay picks, the wager transitions to the next lower number of teams.

3.3 Two-team parlays, with one selection resulting in a push, cancellation, or no action, revert to a conventional straight wager.

3.4 If all parlay picks result in pushes, cancellations, or no action, the parlay is graded as a TIE, and the initially risked funds are returned to your account.

3.5 The flexibility exists to include proposition bets from different games and mix various sports within the same parlay.

3.6 We do not allow correlated parlays, featuring spreads, money lines, or team totals from the first half, second half, periods, and quarters of the same sporting event. We allow some exceptions that include football, where side-to-total parlays are valid if the ratio between the spread and total is greater than 3 to 1. In baseball, hockey, soccer, and most other sports, parlays combining spreads to totals are not allowed.

3.7 Parlays Payoffs: The payout for parlay wagers depends on the number of teams selected and the odds associated with those teams. Refer to the provided chart for payoffs on parlays where all lines are -110.

Parlay Payouts for Football and Basketball. All Payouts based on -110 odds

# of TeamsParlay Payoff
22.64/1
36/1
412.28/1
524.35/1
647.41/1
791.42/1
8175.44/1
9335.85
10642.08/1
111226.70/1
122342.79/1
134473.51/1
148541.25/1
1516306.94/1
Available ONLINE ONLY

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4. Teasers

A teaser constitutes a combination of side wagers and/or totals into a singular wager. The key distinction between a parlay and a teaser lies in the fact that, with a teaser, the line against which you bet for each individual wager is adjusted in your favor by the number of points specified in the teaser. For instance, if the original line is -10 and you opt for a 6-point teaser, your adjusted line would be -4. Similar to a parlay, all individual components must be settled as winners for the teaser to be declared a winner.

4.1 This specific wager type is exclusively applicable to Football and Basketball; we do not offer it for baseball or hockey.

4.2 Teaser Payoffs: The payout for teaser wagers hinges on the number of teams selected and the allocated points for each team. We provide detailed payoffs for football and basketball teasers in the accompanying tables.

4.3 Teaser Types:

4.3.1 Ties Reduce Teasers: In the event of a push in one or more individual parts of your teaser, the wager is adjusted to the next lower number of teams. If a two-team teaser experiences a push alongside a winner, the teaser is settled as “No-Action” and refunded.

4.3.2 Ties Win Teasers: For this type of teaser, all ties are considered winning selections. Even if all selections are ties, they are treated as winners in “Ties Win Teasers.” Games not played or completed on the originally scheduled date are not treated as ties; if a game is postponed or canceled, the teaser adjusts to the next lower number of teams.

4.3.3 Ties Lose Teasers: Any pick resulting in a tie is regarded as a losing selection. Games not played or completed on the originally scheduled date are not considered ties; if a game is postponed or canceled, the teaser adjusts to the next lower number of teams.

4.4 In cases where a teaser is reduced to a one-team teaser due to postponed or canceled games, the player is allowed to select replacements for the affected selections. If two or more selections in the teaser remain unaffected, no modifications to the teaser are permitted. Any losing pick, even if it is the sole remaining selection in a teaser, is automatically deemed a loser.

4.5 If a two-team teaser includes a tie and a loss, the teaser is considered a loss. We offer the option to choose the Vegas Teaser Rules (a tie and a loss equate to a tie) but the bettor will be required to forfeit any other reward or promotion possibility.

4.6 We retain the right to alter teaser payouts on an individual account without prior notice. Pending teasers will always adhere to the rules stated at the time the wagers were placed.

4.7 Teaser Payout Charts.

4.8 Progressive Teasers: Progressive Teaser works much the same way as a teaser but there is a consolation payout for having an incorrect selection. 

4.8.1 Once having the minimum amount of correct selections for a payout, each additional correct selection increases the payout odds.

4.8.2 Selections settled as Ties are considered incorrect selections on Progressive Teasers.

4.8.3 We allow only one side or total per game to be added to this type of wager.  We do NOT allow Progressive Teaser selections with a “side to a side”, “side to a total”, or “total to a total” within the same game.

4.9.4 Click here for the full Progressive Teasers Payout Chart.

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5. Pleasers

A Pleaser wager is a group of football and/or basketball side bets combined into one bet as a teaser, however, the difference between a pleaser and a teaser is that with a pleaser, the line you bet on each individual pick is moved against your favor from 6 to 7½ points.  If the regular line is -10 and you play a 6-point pleaser, then your line in the pleaser would be -16.

5.1 We allow only one side or total per game on a pleaser.  We do NOT allow pleaser selections with a “side to a side”, “side to a total”, or “total to a total” within the same game.

5.2 Example (6 point Pleaser):

5.2.1 Lines:

Dallas is (-3) over Washington

Pittsburgh is (-8) over Cleveland

5.2.2 A “Two team 6 point Pleaser” on Dallas and Pittsburgh would be as follows:

Dallas (-9)

Pittsburgh (-14)

5.2.3 A “Two team 6 point Pleaser” on Washington and Cleveland would be like this:

Washington (-3)

Cleveland (+2)

5.3 Pleasers Payoffs. The pleaser payoffs depend on the amount of picks selected.  If there is a tie in one or more of your individual selections, then the wager steps down to the next lowest number of teams.

5.3.1 If a two-team pleaser has a tie and a winner, then the pleaser pays even money.  The system will not automatically credit the even money payout, so please contact a Support specialist for assistance.

5.3.2 If a two-team pleaser has two ties, then the wager is settled as a TIE.

5.3.3 Click here for the full Pleasers Payout Chart.

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6. If-Bets (Win Only)

An If-Bet is a concatenation of wagers that carry over to the next one only if the prior selection is a winner.  To place this type of wager, you must bet a fixed amount on the first selection; then another pick may be selected with another bet amount up to the payout amount of the previous wager. The player must win the first wager in order for the remaining wagers to have action.  If the first wager loses or pushes, there is no subsequent action.  As each selection wins, there will be action on the following wager.  There may be up to 15 selections in one If-Bet.  Correlation restrictions for If-Bets are the same as they are for parlays.

6.1 If “action” is selected on baseball money line wagers, the total risk amounts deducted at the time of placing an If-Bet may exceed the amount of the initial wager selection.  This risk increase is due to a potential price change, in the event of a pitching change.  We recommend always to choose listed pitchers in your If-Bet selections to avoid available funds being frozen until the wager is closed.

6.2 If-Bet Win Only Examples:

6.2.1 Example One: Place a fixed wager on the St. Louis Rams (-7, -110) for $220 to win $200.

If the Rams win, a fixed wager, up to the payout amount of the previous wager may be placed on the next selection. The subsequent wager may risk up to the previous payout of $420. A wager on the Detroit Lions (-3 -110) for $330 to win $300 is placed. If the Lions also win, the player would collect winnings on both wagers with a total profit of $500.

6.2.2 Example Two: Place a fixed wager on the St. Louis Rams (-7, -110) for $220 to win $200. If the Rams win, a fixed wager, up to the payout amount of the previous wager may be placed on the next selection. The subsequent wager may risk up to the previous payout of $420. A wager on the Detroit Lions (-3 -110) for $330 to win $300 is placed. If the Lions selection loses, the player would collect winnings on the Rams (+$200) and lose (-$330) on the Lions.

6.2.3 Example Three: Place a fixed wager on the St. Louis Rams (-7, -110) for $220 to win $200. If the Rams lose, any further selections after the Rams selection will be “No Action”. The player would lose only (-$220) on the first wager.

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7. If-Bets (Win and Push)

This wager type has the same dynamic as If-Bets (win only) but in this case, the subsequent wager has action if the prior selection wins OR PUSHES.

7.1 If-Bets Win & Push Example:Place a fixed wager on the St. Louis Rams to win with spread of (-7). If the Rams win or PUSH, a fixed wager, up to the original amount, is placed on the Detroit Lions to win with spread of (-3). In the event of a push in initial game, If Detroit wins, player would win $100.00. If Detroit would lose, player would lose $110.00.

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8. Rolling If-Bets (also known as Leverage Plays)

A Rolling If-Bet (RIF) is a straight, parlay or teaser wager made contingent on the outcome of a wager already placed which settlement is still pending.  The pending wager may be a wager posted on an event that is in progress or it can be a wager on an event that has yet to begin. 

8.1 The pending wager cannot be an existing If-Bet, Reverse, any play with an open leg (Parlay or Teaser), a Bonus-Play, Reduced Juice bet, Future bet, an Asian Handicap, or any bet posted on a third party service (if any). 

8.2 You can only make a RIF from a Straight Bet, a Teaser/Progressive, or a Parlay.

8.3 RIF If-Wins-or-Push selections will carry to the next selection if the play is a win, push, cancel or no action.

8.4 How to place a RIF: Once logged into the Sportsbook, select Straight, Parlay, or Teaser from the Sportsbook wagering menu on the left. The RIF is only available if you select one of these menu items. RIF wagers are not available when Bet the Board is selected. Make your Straight, Parlay or Teaser selections.  You will then be able to enter your wager amount. To make a RIF wager, click on the IF button below your selections, right below where you place your risk amount to launch a window with your current Pending Bets. You must then select the type of Rolling If Bet (Win Only or Win/Push). The available funds for your RIF will depend on the pending ticket you selected. After making your selection you will see the confirmation of your RIF wager.  The amount to RISK or TO WIN will be added automatically after selecting a pending ticket, but you may modify it to a lesser amount if desired.

8.4.1 Caution!  If you only enter the Risk or Win amount, and fail to select a pending wager, the wager will not be considered a Rolling-If Bet.  It will be considered a straight, parlay or teaser, depending on your original selection.

8.5 Rolling If-Bet (RIF) Rules:

8.5.1 When you make a Rolling-If Bet (RIF) from a Parlay that contains a Baseball side, and that side was placed using Action for the pitching option, you can only use the amount you are laying/risking on the first Parlay for the second bet.  If, on the other hand, the Baseball side was placed using listed pitchers (or a Run-Line or a Total), you can have the proceeds from the first bet (the lay and any winnings) placed on the second bet.

8.5.2 If you have a Parlay or Teaser and any of the entries tie/push/cancel, the amount available for the RIF If-Wins-Only is the amount you lay plus any winnings from the remaining selections.  This amount is the figure that would be paid into the account if the wager would finalized at that time. 

8.5.3 If you lay an amount in the next leg of an RIF If-Wins-Only greater than the payout from the prior play, you will have no action on the RIF If-Wins-Only. Even if one or more wagers tie/push/cancel, as long as there is one winning wager and the payout exceeds the risk amount of the subsequent RIF If-Wins-Only wager, the next leg of the RIF If-Wins-Only wager will have action.

8.5.4 Correlated RIF wagers will be voided or split into separate straight wagers with the risk amount divided equally.  Correlated RIFs include multiple selections on the same team/player in the same event, multiple selections against the same team/player in the same event, or any other combination where one event directly affects further selections in the play, including Live In-Play wagers. 

8.5.5 Players will never be given the benefit if there is any doubt regarding intentions of correlated RIF and winnings will be voided.  No warnings will be given.

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9. Round Robins

You may easily turn your parlay into a Round Robin, which is a method to box a parlay, creating multiple combinations out of the original picks selected. This bet type automatically calculates the combinations for you.  A “Round Robin with 2’s, 3’s” would include all the possible two team and three team parlays that can be made with all the selections you chose.  The risk amount entered will be the desired risk amount on each individual combination created.

9.1 How to place a Round Robin bet. Once logged into the Sportsbook, select Parlay from the sportsbook-wagering menu.  Make your Parlay selections. Verify your selections.  Below the selections, you may change your “Single Parlay” into your desired “Round Robin”. Once you have selected your desired Round Robin, you must enter a risk amount. Your wagers will be displayed on the betting slip on the right column. Please verify your selections then click on Place Bet to confirm your selection.

9.2 To check the status of your wager, simply click on “Pending Wagers” at the bottom of the bet slip or “Pending Wagers” in the toolbar.

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10. Action Reverse Wagers

An action reverse wagers, also known as only “a reverse”, is a set of if-bets going both forward and backwards order.

10.1 For Example (using Football and Baseball):

10.1.1 The First Part: Philadelphia Eagles -8 $110 to win $100 Double Action (If win, push, no action, or cancelled);

10.1.2 Then: Cleveland Indians (-175) Risk $110 to win $63.

10.1.3 Second Part: Cleveland Indians (-175) $110 to win $63 Double Action (If win, push, no action, or cancelled);

10.1.4 Then: Philadelphia Eagles -8 Risk $110 to win $100.

10.1.5 Total Risk – $220 (maximum risk) to win $326.

10.2 Possible Outcomes:

10.2.1 If the Eagles and the Indians both win, you will win $163 on the first part of the wager and $163 on the reverse part, for total winnings of $326.

10.2.2 If the Eagles win and the Indians lose, you will lose $10 on the first part of the wager and $110 on the reverse part, for total losses of $120.

10.2.3 If the Indians win and the Eagles lose, you will lose $110 on the first part of the wager and $47 on the reverse part, for total losses of $157.

10.2.4 If one team pushes, is no action or is cancelled and the other team is a loss, you will lose $220.

10.3 If one team pushes, is no action or is cancelled and the other team wins, you will either win $126 (63+63) for the Indians or $200 for the Eagles (100+100).

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11. Asian Handicaps

We mostly offer Asian handicap markets for soccer matches.  We may also offer Asian handicaps for other sports such as football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and any other event where a point spread/handicap is used. An Asian handicap side market operates in a similar way to a traditional handicap, but there is a guarantee of winning or losing on each selection, no chance of a tie.  There will be two handicaps listed for a game.

11.1 Example:

Arsenal -½, -1 -130

Chelsea +½, +1 +110

11.2 How to interpret the wagers and the possible outcomes:

11.2.1 If you select Arsenal and risk $260 to win $200, your actual bets would be Arsenal -½ -130 $130 to win $100, and Arsenal -1 -130 $130 to win $100.

11.2.1.1 If Arsenal wins by two or more goals, you would win both halves of your selection.  The profit would be $200.

11.2.1.2 If Chelsea wins the game or the match ends in a draw, you would lose both halves of the selection.  The loss would be $260.

11.2.1.3 If Arsenal wins the match by exactly one goal, you would win the -½ goal selection and push on the -1 goal selection.  The profit would be $100.

11.2.2 If you select Chelsea and risk $200 to win $210, your actual bets would be Chelsea +½ +110 $100 to win $110, and Chelsea +1 +110 $100 to win $110.

11.2.2.1 If Arsenal wins by two or more goals, you would lose both halves of your selection.  The loss would be $200.

11.2.2.2 If Chelsea wins the game or the match ends in a draw, you would win both halves of the selection.  The profit would be $220.

11.2.2.3 If Arsenal wins the match by exactly one goal, you would lose the +½ goal selection and push on the +1 goal selection.  The loss would be $100.

11.3 Totals can also have split offerings, and work similar to Asian handicaps.  For example, if a player bets Arsenal/Chelsea game under 2½, 3 -110, half the bet would be under 2½, and half would be under 3.  Just like the Asian handicap on the side of a match, a player could win/lose all or half of their bet depending on the outcome of total goals.

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12. Point Buying

This option allows the bettor to move the point spread in their favor by the number of points selected. 

12.1 Bettors may buy half points on football and basketball game sides and totals only when betting straight wagers or parlays. 

12.2 First-half and half-time point buying is not available. 

12.3 Each half-point purchased increases in cost for each additional point.  The maximum point buy ranges from 10 to 20 points based on the league and sport. The number “3” and “7” in the football are key numbers.  It costs extra to buy on and off these numbers.  The amount of the extra cost will vary from league to league.

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