Rules of the Matchbet system

Football

English Football

Premiership Winner

Which team will win the 2009/2010 Premiership?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until the winner is determined. Matchbet users should be aware that odds may change significantly on a match by match basis, and that it is the individual user's responsibility to amend or cancel any open orders they may have, should they so wish. Matchbet will not cancel or amend outstanding orders in such circumstances.

Premiership Relegation

Which three teams will be relegated?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until relegation is determined. Matchbet users should be aware that odds may change significantly on a match by match basis, and that it is the individual user's responsibility to amend or cancel any open orders they may have, should they so wish. Matchbet will not cancel or amend outstanding orders in such circumstances.

Premiership Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

Championship Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

Coca Cola League One Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

Coca Cola League Two Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

Conference Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

Carling Cup Winner

Which team will win the 2009/2010 Carling Cup?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until kick-off of the Final Match, at which point it will be closed. The market will be settled following the end of the Final Match once the tournament winner has been determined. Bets will apply to both the full 90 minutes of play (including injury time) and any extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

Carling Cup Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated. This is an Asian Handicap market. For a full explanation please refer to our Help pages.

FA Cup Winner

Which team will win the 2009/2010 FA Cup?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until kick-off of the Final Match at which point it will be closed. The market will be settled following the end of the Final Match once the tournament winner has been determined. Bets will apply to both the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) and any extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

FA Cup Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated.

European Football

Champions League Winner

Which team will win the 2009/2010 Champions League?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until kick-off of the Final Match at which point it will be closed. The market will be settled following the end of the Final Match once the tournament winner has been determined. Bets will apply to both the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) and any extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

Champions League Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated.

UEFA Cup Winner

Which team will win the 2009/2010 UEFA Cup?

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until kick-off of the Final Match at which point it will be closed. The market will be settled following the end of the Final Match once the tournament winner has been determined. Bets will apply to both the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) and any extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

UEFA Cup Match

All football match bets apply to the full 90 minutes play (including injury time) unless otherwise stated. The bets do not apply to extra time, penalty shoot-outs or golden goal. This market will be suspended at kick-off unless otherwise stated.

Formula 1

Constructors Championship

Once this market has been opened for betting it will remain open until the winner is determined. Thereafter unmatched bets will not be cancelled until the end of the Championship when the market will be settled. Users should therefore be aware that they are responsible for managing their own position. This market will not be settled prior to the end of the Championship even in cases where the winner has already been determined. Teams must start at least one race for bets to stand.

Drivers Championship

Once this market has been opened for betting it will remain open until the winner is determined. Thereafter unmatched bets will not be cancelled until the end of the Championship. Users should therefore be aware that they are responsible for managing their own position. A driver must start one race for bets to stand. This market will not be settled prior to the end of the Championship even in cases where the winner has already been determined. If a team replaces one of its drivers, bets on the previous driver will stand but will be applied to the replacement.

Cricket

At the start of a match this market will be closed and unmatched bets will therefore not be matched and will be cancelled when the match is settled. If any match is abandoned for any reason then all bets on the Match Odds markets will be void.

Real Tennis

Knockout Tournaments

Once the market has been opened for betting it will remain open until the winner is determined. When a player is knocked out his/her name will not be removed from the event and users should therefore be aware that they must manage their own positions and that the market may vary considerably on a match by match basis. One set of a match must be played for bets to stand. Disqualifications and withdrawals will be considered losses and bets will stand.

Politics

Month of next General Election

When will the next General Election take place?

Unmatched bets will not be cancelled at any time. Matchbet is not responsible for closing the market as soon as an announcement is made, but will do so as soon as it is aware of an official announcement. Should the date of the election be changed after settlement the result of this market will not be affected. If, for whatever reason, the election date is outside the parameters of this market all bets will be void.

Winner of next General Election

Which party will win the next General Election?

The party winning the next General Election will be deemed to be the party winning the highest number of seats in that election. Bets placed on 'Other' will win if any party other than the three specified wins the highest number of seats. Once this market has been opened for betting it will remain open until the results of the election have been verified to Matchbet's satisfaction, at which point it will be settled. Users should be aware that they are responsible for managing their own position. Should the winner of the election be changed after settlement the result of this market will not be affected.