Sportsbook

Available Wager Types

Moneyline Wagers
This is a wager that requires your selection to win outright. The odds are determined by what is called a money line or price. A money line is represented by a number preceded by either + or a – such as –110. A price is the same money line converted into a decimal such as 1.91.

European Wagers Straight Wagers
These wagers require you to pick the outcome of an event. Your selection must either win, lose or draw for your wager to win. Selections in these wagers are accompanied by a price only such 1.91.

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Point Spread Wagers
Your selection has to win by more than (or lose by less than) the adjusted line.

Example:

Team	Spread
Miami	-3.0
Green Bay	+3.0

• If you select 'Green Bay Packers + 3.0', the Packers must win the game or lose by less than 3 points.
• If you select 'Miami Dolphins - 3.0', the Dolphins must win the game by more than 3 points.

In point spread betting, the odds are always -110 (or 1.91) meaning you win $100 for every $110 bet. If the game ties on the point spread, i.e. neither team wins or loses by the specified amount, the bet is cancelled and the wager is returned.

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Over/Under Wagers
You can bet on the total score of the game. You can bet the final combined score of the two participating teams will be “over” or “under” a specified total. Over/Unders are always –110 unless otherwise noted.

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Buying Points
Buying Points is restricted to two sports, football and basketball only. You can buy from 1/2 a point to a total of 3 points, in 1/2 point increments. Buying points can only be applied to a pointspread wager or to an over/under. You cannot buy points on a moneyline.

For every 1/2 point you buy, your selection will cost you an additional 10 cents.

Example 1

The line is:

Detroit Pistons +4 -110

You buy 11/2 points, the line is now:

Detroit Pistons +5.5 -140

* There is an exception for football. When you buy points that move the line onto or off of 3, that will cost you 25 cents instead of 10 cents.

Example 2

The line is:

Dallas Cowboys +2.5 -110

You buy 1/2 point, the line is now:

Dallas Cowboys +3.0 -145

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Parlays
By combining different wagers from different sports you can increase your potential payout. All of your selections must win for a combination wager to win. Any ties take that game off of your combination and reduce your combination by one, which in turn will reduce the pay out. If your combination is reduced to a single game, that wager will be played as a regular, single selection wager.

The bet price is calculated by multiplying the individual prices of your selections. All your selections must win for the bet to pay out.

Example:

Team	Spread
Miami	-3.0
Green Bay	+3.0
Dallas	+6.0

The price for this combination bet would be 6.96 (1.91 x 1.91 x 1.91). In other words, for a $10 bet, your return would be $69.60.

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Progressive Parlays
Progressive parlays are different from regular parlays in that they have a fixed payout and they only apply to 4 an 8 team parlays. Also, you can still win if you lose one of your selections. In a 4 team progressive parlay if you lose one game and win the other 3 you still win. In an 8 team progressive parlay you win with either 6, 7 or 8 wins.

Payout Charts

4 team		8 Team
4 wins	4-1 (+400)	8 Wins	75-1 (+7500)
3 wins	3-1 (+300)	7 Wins	5-1 (+500)
		6 Wins	3-1 (+300)

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Teaser Wagers (Football or Basketball)
A teaser wager allows you to make a combination bet on football or basketball with the point spread adjusted or “teased” in your favour. In football you can adjust the point spread of your selections by 6, 6.5 or 7 points. In basketball, point spreads can be adjusted by 4, 4.5 or 5 points.

All of your selections must win for a teaser wager to win. Any ties take that game off of your combination and reduce your combination by one, which in turn will reduce the pay out. If your teaser is reduced to a single game your teaser wager will be cancelled and your wager will be returned.

There are also two special teaser wagers called “Sweetheart Teasers”. These are always 3 team teasers where ties lose. You must win all three games in order for your teaser to win. If football the “Sweetheart Teaser” gives 10 points while a basketball “Sweetheart Teaser” adjusts your line by 7 points.

Example:

Team	Spread	6.0	6.5	7.0
Miami	-3.0	+3.0	+3.5	+4.0
Green Bay	+3.0	+9.0	+9.5	+10.0
Dallas	+6.0	+12.0	+12.5	+13.0

In the example above, if you picked Miami in a 6 point teaser you would get Miami at +3.0 points instead of -3.0 points. So if Miami won the game or lost by up to 2 points that part of your teaser bet would win. A 6.5 or a 7 point teaser would give you Miami at +3.5 and +4.0 respectively. If you picked Dallas, you could move their point spread to +12.0, +12.5 or +13.0.

Teaser Prices (Basketball/Football)

# of Teams	4/6pt	4.5/6.5pt	5.0/7pt	7.0/10.0pt
2 teams	10/12 (1.83)	10/13 (1.77)	10/14 (1.71)	N/A
3 teams	8/5 (2.60)	7/5 (2.40)	6/5 (2.20)	10/12 (1.83)
4 teams	5/2 (3.50)	2/1 (3.00)	9/5 (2.90)	N/A
5 teams	4/1 (5.00)	7/2 (4.50)	3/1 (4.00)	N/A
6 teams	6/1 (7.00)	5/1 (6.00)	4/1 (5.00)	N/A
7 teams	9/1 (10.00)	8/1 (9.00)	7/1 (8.00)	N/A
8 teams	14/1 (15.00)	12/1 (13.00)	10/1 (11.00)	N/A

* Decimal prices (which include your wager) are in parenthesis.

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If Wagers (Win and Action)
You would place an IF Wager if you wanted action on a second game (or more games) without wanting to risk more than your original wager amount for a single wager. You can add up to 8 teams in an IF wager. You can also request an IF wager if 2 or more games are being played simultaneously.

The advantage to placing an IF wager is that you only need to risk your original wager while taking action on up to 8 wagers.

There are two types of IF wagers: IF WIN and IF ACTION. Your IF WIN wager will continue only if your wagers continue to win. If any of your games lose, tie or are cancelled for any reason, your entire IF wager ends. IF ACTION wagers allow your IF wager to continue if one of your games ties or is cancelled for any reason.

Rules For IF Wagers
1. The first selection for an IF wager must start at the same time or before the rest of your IF wager selections. Example: Your first selection starts at 1pm so your other selections must start at either 1pm or later.
2. You cannot IF a game to itself or any associated prop to that game. Example: You cannot IF the first half of a game to the full game or the other way around.
3. Your are required to place a bet amount for each of your selections in the IF wager. Your bet amounts cannot be higher than the previous bet total payout. Example: If you wager $110 to win $100 on your first selection, then your next selection in the IF wager cannot be for more then $110.
4. You can place IF wagers between leagues and sports

IF WIN Example

Team	Line	Bet	Payout	Status	Total
Dallas Cowboys	+7, -110	$110	$100	WIN	$210
IF WIN
Miami Dolphins	+4, -110	$110	$100	WIN	$210
IF WIN
Detroit Pistons	+5, -110	$110	$100	Lose	$0.00
IF WIN
LA KINGS	-.5, +120	No Action on this wager
Total Bet: $110 Total Win: $200

IF ACTION Example

Team	Line	Bet	Payout	Status	Total
Dallas Cowboys	+7, -110	$110	$100	WIN	$210
IF WIN
Miami Dolphins	+4, -110	$110	$100	Cancel	$110 (Refund)
IF WIN
Detroit Pistons	+5, -110	$110	$100	WIN	$210
IF WIN
LA KINGS	-.5, +120	$110	$120	WIN	$220
Total Bet: $110 Total Win: $320

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Reverse Wagers (Win and Action)
"Reverse Bets" are a pair of IF wagers going both forward and in "reverse" order. Each team included in the Reverse will pair with another team to form two IF bets. Each bet in the reverse is an individual straight wager for the full amount of the reverse (each bet is for the same amount).

Reverse Wager Rules
1. The first selection for your Reverse wager must start at the same time or before the second selection. Example: Your first selection starts at 1pm so your other selection must start at either 1pm or later. 2. You cannot reverse a game to itself or any associated prop to that game. Example: You cannot Reverse the first half of a game to the full game or the other way around. 3. You can only reverse for the amount that you wager on the previous bet. Example: if you wager $110 to win $100 on a game the second selection can only be for a maximum risk amount of $110 4. You can place reverse wagers between leagues and sports 5. Reverse wagers can only be placed with 2 selections 6. Both Reverse WIN and Reverse ACTION are available.

Reverse WIN Example:
A 2 team reverse is really 2 IF Bets. If you bet on Dallas and Miami the wager would work as follows:

If Dallas Wins then Miami
and If Miami Wins then Dallas


Possible Outcomes: 1) Both teams win: you would have bet a total of $220 ($110 on each IF wager) and won $400 for a total of $620 payout. 2) Dallas wins and Miami loses: In this case, the first IF bet (Dallas if win then Miami) you win the first straight bet and lose the second one. For a total loss of $10 ($220 bet and only $210 won). On the second IF (Miami if win then Dallas) you lose the first straight, having no action on the second one. For the second IF there is a loss of $110 ($110 bet, nothing won). This gives a net loss of $120 for this situation. 3) Miami wins and Dallas loses: This follows the same result as the last example. 4) Both teams lose: In this case you would loses the first part of both IF wagers and loses a total of $220.

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Asian Handicapping - Soccer Only
With Asian Handicaps, you bet on either the favourite or the underdog. There is no "Tie" bet. The handicap, or spread, removes the gap in ability between the favourite and underdog making the match a contest of equal ability. The bigger the ability gap is between both teams, the larger the handicap will be.

The simple example of this style of wagering would be the following:

Team	Spread
Arsenal	-0.5
Manchester	+0.5

Arsenal would be considered the favourite because 1/2 a goal is subtracted from their final score. Manchester would be the underdog because 1/2 goal is added to their final score. In this example, if you were to choose Arsenal, Arsenal would need to win the game by 1 goal. If the game ended in a 1-1 tie, then you would lose your wager because the final adjusted score would be Arsenal .5 and Manchester 1.

Sometimes the handicap line becomes more complicated and a second line is added. This is called a splitball and here is an example:

Team	Spread
Arsenal	-0.5, -1.0
Manchester	+0.5, +1.0

Again, Aresenal would be considered the favorite because of the negative line. In this case, you would be placing two bets; one for Arsenal at -0.5 and one for Arsenal at -1.0. If the game was to end with Arsenal winning 2-1, the result would be as follows:

You bet $100 on the wager which would be split into two $50 wagers. $50 on Arsenal at -0.5 and $50 on Arsenal at -1.0. Here are the possible outcomes for this example:

Arsenal Loses - Your total payout on a $100 bet would be $0.
You lose the -0,5 bet
You lose the -1.0 bet

Arsenal wins by 1 goal - Your total payout on a $100 bet would be $150.
You win the -0.5 bet and win $50
You tie the -1.0 bet and are refunded $50

The game is tied - Your total payout on a $100 bet would be $0.
You win the -0.5 bet and win $50
You tie the -1.0 bet and are refunded $50

Arsenal wins by 2 or more goals - Your total payout on a $100 bet would be $200.
You win the -0.5 bet and win $50
You win the -1.0 bet and win $50

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Future Wagers
Future wagers are bets that you make on events that will happen in the future. An example would be betting on an NFL team to win the Superbowl before the NFL season begins. The bets list all applicable participants and the odds are either displayed as a fraction or as a price.

Propositions and Special Wagers
Proposition and special wagers are all other wagers that are not covered by the other wager types. This includes wagers such as golf match-ups, individual player wagers and other types of bets. Propositions and special wager odds are displayed as either a fraction or as a price.

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How Can I Make A Free Bet?

Occassionally we will run a promotion that allows you to make a FREE wager on a specific event. Follow the promotion links to the bet card and place a wager on the event that has "Free Wager" listed in it's title. You are required to place the wager for the amount listed, no more or no less. In order to place this free bet, you need to have at least the amount of the wager already in your REAL money account.

When you place the wager, no money from your account will be deducted and if you win, your account will be credited with the winnings for that wager. Here is an example:

The Free Bet is a $20 wager on the Miami/Dallas NFL game. You choose Miami -7 and place the $20 wager. You have $50 in your REAL money account so you are allowed to place this wager. Miami wins the game by 10 point and you win the bet. $22 was added to your REAL money account. If you lose, it doesn't cost you a penny.

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How do I place a single wager?

Schedules and odds are posted for all events on which live betting is available. You can add a single wager by clicking on the "Bet" symbol next to your selection. This will add your selection to the bet card. Enter the wager amount on your bet card and click on 'Place Bet' to submit your bet. Your bet is recorded and your wager will be instantly deducted from your account. When the outcome to your bet has been resolved (the game has been played) any winnings will immediately be added to your account.

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How do I buy points?

Buying Points can only be done on basketball and football pointspreads and over/unders. Choose the game, team and bet type you wish to bet on. When you make your selection, a list of Buying Points options becomes available. You can add any number of points from 1/2 to 3 simply by clicking on the appropriate button. If you want to go back to the default line, click on Straight Bet.

Once you have made your selection and bought your points, your bet ticket will now reflect your adjusted line.

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How do I place a parlay wager?

You can combine any selections that are available onto one betting card, up to a maximum of selections. You do this by choosing one event at a time by clicking the “Bet” symbol next to your selection. This will add your selection to the bet card. You can now add a second selection to the bet card by adding another selection from the same sport or by going to a new sport and adding another selection.

Once you have more than one selection on a bet card, your bet price will begin to increase as you add multiple wagers.

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How do I place a teaser wager?

Your teaser selection must be from either football or basketball point spreads or over/unders. The sports can not be mixed. Click on the “Bet” symbol beside your selections to add them to your bet card. Once you have 2 selections that qualify for a teaser wager, the teaser menu will pop up. At that time you can choose what type of teaser you want (e.g. 7 Point Teaser). Enter the wager amount on your bet card and click on 'Place Bet' to submit your bet.

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How do I create an IF Wager?

To create an IF wager you need to select two or more teams and add them to your bet card. The bet list options will display IF WIN and IF ACTION. Choose the type if IF wager you want to place by selecting one of these two options.

Once you have chosen your IF wager type and the teams you want to have in your wager, you now need to enter the bet amounts for each selection. Remember that you cannot add additional teams that are playing before your first selection. Also remember that your wagers for each additional bet cannot exceed your original wager.

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How do I create a Reverse Wager?

To create a Reverse Wager you need to select two teams and add them to your bet card. In the bet type list you will see Reverse WIN and Reverse ACTION. Select the type of Reverse you want to make and enter your bet amount. Remember that the bet amount you enter will actually be double that because you are basically creating two IF wagers.

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How do I place an Asian Handicap wager (Soccer Only)?

To create an Asian Handicapping bet, you simply need to select your team and the attached line. You then need to enter your bet amount. If you are placing a "Splitball" wager then remember your wager will be split into two wagers, one for each line.

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How are my winnings calculated?

When you add selections to your Bet Card, the potential payout for your bet is calculated and displayed for you automatically. Here is how the calculation is determined:

The decimal price that we display is the price you get for the outcome of your event. This price includes your bet amount. Your winnings are calculated by simply multiplying your bet amount by the displayed odds. For example:

Place a $100 bet at a price of 3.5

Your return would be:
$100 x 3.5 = $350

On North American Sports, the equivalent 'cents line' or “money line” is also displayed. With a 'positive' money line, which indicates the underdog, for every 100 cents you bet, you receive the amount displayed plus your bet amount. For example:

Place a $10 bet at a cents line of +130 (decimal price of 2.3)

Your return would be:
($10 x 130 cents) + $10 bet amount = $23 (= $10 x 2.3)

With a 'negative' cents line, which indicates the favourite, for every 100 cents you wish to win, you need to bet an amount equivalent to the displayed line. For example:

Place a $12 bet at a cents line of –120 (decimal price of 1.83)

Your return would be:
$10 + $12 bet amount = $22 (= $12 x 1.83)

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