Wrestling: Rules
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- All bets are placed in accordance with our betting rules and terms and conditions.
- All odds are subject to fluctuation and bets placed will be settled at the price at the time the bet was confirmed.
- Dates and times of matches shown on our website are for guidance purposes only.
- Settlement will occur in real time and will be taken from the feed supplied by our service providers immediately after the event is finished.
- Adjustments to settlement won't be made for any changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.
Sumo Wrestling Rules: Bout Betting
Market description: Predict the Winner of a Sumo bout.
- Bets will be settled on the final decision that is announced at the end of the bout.
- On occasions where the Gyoji (Ring Judge) decision is overruled by the Shimpan (Ring Side Judges) as a result of a mono-il (review), the announcement of the head Shimpan will be used for settling purposes.
- In the event that the match is ordered to be restarted the first bout and any subsequent abandoned bouts will be discounted for settlement purposes and bets will be settled on the bout where an official result is declared.
- If a wrestler fails to turn up for a bout for a variety of reasons including but not exclusive to injury then that bout will be declared void for settling purposes.
- If the bout is decided by kinjite (illegal technique) or mawashi (belt undone), the market will be settled on the official winner declared by the judges.
- If a bout or bouts are postponed or delayed all bets will be made void unless they occur within the same calendar day local time.
Market description: Predict the winner of a given match.
- All bets are settled on the official result at the end of a match.
- If a participant or team takes no part in a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will be void.
- If a participant or team is disqualified or retires from a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of participants in a match, bets placed on this market will stand.
- Example: a 3-on-3 tag team match becomes 2-on-2 or vice-versa.
- If an additional participant or team takes part in a match at any time, bets placed on existing participants and teams in this market will stand.
- Example: bets placed on either wrestler to win a World Heavyweight Championship match will stand if a third wrestler or anyone else subsequently takes part in the match, whether the result is affected or not.
- If the match ends in a no contest or draw, bets placed on this market will be void.
- If a participant or team is declared the match winner before the match starts, bets placed on this market will be void.
- Settlement will occur in real time and will be taken from the feed supplied by our service providers immediately after the event is finished.
- Adjustments to settlement won't be made for any changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.
Market description: Predict the winner of a given tournament.
- All bets are settled on the official result at the end of a tournament.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of participants in a tournament, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If a participant or team takes no part in a tournament, bets placed on that participant or team before the tournament starts in this market will stand.
- If a participant or team is disqualified or retires from a tournament, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If an additional participant or team takes part in a tournament at any time, bets placed on existing participants and teams in this market will stand.
- Example: bets placed on a wrestler to win the Royal Rumble will stand if an additional wrestler or anyone else subsequently enters or takes part, whether the result is affected or not.
- If multiple winners of a tournament are declared, dead heat rules will apply.
- If the tournament ends in a no contest or draw, bets placed on this market will be void.
- Settlement will occur in real time and will be taken from the feed supplied by our service providers immediately after the event is finished.
- Adjustments to settlement won't be made for any changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.
Market description: Predict whether the named person will get in the ring at the stated event.
- Bets placed on this market are settled on the mainstream TV coverage of the main show.
- Pre-show appearances, “dark matches” and videos shown on internet sharing forums or any other media don't count.
- The named person must get in the ring, but doesn't have to compete in a match.
- The apron, holding the ropes backstage segments, video packages, crowd appearances or appearing on the ramp don't count.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of matches in an event, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If there's a change to the scheduled appearance of anyone at the event, bets placed on this market will stand.
Market description: Predict whether a named person will interfere in a match at the stated event.
- The named person must strike a scheduled participant between the start bell and the end bell of any match in the event to count.
- If the named person strikes a scheduled participant at any other time, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If the named person strikes an additional participant or team interfering in a match at any time during the stated event, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of matches in an event, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If there's a change to the scheduled appearance of anyone at the event, bets placed on this market will stand.
Market description: Predict whether a named person will interfere in a specific match.
- The named person must strike a scheduled participant between the start bell and the end bell of the specified match in the event to count.
- If the named person strikes a scheduled participant at any other time, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If the named person interferes in a different match, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If the named person strikes an additional participant or team interfering in a match at any time during the stated event, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If there's a change to the scheduled appearance of anyone at the event, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If the selected match doesn't take place, bets on this market will be void.
- Settlement will occur in real time and will be taken from the feed supplied by our service providers immediately after the event is finished.
- Adjustments to settlement won't be made for any changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.
Total Number of Moves Over/Under
Market description: Predict whether the stated move will be used over/under the specified number of times by the named participant.
- Example: if the market is for Brock Lesnar to perform over/under 12.5 German Suplexes, over means 13 German Suplexes or more and under means 12 German Suplexes or fewer.
- If a participant or team takes no part in a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If a participant or team is disqualified or retires from a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- Only moves made by the named participant will count.
- Moves made by their opponent or any other person during the match won't count.
- If the named person strikes an additional participant or team interfering in a match at any time during the stated event, bets placed on this market won't count.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of participants in a match, bets placed on this market will stand.
- Example: a 3-on-3 tag team match becomes 2-on-2 or vice-versa.
- If an additional participant or team takes part in a match at any time, bets placed on existing participants and teams in this market will stand.
- Example: bets placed on either wrestler to win a World Heavyweight Championship match will stand if a third wrestler or anyone else subsequently takes part in the match, whether the result is affected or not.
- If there's a change to the scheduled appearance of anyone at the event, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If the selected match doesn't take place, bets on this market will be void.
Market description: Predict which participant will perform the stated finishing move first.
- Only the stated finishing move will count.
- If the stated finishing move isn't performed during the match, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If a participant or team takes no part in a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If a participant or team is disqualified or retires from a match, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of participants in a match, bets placed on this market will stand.
- Example: a 3-on-3 tag team match becomes 2-on-2 or vice-versa.
- If an additional participant or team takes part in a match at any time, bets placed on existing participants and teams in this market will stand.
- Example: bets placed on either wrestler to win a World Heavyweight Championship match will stand if a third wrestler or anyone else subsequently takes part in the match, whether the result is affected or not.
- If the selected match doesn't take place, bets on this market will be void.
Market description: Predict the winner of the Royal Rumble.
- All bets are settled on the official result at the end of the Royal Rumble.
- If there's a change to the scheduled number of participants in the Royal Rumble, bets placed on this market will stand.
- If a participant or team takes no part in the Royal Rumble, bets placed on that participant or team before the tournament starts in this market will stand.
- If a participant or team is disqualified or retires from the Royal Rumble, bets placed on that participant or team in this market will stand.
- If an additional participant or team takes part in the Royal Rumble at any time, bets placed on existing participants and teams in this market will stand.
- Example: bets placed on a wrestler to win the Royal Rumble will stand if an additional wrestler or anyone else subsequently enters or takes part, whether the result is affected or not.
- If multiple winners of the Royal Rumble are declared, dead heat rules will apply.
- If the Royal Rumble ends in a no contest or draw, bets placed on this market will be void.
- Settlement will occur in real time and will be taken from the feed supplied by our service providers immediately after the event is finished.
- Adjustments to settlement won't be made for any changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.