SpinnerBet Sportsbook

The SpinnerBet sportsbook covers a Tuesday night in the NHL, a Sunday afternoon in the NFL, the Blue Jays through a long summer and a Champions League tie at an awkward hour, all on the same account.

This page covers what you can bet on, how each bet type works, and the part most pages skip: the rules that decide when a bet is actually won, lost or returned. Those rules are not the same from one sport to the next, and that is where most confusion starts.

The full NHL season from opening night to the Stanley Cup Final, with complete coverage of the seven Canadian teams, plus the AHL, world championships and international tournaments.

The CFL from June through to the Grey Cup, the NFL from September to the Super Bowl, and American college football across the autumn.

The NBA with full Raptors coverage, American college basketball and its March tournament, plus the WNBA and European competition.

Major League Baseball from opening day to the World Series, with every Blue Jays game home and away, and daily coverage through the regular season.

MLS with Toronto FC, CF Montréal and the Whitecaps, the Canadian Premier League and Canadian Championship, the Premier League, the Champions League and the major European leagues.

Tennis, golf, boxing, mixed martial arts, table tennis, badminton, snooker, curling, cycling, athletics, motorsport and esports.

Moneyline. A straight pick on the winner. In most North American sports there are only two outcomes, because play continues until the tie is broken. In soccer the draw is a real third outcome, which makes prices look longer than they otherwise would.

Handicap. A points, goals or runs advantage applied to one side to level a mismatch. It carries a different name in each sport: point spread in football and basketball, puck line in hockey, run line in baseball, frame handicap in snooker. The principle is identical. Back a side at −1.5 and they must win by two or more.

Totals. Over or under the combined scoring, with no opinion on who wins.

Player markets. Individual statistics — goals and assists, passing yards, points and rebounds, strikeouts, aces, rounds completed.

Futures. Season-long markets settled at the end: championship, conference, division, award races. Prices are longest early because uncertainty is greatest then, not because the value is necessarily better.

Parlays. Several selections on one slip with the prices multiplied. Three selections at 2.00 give a combined price of 8.00, and all three must win. Each selection you add multiplies the price and reduces the chance of a return, which is exactly why long slips look appealing.

If the line is a whole number and the final margin matches it, the bet is neither won nor lost and the stake is returned.

A favourite at −3 winning 24 to 21 returns your stake. The same bet at −3.5 loses. That is why whole numbers and half numbers are priced so differently, and it is most visible in football, where margins cluster heavily on three and seven.

This is the section worth reading before your first slip, because the answer genuinely varies by sport.

Hockey, basketball, football and baseball. Standard moneyline, handicap and totals markets include overtime. Hockey has one exception: three-way markets settle on regulation time only, with the draw as a live outcome, so two markets that look like the same question answer it differently.

Soccer. Standard markets settle on regulation time plus stoppage time. Extra time and penalty shootouts do not count. A side can win a knockout tie on penalties and your bet still loses, because the score after 90 minutes was a draw. To include extra time, use the qualification markets.

Baseball. Bets placed on a listed-pitcher basis are voided and stakes returned if a listed starter does not begin the game.

Tennis and badminton. Retirements and walkovers are common. Some markets stand once a defined amount of the match is complete; others are voided with stakes returned. Game and points markets are the most affected.

Boxing and mixed martial arts. A cancelled bout voids markets on it. An opponent change means the contest you bet on no longer exists, so markets are generally voided rather than carried over. A no contest voids; a disqualification produces a winner.

Golf. Place markets are subject to dead heat rules: when more players tie for a placing than there are places, the stake is divided proportionally and settled at full odds.

The short version: before betting a sport you do not usually bet, check how it settles. It takes a moment and it is the most common cause of an unwelcome surprise.

Events that are postponed, suspended or abandoned settle under the terms rather than by a single universal rule.

In most cases, markets that can no longer be determined are voided and stakes returned if the event is not played within a defined window. Where an official result stands despite a shortened event, markets settle on that result.

The specifics differ by sport and competition, so the terms are the authority rather than anything on this page.

Once a game begins, pre-match markets are replaced by live ones, re-priced continuously on the score, the time remaining and what is happening on the ice or field.

Two things to know. Markets suspend for a few seconds after a significant event while prices are recalculated. And your broadcast runs behind the real game, often by well over thirty seconds, while odds are priced from very low-latency data. You will not get ahead of the market by reacting to what you see on screen.

What live betting genuinely suits is judgement about how a game is developing, rather than reflex.

Does overtime count in my bet? It depends on the sport. Hockey, basketball, football and baseball moneyline markets include overtime. Soccer markets settle on regulation time plus stoppage time, so extra time and penalties do not count.

What does a handicap of −1.5 mean? The team must win by two or more. A one-goal or one-point win loses the bet.

What happens if the margin lands exactly on the handicap? If the line is a whole number, the stake is returned. The bet is neither won nor lost.

How is a parlay price calculated? The prices of each selection are multiplied. Three selections at 2.00 give 8.00, and every selection must win.

Why was my live bet rejected? Live bets go through a short acceptance check against the live data. If the price moved during that window, the bet may be rejected or re-offered at the new odds.

What happens if a game is postponed? Settlement follows the terms, usually with stakes returned if the event is not played within the defined window.