The SpinnerBet Sportsbook

The sportsbook covers a Tuesday night in the Champions League, the fourth day of a Test match, an ATP quarter-final in another hemisphere and an esports final at an awkward hour, all on the same slip. Dozens of sports, hundreds of competitions, and a deep market list on each event.

This page covers what you can bet on, how each bet type actually works, and — most usefully — the rules that decide when a bet is won, lost or voided. Those rules are not the same from one sport to the next, and they are where most disputes begin.

The largest section by a wide margin: the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, the Champions League and Europa League, plus domestic competitions across Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and North America, and international tournaments.

Test matches, One Day Internationals, T20 internationals and the major franchise leagues. Formats differ so much that they are effectively separate sports for pricing purposes.

The Grand Slams, the ATP and WTA tours, Challenger events and team competitions, running almost year-round.

The NBA, EuroLeague, domestic European and Asian leagues, and international tournaments.

The major competitive titles, with tournaments and leagues running continuously across regions.

Ice hockey, MMA, boxing, table tennis, volleyball, handball, rugby union and league, baseball, American football, golf, cycling, athletics, motorsport, snooker and darts.

The winner. In sports where a draw is possible — football, cricket in some formats, handball, rugby — there are three outcomes rather than two, which makes prices look longer than in a two-way sport. In basketball, tennis, ice hockey and most others, play continues until the tie is broken.

Two ways to remove the draw. Double chance covers two of the three outcomes at a shorter price. Draw no bet returns your stake if the match ends level.

A goal, point, run or game advantage applied to one side to level a mismatch. Back a team at −1.5 and they must win by two or more; a one-goal win loses the bet even though the team won the match.

When the line is a whole number and the final margin lands exactly on it, the bet is neither won nor lost and the stake is returned.

A handicap that removes the draw entirely, including quarter lines such as −0.25 and −0.75 that split your stake across two levels.

At −0.25, half your stake sits on 0 and half on −0.5. If the team wins, both halves win. If the match is drawn, half your stake is returned and half is lost. At −0.75, half sits on −0.5 and half on −1: a two-goal win wins both, a one-goal win wins one half and refunds the other.

The point of the quarter lines is that they price a mismatch more precisely than a three-way market can, and they give partial refunds rather than all-or-nothing outcomes.

Combined scoring, independent of who wins. Quarter lines work the same way here: over 2.75 means half your stake on over 2.5 and half on over 3.0.

Yes or no, regardless of the result.

Goalscorers, runs and wickets, points and rebounds, aces and double faults, kills and objectives in esports.

League and tournament winners, settled at the end of a season or event. Prices are longest early, because uncertainty is greatest then — not because the value is necessarily better.

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.

Worth being clear-eyed about: each selection you add multiplies the price and reduces the chance of a return. Long slips look appealing precisely because they rarely land.

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

Football. 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 and penalties, use the qualification or outright markets.

Basketball, ice hockey and American football. Standard match winner markets include overtime. Ice hockey has one exception: three-way markets settle on regulation time only, with the draw as a live outcome — two markets that look like the same question and answer it differently.

Tennis. Retirements and walkovers are common, and how a bet settles depends on the market and the rules in force for that event. Some markets stand once a set or a given number of sets is complete; others are voided with stakes returned. This matters most on game handicaps and totals, where a mid-match retirement makes the result impossible to determine normally.

Cricket. The format decides almost everything. Rain-affected limited-overs matches may be decided by a run-rate calculation rather than played to a finish, and markets settle on the official result that calculation produces. Matches abandoned without a result, and markets that cannot be determined, are voided with stakes returned. A Test that ends in a draw is a genuine third outcome, not a void.

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

Esports. Forfeits, disconnections and map or game changes are handled per title and per tournament, and a series shortened by a forfeit may void markets that can no longer be determined.

Postponed and abandoned events across every sport settle under the terms, usually with stakes returned if the event is not played within a defined window.

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

Once an event begins, pre-match markets are replaced by live ones, re-priced continuously on the score, the time remaining and what is actually happening.

Two things to know. Markets suspend for a few seconds after a significant event while prices are recalculated. And the broadcast you are watching is behind the real event, often by well over thirty seconds, while odds are priced from very low-latency data feeds. 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 an event is developing, rather than reflex.

Does extra time count in my bet? It depends on the sport. Football markets settle on regulation time plus stoppage time, so extra time and penalties do not count. Basketball, ice hockey and American football match winner markets include overtime.

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

What is an Asian handicap quarter line? A handicap that splits your stake across two levels. At −0.25, half sits on 0 and half on −0.5, which means a draw returns half your stake and loses the other half.

What happens if a tennis player retires? It depends on the market and the event's rules. Some markets stand once enough of the match is complete; others are voided with stakes returned.

What happens if a cricket match is affected by rain? Limited-overs matches may be decided by a run-rate calculation, and markets settle on the official result. Matches abandoned without a result are voided with stakes returned.

How is an accumulator price calculated? The prices of each selection are multiplied. Three selections at 2.00 give 8.00, and all three must win.

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