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* Do not apply to Dominican Republic players

General Rules

  1. Statistics provided by the official score(s) provider or the official website of the relevant competition will be used to settle wagers. Where statistics from an official score(s) provider or official website are not available or there is significant evidence that the official score(s) provider or official website is incorrect, we will use independent evidence to support bet settlement.
  2. In the absence of consistent, independent evidence or in the presence of significant conflicting evidence, bets will be settled after a thorough investigation.
  3. Games are official at 8½ innings:
    All full game bets are official after 8½ innings if the home team is ahead, or after 9 full innings if the visiting team is ahead. This includes moneyline, total runs (over/under) and Run Line bets.
  4. Game length changes: 
    A game is scheduled to be played as a regular 9-inning game; however, prior to starting it is announced that it will be reduced to a 7-inning game, then all bets will be void on the original lines.
    1. Wagers will also be void in the reverse situation: a game scheduled for 7-innings but changed to 9-innings.
    2. In both scenarios, once the new odds are posted, bets can be placed again. 
  5. All bets are action:
    Unless otherwise stated, all baseball wagers (pro, college, and softball) are 'Action' bets.
    1. Action – This is a team versus team bet. The bet has action at a confirmed price regardless of either starting pitcher.
      Example: You place your bet at -160 and it is confirmed; then, there is a pitching change after confirmation. Even if the odds are moved to -130 or -200 due to varying strength of the new pitcher, your bet still has ‘action’ at -160.
    2. This includes sides, totals, run line, team totals, first five innings, and inning by inning props. ‘Listed Pitchers’ has no relevance regarding bets results.
  6.  Postponed games:
    Postponed games must be completed, with a winner declared, within these time frames:
    1. MLB: By 5 am (in the time zone where the game is played).
    2. NCAA, International Leagues & Softball: Within 36 hours of the scheduled start time, regardless of venue.
  7. We do not recognize postponed games, protests, or overturned decisions for wagering purposes. As long as the event is started (this means the first pitch is thrown before midnight local time) on the scheduled day, all bets have action. If inclement weather (or similar delay) pushes the start time past midnight local time, but the game is still played, all bets have action.

Suspended / postponed games - MLB 

  • For full game bets to have action, the game must reach official game time with a winner declared, by 5 am (in the time zone of the venue).
  • If a game is suspended and is not completed by 5 am, all bets on the full game will be void and stakes refunded. This applies to games suspended before they begin, and games suspended during play.
  • This rule does not apply during the playoffs. All postseason bets have action as long as the game is completed within 30 days from the original start date.
  • All bets placed on markets whose outcomes have already been determined will have action.

Suspended / postponed games - NCAA, International Leagues & Softball

  • For full game bets to have action, the game must reach official game time with a winner declared, within 36 hours of the scheduled start time.
  • If a game is suspended and is not completed within 36 hours, all bets on the full game will be void and stakes refunded. This applies to games suspended before they begin, and games suspended during play.  
  • This rule does not apply during the playoffs. All postseason bets have action as long as the game is completed within 30 days from the original start date.
  • All bets placed on markets whose outcomes have already been determined will have action.

Games in extra innings

For any baseball game that goes into extra innings, and is then postponed or suspended, bets will have action if:

  1. The league determines the result to be official at that point.
  2. The game is resumed and completed by 5 AM (MLB) or within 36 hours (NCAA, International & Softball).

Examples:

  • The score of an MLB game is 8-4 in the top of the 10th inning, with the visiting team ahead. The game is suspended, and the MLB rules this score will stand as the official result. All bets have action.
  • An NCAA game is suspended in the 12th inning, with the score tied 3-3. The NCAA decides the game will be resumed in 5 days. All bets are void since the game won't be completed within 36 hours.

Run Line betting

Run Lines are the baseball version of betting the spread. The Run Line adds 1.5 runs to the underdog
(+1.5) or subtracts 1.5 runs from the favorite (-1.5).

All Run Line bets are action. 

Bets on the Run Line are official after 8½ innings if the home team is ahead, or after 9 full innings if the visiting team is ahead.

On most games, there are also alternative Run Lines where the favorite is -2.5 runs and the exact same rules apply.

Totals

You can bet on the over/under for the total number of runs scored by both teams combined.

All total bets are action. 

Bets on the total are official after 8½ innings if the home team is ahead, or after 9 full innings if the visiting team is ahead.

1st/2nd half betting

For betting purposes, the first half of a baseball game is counted from the start of the game until the end of the 5th inning.

The second half goes from the top of the 6th inning until the end of the game.

If a game goes past the 9th inning, all scores in extra innings will count towards the second half bets.

All first-half bets will have action once the game reaches 5 innings completed (4½ if the home team is winning). If a game is suspended before completing 4½ or 5 innings, bets will be void unless the game is resumed and completed within 36 hours of the original starting time.

Treatment of Mercy Rule

In little league, high school and college baseball, a mercy rule is enforced whereby a game is stopped if
a team is winning by a large enough margin at a certain point in the game (for example if an NCAA team is ahead by 10+ runs after 7 innings).

In any situation where the mercy rule is called, games are considered as complete for betting purposes, and all wagers on moneylines, totals and Run Lines will have action.

Treatment for Double Header Games

  • Game 1 will always be the first game played on a day, and Game 2 will be the second game. In the event that only 1 game concludes within the 36-hour action window, the concluding game will always be considered to be Game 1, and all bets on Game 2 will be void.
  • Any bets on Game 2 will only have action if two games are played by the same teams within the 36-hour action window.
    Example: A day / night double-header is scheduled. The earlier starting game is rained out, and only the night game is played. Bets on Game 1 will apply to the game that gets played, and bets on Game 2 will be refunded.
  • In case a game in a double-header is scheduled for 7 innings only (such as the MLB 2020 season), it must go 7 innings (6½ if the home team is winning) for bets to have action and games must be completed, with a winner declared:
    • MLB: By 5 am (in the time zone where the game is played).
    • NCAA, International Leagues & Softball: Within 36 hours of the scheduled start time, regardless of venue.

Treatment for Parlays

In case of parlays, if one of the selections is void, a tie or no action, the parlay will revert to the lower level payoff, except in a 2 team parlay, where a tie reverts to a straight bet.

Proposition: MLB Regular Season Wins 

  1. MLB regular season win bets will be graded when the following two things occur:
    1. The team, mathematically, cannot win the number of games indicated in the bet.
    2. The team, at the time of grading, is expected to play at least 160 games. In other words, there is no indication that the season will be shortened at the time of grading.
  2. For grading purposes, no extra tiebreaker games for wildcard or division will count toward the regular season win total.
  3. If there is any doubt that the season will be less than 160 games for a team, we will wait to grade regular season win bets until after the 160th game. However, once a regular season win bet has been graded, it will not be changed, even if the team ends up playing less than 160 games.

  Proposition: Regular Season Baseball Series 

  1. Wagers on baseball series are based on the first three games played of each series.
  2. At least two of the first three series games must be played for wagers to have action.
  3. If only one of the first three games is postponed or canceled, series wagers stand as written.
  4. If two of the first three games are postponed or canceled, all wagers on that series will be graded as No Action and the monies refunded.
  5. A called game will count toward a series wager provided it is officially declared a regulation game. The 9 inning rule does not apply.

Team name and location changes (futures have action)

If an organization undergoes a team name change, future bets placed prior to the change will not be affected and will still have action. This applies to any part of the name being changed (mascot/logo or the city/region).

For example, if a bet is placed on a team to win the championship, and before the season starting that team announces they will use a new mascot, the bet stands.

This also applies to location changes that should occur, such as a team moving their home games to a new stadium for either a portion of or the entire season. In this case, futures on that team will have action and this is not to be confused with a venue being changed for an individual game, in which case different rules apply and non-future bets may be void.

Future bets covered by these rules include (but are not limited to) teams to win a division, conference, or championship, team season win totals, and individual player awards and statistical achievements.

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