Football betting: what happens if a match is postponed or abandoned
Football betting: what happens if a match is postponed or abandoned
What happens to your bet if a football match is postponed or abnadoned? We will provide you with all the relevant information for the most popular bookmaker sites.
What happens to your football bet if the game got postponed or abandoned? In which cases will you get your money back and in which cases, will all bets on the game stand?
At first place, we need to explain the difference between postponed and abandoned matches. A match is postponed or cancelled when is delayed for any reason before it starts. For example, due to rain or weather conditions. In an abandoned match, however, the football game starts but before the completion of 90 minutes play, it got abandoned.
Through this article, we will resume what are the rules of the most popular betting sites, so you may know what will happen with your football bet.
Postponed match: The bet will stand only it is played within the same week (ending on Sunday) after the game has been postponed. If a match is rescheduled from the weekend to a Monday due to TV coverage, the bet will stand as well. In all other cases, bets will be void.
Abandoned match: All bets will be void except for those bets where the outcome has already been determined at the time of abandonment. For example: First player to score.
Postponed match: All the bets will be void if the match is not finished within 72 hours. The stakes will be refunded to your account.
Abandoned match: Same rule as Bet365. All bets will be void unless the result is already determined.
Postponed match: All bets will be void except for the following competitions, if the match is rescheduled within the next 48 hours: FIFA World Cup (Standings and Play Offs), UEFA Euro Cup (Standings and Play Offs), African Cup of Nations (Standings and Play Offs), UEFA Europe League or Champions League (Standings and Play Offs), Spanish competitions and UK Play Off or Finals Cup matches. For the Olympic Games, the bets will remain active if the match is played before the Closing Ceremony.
Abandoned match: All bets will be void except if the outcome has already been determined.
Postponed match: If the football match is not completed within 24 hours of original kick-off time, all bets will be void.
Abandoned match: If over the 90% of the match time has been completed, the bets will stand. If the abandonment occurs before 90% of the match time, the bets will be void unless the outcome has already been decided.
Postponed match: If the football match can't be resolved within 72 hours of original kick-off time, all bets will be void.
Abandoned match: All bets will be void if the match is not rescheduled in the next 72 hours. All bets for which the outcome has been determined will stand. For friendly games this rule doesn't apply.
Unibet
Postponed match: All bets will be void unless the match is rescheduled to be played within 36 hours of the original date.
Abandoned match: All bets will be declared void if the match can't be played within 36 hours. If a bet has been decided prior to the abandonment, it will be settled according to the decided outcome.