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Betting Rules Basketball

  1. NBA games must go at least 43 minutes to have action.
  2. College and WNBA basketball games must go at least 35 minutes to have action.
  3. For wagering purposes, winners and losers are determined by the final score (including overtime), provided that the game has gone the minimum time as specified above. If a game is suspended after the minimum time has been played and not resumed the same day, then, regardless of whether the game is completed at a later date, the score when the game is halted will determine the betting results.
  4. If play is suspended before the minimum time has been reached and not resumed the same day, all bets will be scored as ‘no action’ and all money will be refunded.
  5. All wagers on the game and all wagers on the second half will include overtime scoring.
  6. All wagers on the 4th Quarter don’t include overtime.
  7. Unless noted before a contest, all events must be played on the scheduled date and site to have action.Click to Compare our Teaser Odds

Game Props

  1. NBA Propositions will be graded using the results listed at www.NBA.com
  2. NCAA Basketball results are graded using stats from espn.com
  3. Props are accepted as single wagers only
  4. Props include overtime unless otherwise specified. Highest scoring Quarter and team with highest scoring Quarter exclude overtime
  5. Props involving statistical totals, game must be deemed official or wagers will have no action regardless of whether the total has been reached.
  6. Las Vegas wagering rules will apply to any situations not covered herein.

Player Props

  1. Players must be in the starting lineup, unless stated otherwise, for wagers to have action; game must go 43 minutes in NBA and 35 minutes on NCAAB for that certain prop to be valid; overtime counts.
  2. Props involving statistical totals, game must be deemed official or wagers will have no action regardless of whether the total has been reached.

Futures

  1. NBA Regular season wins and matchups become official once the specified team has completed 82 regular season games
  2. NBA Tie Break rules apply when determining Divisional winners
  3. Team to win the conference is the team that represents the conference in the NBA Finals
  4. Futures will be graded at the end of the regular season.