Ice Hockey

Aside from the following special betting rules, the common betting rules apply. The special rules will take precedence over the common rules nevertheless.

1.) Date/Site Changes

Regular season Ice Hockey games must be played on the scheduled date/location (location is a geographical area or city but not restricted to a specific arena or venue) to be considered action unless otherwise noted in the specific sports rules section or the inventory game page within the mobile application or web browser application. Please see Ice Hockey Build a Bet Same Game Parlay Rules section for Same Game Parlay Postponed Match, Cancelled Match and Venue Change Rules.

2.) Bet settlement:

Markets will be settled based on the official score provider or official website of the relevant competition. Where these are not available, bets will be settled based on our own statistics.

Bets will be settled at the time of completion and will not be amended by subsequent appeals or disqualifications.

3.) Match Format:

If a match is offered with the wrong match format, then all bets will be voided.

4.) Abandoned Matches:

In the event of a match starting but not being completed for any reason, all markets will be void, except for those markets which are already decided (e.g. Period Winner) that have been unconditionally determined.

5.) Postponed Matches:

Any bets on a game not played on the scheduled date will be declared void, however if a match in an international tournament (e.g. Olympics, World Championship) is postponed, bets will stand providing the match is rescheduled to take place before the end of tournament or Olympic closing ceremony.

6.) Minimum Length of Play

 For wagering purposes, unless otherwise stipulated in individual Ice Hockey sports wager rules, results are official after 55 minutes of play for US Pro Ice Hockey and 60 minutes of play for non-US Hockey. If minimum length of play isn’t reached, all bets will be void except for those markets which have been unconditionally determined.

7.) Overtime

Overtime (including any subsequent shootout) counts for all markets unless stated otherwise. In the event of a shootout, the winning team are credited with one goal and this counts for all markets where applicable.

8.) First Player to Score

If a player has not entered the field of play before the first goal has been scored, then this player is deemed a “non-runner” which means that all bets on this player are void. Overtime does not count. In the event of an abandoned game, bets stand on scores that have already taken place.

9.) Ice Hockey Props

Various unique wagers may be offered from time to time, called proposition bets. When wagering proposition bets, unless stated otherwise, overtime does count for settlement of wagers.

10.) Ice Hockey Player Props

Players do not have to start for action but must play for action. If a player does not take any part in a game, then wagers on that player proposition will be cancelled. Player prop wagers do include overtime, but not shootouts unless otherwise specified.

11.) Winner of 1st, 2nd or 3rd Period

Only the goals scored within the nominated period count. Unless otherwise stated, overtime does not count for the result of the 3rd period. Dead heat rules apply to the Highest Scoring Period market.

12.) Goalbet (Correct Score)

If the final result is outside offered outcomes, all bets will be settled as “lost”.

13.) Winner and Both Teams to Score X Goals 

Bet is on which team will win the game and whether both teams will score the specified number of goals. This market is settled based on regular time only and does not include overtime.

14.) Rest of Regular Time/Rest of Period X

This bet is settled referring to the result of the game between the placement of the bet and the end of regular time / period. The correct result is the theoretical outcome of the game if the score at the time of bet placement had been 0:0. The current score at the time of bet placement is displayed in the market game, i.e. ‘Rest of Regular Time – current result 1:2’ so if game ends 2:3 then draw will be winning option. The bet ""Rest of Period X"" is settled accordingly.

15.) How many 2 or 5 minute penalties will be awarded in the Xth period?

For this bet, each 2 minute or 5 minute penalty counts as 1, so if 3 x 2 minute penalties are awarded, the winning option will be 'Under 3,5'. If, however, a 2 + 2 minute penalty is awarded, it counts as 2 x 2 minutes. This means if 1 x 5 minute, 1 x 2 minute and 2 + 2 minute penalties are awarded, the winning option will be 'Over 3,5'. All penalties awarded before a period starts are counted for the previous period, so if a 2 minute penalty is given during the 1st intermission, this counts for the 1st period.

16.) Regular Season Points

All teams must play all regular season games for bets to stand. If the season is shortened for whatever reason, then all bets will be void, unless the highest possible option has already been attained, in which case all bets stand.

17.) Ice Hockey Division and Conference Futures

Division Winner markets will be settled on who finishes top of the relevant division after the conclusion of the Regular Season. If two or more teams have the same Regular Season win record, then ties will be broken using the governing body's official rules to determine an outright winner. Conference Winner markets will be settled on team's performance in the playoffs. Regular season records do not count. If there is any change to the post season structure whereby a Conference Finals Series is not possible, or called early, Conference Winner will be settled on the team that advances to the NHL Finals from that Conference. For Playoff Series Winner, the team that advances to the next round is deemed the winner. Wagers for all other markets are cancelled if the required minimum number of games (according to the respective governing organizations) are not completed, or the number of games changes.

Ice Hockey Build a Bet Rules

Ice Hockey Build a Bet rules are the same as Ice Hockey rules stated above, with the following exceptions:

Bet Settlement (For Build a Bet):

All ice hockey Build a Bet selections must win (no ties, draws or pushes) for a bet to be deemed a winner. A selection that does not win, unless explicitly specified in the Ice Hockey Build a Bet Rules, will be settled as a loser. If one or more selections in any bet are resulted as cancelled for any reason (such as a selected player not participating in the match), the entire bet will be resulted as cancelled. For instance, selections on a team to win a match where it is a draw after overtime (or normal time if no overtime is to be played), even where the draw or tie may not have been offered through Build a Bet, will be settled as losers. This will not be relevant to NHL matches as a winner will be decided either in overtime or shootouts but may be applicable to other ice hockey leagues or competitions as per their individual competition rules.

Overtime and Shootouts (For Build a Bet):

All ice hockey matches are settled on the official declared result including any overtime and shootouts. Individual goals scored in a shootout are disregarded and one goal is assigned to the winning team based either on a goal scored in overtime or for winning the shootout. Goals scored during a shootout are not assigned to a player and do not count towards settlement of any player scoring markets.

Player Specific Markets (For Build a Bet):

All player selections will be considered active if a player enters the ice as an active player at any point of the relevant match, regardless of whether the selection in question references a specific period of the match. If a player never enters the ice during a match, selections specific to that player will be cancelled. For instance, a selection on a certain player to score a goal in the third period would be active (and therefore settled as a loser) if that player played the first two minutes of a match, was injured, and did not return to the match, regardless of having never been on the ice during the third period. However, if that player was injured shortly before the match commenced, was withdrawn from the starting lineup (or bench) and never took to the ice then the selection, and therefore bet, would be cancelled.

Race to X Points (For Build a Bet):

“Race to X” selections where neither team reaches the selected score will be settled as losers, regardless of whether a “neither team to reach X” selection was available as an alternate selection or not.

Third Period Markets (For Build a Bet):

 All third period market selections include overtime periods if they occur. For example, a total third period goals selection would include the goals scored in both the third period and the winning goal from either overtime or resulting from the shootout. All overtime/shootout rules set forth above apply.

Postponed Matches (For Build a Bet):

Where a match is postponed or incomplete and subsequently resumed or played within 24 hours (inclusive) of the original scheduled start time, all bets will stand. All bets placed on matches played which commence more than 24 hours past the originally scheduled start time will be cancelled. Once the 24 hours have expired, all bets are cancelled, and stakes will be refunded.

Cancelled Matches (For Build a Bet):

If a match is abandoned prior to commencement, it falls within the 24-hour rule for postponed matches as described above. If it is abandoned after commencing but before its natural end point, the following rules apply:

Build a Bets will be cancelled if they include at least one selection involving a player who has not yet entered the ice as an active player. The rules outlined below are all applied subject to, and subsequent to, the application of this rule.

 If every selection within a Build a Bet on the game is already a winner where the fact of abandonment had no impact on the outcome of each selection, the Build a Bet in its entirety will be treated as a winner. For example, a 2-leg Build a Bet containing an over total goals selection and a certain player to record 1.5+ assists, in a game where the required goals have been reached and the player recorded 2 assists before the match was subsequently abandoned, will be treated as a winner. In this case, the abandonment had no impact on either selection. The same would not apply to an under total points selection where a game is abandoned while the total score is still under the chosen number, as the abandonment would impact that outcome.

If a single selection of a Build a Bet has lost and a match is then abandoned, the Build a Bet will be treated as a loser, where regardless of the fact of abandonment, the selection(s) in question had been unconditionally determined. For example, a Build a Bet including a first player to score selection, in a game where a different player scored first and the match was subsequently then abandoned, will be treated as a loser. In this case, the bet had already lost, and this outcome could not be affected in any way by whether the game was subsequently abandoned or not.

If there are no losing selections within a Build a Bet and at least one cancelled selection at the time of a match abandonment, the Build a Bet be treated as cancelled. This rule applies where one or more selections are still undecided at abandonment and may have won or lost if the game had been completed as scheduled. For example, a Build a Bet including an over total points selection, in a game abandoned while the total points are still below the required amount, will be treated as cancelled. In this case, the total points selection was still undecided and may have won or lost but for the abandonment, so the bet will be cancelled.

Venue Changes (For Build a Bet):

 If the venue of a game is changed from the one advertised, all bets on that game will be cancelled.