Sports Betting Rules




1st Over Score:

(k) The 1st over score includes extras.

Matches with Live Betting

Next Man Out:

(l) All bets will be Void if, following a bet being placed, there is no further wicket or if either batsman retires hurt.

Limited Over Matches (including Twenty20)

Head to Head:

(m) All bets will be Settled on the Official Result. In the event of a tie Rule 14.13 Dead Heats will apply. Notwithstanding, if there is an official method prescribed in the competition rules to determine a winner in the event of a tie, bets will be Settled on the winner of the match as a result of that method.

Team High Bat:

(n) Where a player is not selected in the starting XI all bets on that player will be Void.

(o) Where a player is selected but does not bat, bets on that player will be Settled as losers.

(p) Bets will stand if the minimum number of overs required to constitute a game under the rules of the competition have been bowled in the innings concerned. Otherwise all bets will be Void.

Highest 10 Overs:

(q) For bets to stand, both teams in the match must bat for 10 overs, unless a team has won, lost or is bowled out.

Batsman Match Runs:

(r) All bets will stand once the batsman has reached the batting crease.

Batsman Head to Head (Most Runs):

(s) For all bets to stand both batsmen must bat.

(t) Where a batsman’s innings is curtailed by either weather or bad light, all bets will be Void unless an Official Result has already been determined.

Team Innings Runs:

(u) All bets will be Void where the number of overs scheduled to be bowled in an innings is reduced for any reason and the subsequent scheduled number of overs is less than 90% of those scheduled at the time that the bet was placed.



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Online Sources for this page:

Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2009, No 136





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