Normal For A Sportsbook To Offer A Futures Market With No Potential Winner?

[forsberg21]

As the title states, is it normal for a sportsbook to knowingly offer a futures market where there may not be a winner amongst all available choices, resulting in all wagers placed being settled as losers?

A well known and reputable sportsbook is currently offering a futures market for the player with the most assists in a tournament. A player that is strongly in contention is not offered amongst the list of players listed and there is no "Other" line available that this player could fall under.

Is this common practice or should a book always settle at least one participant in any futures market as a winner as opposed to settle all wagers as losers and keeping 100% of the funds wagered?

[Optional]

If it is an "all-in" futures market then it's normal that not all possibilities are listed, or known.

Does it mention "others by request" anywhere?

[forsberg21]

The screenshot I took does not make any reference to "all-in" or anything list that at all. There's no "Others by request" listed anywhere either.

[Optional]

You'll probably have to look in the book rules to ascertain what they treat as all-in. But if it's specifically listed as a futures market it probably will be.

[forsberg21]

Thanks for the reply Optional. I'll dig through those and see if they yield anything.