188Bet : Problem And Question

**Ila** · 09-07-08, 02:47 PM

If team A lead 3-0 you didn't think 188bet would offer 2,00 (evens) for them to win the game, did you?

In ASIAN SPORTSBOOKS you bet in-play ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. So you actually bet that team A would win with 4 or more goals. And as this didn't happen your bet was lost.

Hope this clarifies things a bit.

**darth** · 09-07-08, 02:56 PM

I think of what you've mention too.

But that doesn't seems to be the matter.

In this case they told me that no matter what, the odd of 0.5
will only go to the weaker team, which is B. So that means,
A score of 3 have to me minus by 0.5 or B equals to 0.5.
In the end A still wins.

OK for that, but what they say is that the odd or bet
seems to be taken off, where all bets on the match or game
will be forfeited/uncount/unbeted? No return.

**Ila** · 09-07-08, 03:00 PM

Ok. I got a bit confused. Here are some questions

1) Did you bet on team A or B?

2) what was THE HANDICAP (+0,5 or -0,5)?

3) what was the score at the time you placed your bet?

4) what was the final score?

5) was the bet lost (full stake deducted from account balance) or refunded (no change to account balance)?

**darth** · 09-07-08, 03:05 PM

1) Team A

2) -0.5 [but they say it is the same?]

3) 3-0 [A-B]

4) 1st half = 2-0, full time = 3-0

5) Lost, no return.

**Ila** · 09-07-08, 03:14 PM

I don't know what you mean by it being the same. if A is at -0,5 handicap then B is automatically at +0,5. This is however the oposit of A being at +0,5 and B at -0,5. The team with the negative handicap is a favourite.

If we are talking +/-0,5 handicaps here the favourite has to score at least one goal more then their opponents for the bet to be won and as for the underdog (the other team) they need only "not to lose" for the bet to be won.

Bear in mind that this refers to the remainder of the game.

So in your example:

You bet A -0,5 (current score 3-0). No goals have been scored after you placed your bet (score 0-0). So your bet was lost. Your bet would be only won if the goal difference between A and B was at least four in A's favour (for example 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-2 etc.) Should this goal difference on the final whistle be 3 or less (for example 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2 etc.) - your bet is unfortunatelly lost.

**darth** · 09-07-08, 03:21 PM

Oic..
I was thinking that way too,
and so that may be the answer.
Thanks!

But what about -0/0.5?
Under the same condition of team A & B.

**Ila** · 09-07-08, 03:38 PM

To understand -+0/0,5 properly you have to be familiar with 0 handicap first.

0 works like "draw no bet". For example:

Team A 0 (handicap) Team B 0 (handicap)

If A score at least one goal more than B - selection A is a winning bet, selection B is a losing one.

If B score at least one goal more than A - selection B wins, selection A loses.

If goals scored by A equals goals scored by B all bets are refunded (cancelled).

-+0/0,5 is a combination of 0 and 0,5. Say you want to back team A and the handicap is +0/0,5 (B is -0/0,5 then). Your stake is $100.

This means that you bet

$50 (half the stake) on A at 0 handicap
and
$50 on A at +0,5 handicap

So if the game is drawn (or the remainder of the game in case of in-play betting) half of your bet is settled as 0 and half as +0,5 which means that $50 is returned (voided, cancelled) and the other half of the bet is won. Should your handicap be -0/0,5 in case of a draw - half of your stake would be returned and the other half lost.

It may be a bit complicated for first-time users. I suggest you type "asian handicaps explained" into Google if you still have problems with understanding it.

**darth** · 09-07-08, 03:42 PM

I think I get a clear picture of what you mean.
Thank you so much for the advice!

**BarcaTierrehenry** · 09-07-08, 11:51 PM

WOW Ila that was good. Can you help me too?
Can you confirm to me what an odd/even bet means?
I think odd is either team wins by an odd number i.e 1-0, 3-1, 5-0 and even is - either team wins by even number or any draw is this correct?
I also want to bet on 188bet site because I saw my Danish team playing today but I am not familiar with this type. Can you help? Thanks

**pjesnik24** · 09-08-08, 05:44 AM

Odd/even bet means that the you add both team goals 3:1 means 3+1 and get an odd or even number
0:0 is even
1:0 is odd
3:1 is even (because 3+1=4)
etc

I never placed this kind of bet and I do not see that changing any time soon. Maybe if you believe that the game will end in draw but you want some extra security? I really do not get the logic behind these bets...

**BarcaTierrehenry** · 09-08-08, 05:53 AM

Thanks mate. Dont think too much about the logic. We just want to have some fun you know..

Thanks again.

**citlec** · 09-08-08, 08:33 AM

When betting in play at the Asian books the over/under is for the game however the asian handicap is different.

At the time of you placing a bet the score will be 0-0 even if the score in the game is 2-1 to the home team so if you bet -0.5 at the time it was 2-1 in the match then you need the home team to win 3-1 4-1 5-1 4-2 5-2 5-3 etc any other score you lose.

If the handicap is -1 in running again the score is always 0-0 when you bet so if the score in the match is 2-1 and finishes 3-1 then you get your money returned, 4-1 5-2 5-3 etc you win.

**Ila** · 09-08-08, 10:09 AM

Yes, I forgot to mention that. And this is very important. Under/over lines in-play are always for the entire game. This means that goals scored before you placed a bet count towards bet settlement.