Cricket betting, explained

You put a stake on an outcome at a price, called the odds. If the outcome happens, you get your stake multiplied by the odds. At odds of 2.50, a ₹100 bet returns ₹250: your ₹100 back plus ₹150 profit. On an exchange you can also lay, which means betting that something won't happen.

• Lower odds mean the market thinks an outcome is more likely. Odds of 1.25 pay ₹25 profit on ₹100, and odds of 2.00 pay ₹100.
• When you lay, you take the other side of someone's back bet. Your risk is their profit, so laying ₹100 at 3.00 puts ₹200 at risk.
• Only bet money you can afford to lose. Many players keep each stake to a small, fixed share of their budget, such as 1 to 2 percent, so one bad evening doesn't empty the account.

Log in, open the match and pick a market such as match odds. Tap the price you want, type your stake and check the bet slip before you confirm. On the exchange, your bet is matched once another player takes the other side.

1. 1Log in and open the cricket match you want, before it starts or while it's live.
2. 2Choose a market: match odds, a session, a player market or the toss.
3. 3Tap back if you think it will happen, or lay if you think it won't.
4. 4Enter your stake and read the bet slip. It shows the odds and what you stand to win or lose.
5. 5Confirm the bet. If nobody has taken the other side yet, it waits as unmatched until someone does.

A session market asks how many runs the batting team will have at the end of a stated over, such as over 6. You back if you think they'll reach the line and lay if you think they'll fall short. Fancy markets cover single players and events, like a batter's runs or the score when the next wicket falls.

• Sessions settle on the batting team's runs at the end of the stated over, including extras and penalty runs.
• If the innings ends early, the session settles on the innings' final total.
• Player markets settle on the official scorecard. A bet on a player who isn't in the playing XI is void.
• Fall of wicket and partnership markets settle on the score when the wicket falls, or on the innings total if it never falls.

You bet on which captain wins the coin toss. The market settles on the official toss result, and if no toss takes place, every toss bet is void. A toss is close to 50/50, so the price is usually a little under even money, and over many bets that gap works against you.

• At odds of 1.91 on both teams, a win on ₹100 pays ₹91 profit, while a loss costs the full ₹100.
• Form, pitch reports and stats can't predict a fair coin. If you bet on the toss, treat it as entertainment and keep the stake small.

In-play markets stay open while the match is on, and the odds move after every ball. You can back or lay at the current price, or trade out by laying a selection you backed earlier at a lower price, which locks in a profit whatever the result. Markets can be suspended at any moment, and no bets are taken while they are.

A bookmaker sets prices whose implied chances add up to more than 100%, and the extra is its margin. With both teams at 1.91, each price implies a 52.4% chance, or 104.7% in total. That extra 4.7% is the margin, and over time it lets the book keep about ₹4.50 of every ₹100 staked. Exchanges usually charge a commission on winnings instead.

• To find the chance a price implies, divide 1 by the odds. At 2.00 that's 50%, and at 1.25 it's 80%.
• Add the implied chances for every outcome in a market. Whatever is over 100% is the margin.
• On an exchange, take any commission off your profit before you compare a price with another site.

Message support with the daily, weekly or monthly deposit limit you want, and it's applied to your account straight away. You can also turn on session time alerts, or take a temporary or permanent break with self-exclusion.

• Set a limit before a big tournament starts, while you're thinking clearly.
• If you catch yourself trying to win back money you've lost, stop for the day.
• Support is online 24/7 and can set a limit or start a break on your account.

Match odds follow the official result, including DLS, and are void if there's no result. Session bets are void if the overs are reduced after the market opened. Super over runs count towards match odds only, never towards session, fancy or player markets.