newbie question,, I want to ask the old players at Sportbet, why does my bet say Asian Handicap, even though I placed a bet for the World Cup?
Yeah, I think what happened here is you clicked on an option directly from the display page. So it looks like this:
So the way Sportsbet displays each match in a list like this, you see the 3 most common betting markets, denoted by the title in each column, as shown above.
1. 1x2 is the simplest market (it just means betting on 1 of 3 possible outcomes, "1" is team 1 win, "2" is draw, "3" is team 2 win) and you might want to start betting there before testing out other markets so you get the hang of it.
2. HCP means Asian Handicap. This means your selection's goals minus opponent's goals, with the handicap added. If the final result is positive, you win, if negative you lose, if Zero, your bet pushes and you get your money back. This is probably where you placed your selection.
3. TOT means Asian Total. This means total number of goals in the match.
To see more markets, you click the last item in the row, in the image above "+71" means there are 71 other markets to bet on in that game.
This is what you see when you click on it (scroll down to see the rest of the page).
Don't forget to check out the
Promotions page to see World Cup specials. Something to keep us busy every single match day!