RULES FOR FOOTBALL BETTING The following Rules on Fixed Odds Betting on football matches taking place outside Mauritius. Chapter I - General Definitions "Company" means name of licensee; "Employee" means the person employed by the company; "Punters" means the person who places a bet with the company; "Rules" means the rules described herein, as may be amended from time to time with the approval of the Gambling Regulatory Board; "Sporting events, other events or contingencies" means overseas football matches; "Fixed odd bet" means a bet placed on overseas football matches where the odds are agreed upon at time the bet is placed; "Place a bet" means to bet on a team, a player or any event or contingencies in accordance with the approved rules; "Stakes"means the act of placing a bet in monetary terms; "Bet"means the selection of a particular type of bet qualifying for a win under the rules pertaining to the selected bet; "Win " means the profit portion of a bet; "Winning" means the amount payable to the bearer of a winning ticket; "Bearer" means the person who presents a valid winning ticket: "Valid winning ticket" means the official betting ticket issued by the Company which qualifies for a win and which is not - (i) A cancelled ticket or (ii) A Refunded ticket or (iii) A paid ticket; "Unpaid funds" means unclaimed winnings, unclaimed refunds, or any amount unpaid in respect of lost or stolen or mutilated torn tickets; "Void match" means a match which has been called off, abondoned, postponed, suspended, cancelled after betting has started. Chapter 2 - GENERAL RULES 2.1 The types of bets offered by the company will be subject to the General Rules and the provisions laid down under the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) Act 2007 relating to fixed odds betting on football matches played outside Mauritius. These would include, but are not limited to, the Company's rules pertaining to:- 2.1.1 Types of bets offered. 2.1.2 Odds offered will be conspicuously displayed for the information of punters. 2.1.3 All bets accepted will be on a cash basis. 2.1.4 A receipt will be issued to the punter at the time of the bet. 2.1.5 The receipt of the bet will contain at least the following details - (a) date of receipt (Day-Month-Year) (b) time of issue of receipt (Hour-Minute) (c) receipt numbers; (d) date of matches; (e) type of bet(Home,Draw,Away); (f) odds offered; (g) amount staked; (h) betting tax; (i) winning; 2.1.6 Closing time for accepting bets will be as specified in each type of bet offered. 2.1.7 Results of all types of bets offered would be announced as soon as they are officially declared by the governing body or the organizing authority for the purpose of settlement of winning bets. 2.1.8 Any subsequent amendments or modification brought to a match result or an event result by the governing body or the organizing authority will not be taken into consideration. 2.1.9 Payments of winnings will be effected soon after the official results are announced on presentation of the valid winning tickets. 2.1.10 The only acceptable proof of investment is the valid ticket generated by the electronic equipment of the Company and as recorded in its computer system. 2.1.11 In the event a football match starts before the schedule kick off time all bets placed after the kick off time will be considered void. Bets taken after the start of a match are automatically considered void 2.1.12 All bets on void matches will be refunded except for certain specific bets provided for in the relevant rules. 2.1.13 Claims for payment of a winning or for a refund must be made within 45 days of the date on which the event or contingency in respect of which such bet was placed took place. 2.1.14 A cash bet will be deemed to have been accepted once the ticket has been issued to the punter in exchange of monetary value. 2.1.15 No complaint as regard to the correctness of a ticket, the correctness of a change,the payment of winning or refund will be entertained unless such complaint is made before the punter leaves the counter of the terminal. 2.1.16 Neither a punter will be authorised to cancel a bet nor a teller to cancel a bet unless such cancellation is made before the punter leaves the counter of the terminal. 2.1.17 The company and its employees should not be held responsible for any damage resulting from any negligent act or omission relating to any form of betting for which they are not directly responsible. 2.1.18 All winning receipts will be kept as part of records. 2.1.19 Any matter not provided for in these rules will be sorted out by the Company in consultation with the Gambling Regulatory Authority. 2.1.20 In case a match is abandoned, postponed or cancelled and is re scheduled to take place within 24 hours of the original scheduled kick off time all bets on such match will stand good. If the match does not take place within the time limit mentioned above, all bets on that match will become void. CHAPTER 3 - TYPES OF BETS 3.1 THREE WAYS OF BETS 3.1.1 There are three ways of forecasting the result of a football match:- · Home · Draw · Away The result will be determined on regulation time, that is, 90 minutes play including such time as may be added by the referee for injury time, stoppage time but excluding any other time or penalty shoots outs. 3.2 SINGLE / SIMPLE BET 3.2.1 Single/ simple bet is the forecasting of:- (j) top scorers in a championship/ tournament. (ii) scorer of 1st goal half-time/ full-time. (iii) Scorer of last goal half- time/full time. (iv) Correct scores. 3.2.2 The scorer of first/ last goal half time/ full time should be made from a set of selected players. 3.2.3 In the event that a selected player does not come onto the field during regulation time or comes after the first/ last goal has been scored, the bets on the selected players should be void and refunded. 3.2.4 In the event a match has started and subsequently called off after one or more goals have been scored, the bet should stand good. However, if no goal has been scored, the bet should be void and therefore refundable. Own goals are not taken into consideration. 3.2.5 In the event the venue of a match is the reverse of that displayed, all selections on that match will become void. 3.2.6 In case of correct scores bet, correct scores will be determined on regulation time and own goals will be considered. 3.2.7 "Top Goal Scorer Bets: means the selection of the player with the highest number of goals scored during a championship/Tournament." Settlement of the Top goal Scorer bets shall be based on the top goal scorer(s) listed in the result section of the organising authority. Any subsequent amendment to the result by the organising authority will not count. Top goal scorer(s) bets shall become void if the selected player(s) does/do not take part at all in the championship/Tournament. In case 2 or more players come out of a championship/Tournament as top goal scorer with the same number of goals scored as listed in the result section of the organising authority, the dead heat rule as referred to in section 3.2.8 will apply. 3.2.8 Dead Heat Rule " In case two or more players come out as top goal scorers the pay out will be divided by the number of Top Goal Scorers for example, if there are two players named as official top goal scorers, the payout as shown on a valid ticket shall be divided by two. The same principle shall apply in case there are more than two top goal scorers." 3.3 MULTIPLE BET 3.3.1 Multiple bet is the forecasting of the results of a series of matches at the odds offered on each individual match on a cumulative basis. 3.3.2 In case one or more of the selected matches is/are void, the void match/matches will be excluded from the selection and the bet will run on the remaining matches. 3.3.3 No multiple bets will be accepted neither in an individual leg nor on the same individual event. 3.4 EXOTIC BET 3.4.1 Exotic bet is the forecasting of certain number of matches only, that is, number of home wins, draw results or away wins. 3.4.2 Pre-determined non-fluctuable odds will be offered for bets on list of restricted number of pre-selected matches. 3.5 OUTRIGHT BET 3.5.1 Outright bet is the forecasting to 'lift the cup" or to "win the league" 3.5.2 With outright bet, there will be no betting on the draw, as extra time or penalties will be required to determine the result. 3.6 HALF TIME BET 3.6.1 Half Time Bet will be offered on Home-Draw-Away. 3.6.2 Half Time Betting is settled on the result of Match/es at Half Time (Including injury time authorise by the referee) that is at the end of the first 45 minutes play including stoppages and added injury time. 3.6.3 Match/es cancelled or abandoned prior to the completion of the first 45 minutes play will be declared void and bet/s will be refunded. MISCELLANEOUS Play On Line Ltd may at its discretion (a) Amend,change,or update the selections offered for betting purposes in respect of any type of Bet and (b) Declare a bet suspended for purposes of updating odds offered. No bets will be taken during the suspension period. (Approved by GRA) |