Asian Handicap market

In Asian Handicap markets, both football teams are given or deducted goals before the match starts. The favourite is given a negative handicap, for example -1, which it has to overcome. The underdog is given a positive handicap, for example +1, giving the team a head start. To determine the outcome of the bet, the final score at full time is used, after taking the handicap into account. There are two types of handicap: half goal (0.5, 1.5 and so on) and whole goal (0, 1 and so on). For whole goal handicaps, if the final score is level after taking the handicap into account, bets are refunded. For half goal handicaps, it is not possible for the final score to be level after applying the handicap. There are two types of handicap bet: single (for example, +1.0) and split (for example, +1.0&+1.5). With split handicaps, the stake is split equally between the two handicaps.

Single handicap bets have three possible outcomes:

• The bet wins.
• The bet loses.
• The bet draws (stake refunded).

Split handicap bets have four possible outcomes:

• Both bets win.
• One bet wins and the other bet draws (stake refunded).
• One bet draws (stake refunded) and the other bet loses.
• Both bets lose.