Football

General Rules of the game:

Football or soccer is a team sport played between two teams. Each team consists of eleven players with a circular ball. The game is played by 250 million official players in over 200 countries and territories, making it the world's most popular sport.
The field is rectangular shaped with a goal at each end. The point of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line of the other team.
Players can’t touch the ball with hands or arms while in play, unless they are goalkeepers and only in their penalty area. Other players use their feet to shoot or pass the ball, but are allowed to use other part of their body except the hands and the arms. The team with the most goals wins. If the score is equal at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout depending on the type of the tournament.

The rules or Laws of the Game (LOTG) are 17 rules that the federation has declared. In short the laws are as following:

 

1: The Field of Play

A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game. The surface can be either natural or artificial, but FIFA's Laws of the Game specify that all artificial surfaces must be painted in green. 

 

2: The Ball

Today's footballs are more complicated than past balls. Most modern footballs have twelve regular pentagonal and twenty regular hexagonal panels. 

 

3: The Players

Each team has a maximum of eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. 

 

4: The Players' Equipment

Kit, strip or uniform is the standard outfit worn by players. Some competitions may add restrictions, like regulating the size of logos on shirts.

 

5: The Referee

The referee is responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game during the game. He or she is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the only official on the field with the power to start and stop play and impose punitive action against players during a match. 

 

6: The Other Match Officials

An assistant referee or a linesman or lineswoman is an official responsible for judging when the ball has crossed the line play such as which team is allowed to return the ball to the game, judging when an offside has happened, and advising the main referee when an violation of the Laws have happened.

 

7: The Duration of the Match

A standard football game has two halves of 45 minutes each. Each half runs continuously, which means that the clock is not stopped when the ball is out of play for injury or other reasons. There is a 15-minute half-time break between the two halves. The end of the match is the full-time.

 

8: The start and restart of play

This is about the start and the restart of the game with the kick-off and ball being dropped. Other methods of restarting play are explained in other laws.

 

9: Ball in and out of play

The ball stays in the game from the beginning of each half to the end of that half, except when the ball leaves the field by crossing a goal line or touch line or when the game is stopped by the referee for a fowl or otherwise.

 

10: The Method of Scoring

A goal is scored when the ball passes completely over a goal line. Nets are usually attached to the goal frame to catch goal scoring balls.

 

11: Offside

A player is in an offside position if any of their body parts except hands and arms is in the opponents' half of the pitch and closer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent.

 

12: Fouls and Misconduct

A foul is an act by a player that the referee thinks is unfair. It is when it breaks the game's laws or interferes with the active play of the game. The team that has a foul against them are awarded of a free kick (possibly a penalty kick). 

Misconduct is when a referee disciplines a player (caution or dismissal). Misconduct may happen at any time, including when the ball is out of play, during half-time and before and after the game. This is incidents like attacking the referee or making racial or otherwise inappropriate actions. This will make the player either receives a caution (a yellow card) or a dismissal from the field (a red card).

 

13: Free kicks (direct and indirect)

A direct free kick is given by a referee when a player commits a foul outside their own team’s penalty area (for offside, etc., an indirect free kick is awarded). If the fault was committed by the defending team within their penalty area, the kick becomes a penalty kick.

 

14: The Penalty Kick

A penalty kick is when a player is allowed to take a shot on the goal while it is defended only by the other team’s goalkeeper. It is awarded when a foul happens and the referee decides that it is punishable by a direct free kick. The shot is taken from the penalty mark at 12 yards (11 m) from the goal line and centered between the touch lines.

 

15: The Throw-in

The throw-in is done from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line. This position is not exact and the referee allows small discrepancies. The throw-in is taken by the other team, of the player who last touched the ball before it crossed the touch-line.

 

16: The Goal Kick

A goal kick is given to the defending team when the ball goes out of the field of play by crossing, the goal line, without a goal being scored. This only happens when the last person to touch the ball was from the attacking team. If the last person to touch the ball was a member of the defending side, a corner kick is instead awarded to the attackers.

 

17: The Corner Kick

When the ball goes out over the goal line, without a goal being scored, and having last been touched by a member of the defending team, a kick is taken from the corner of the field of play nearest to where it went out.

 

 

 

Football Betting Regulations and Rules:

In football matches bets are accepted on regular time if it is not specified differently by the provider in the program (line). The results registered in overtime and penalty shootout are not taken into account during calculation of the bets made on the outcomes offered for regular time. Compensated time is referred to the regular time of the corresponding half-time or full-time. The full-time of a football match is 90 minutes (each half lasts 45 minutes). For the football match of a different format, notice, informing about the format of the match, is made in the program (line). Match format may also be changed during the football match. In this case, the bets are subject to calculation according to final result, if the notice, informing about possible format change, has been made in the program (line). If the notice has not been made in the program (line), all the bets are subject to calculation with the odds “1” (one), except for the bets, the outcomes of which has been already determined and do not depend on the match format.The bets offered on the outcomes of football matches:

• Victory of the first team in match (half) – “Win 1”.
• Draw in match (in the half) – “X”.
• Victory of the second team in match (half) – “Win 2”.
• The first team will not lose match (half) – “1X”.
• One of the teams will win match (half) – “12”.
• The second team will not lose match (half) – “X2”.
• The first team will win (not lose) match (half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 1”.
• The second team will win (not lose) match (half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 2”.
• Bets on total number of goals scored by the teams in match (half) – “Total over (under) the value of bet argument”.
• Bets on total number of goals scored by each team individually in match (half) – “Total over (under) the value of bet argument”.
• Bets on total number of goals scored in match (half) to be even (odd).
• Bets on comparative productivity of the halves (in which half more goals will be scored):
  Three betting options are available:

1. 1. The first half will be more productive - “1 > 2” (the number of goals scored in the first half will be higher than in the second half).
   2. Productivity of the halves will be the same - “1= 2” (the equal number of goals will be scored in both halves).
   3. The second half will be more productive - “1< 2” (the number of goals scored in the second half will be higher than in the first half). 

• Bets on final score of match:
  It is offered to select the precise score registered at the end of the match from the options available in the program (line).

• Bets on the result registered in half-time and full-time of match:
  It is offered to predict the outcomes of half-time and full-time of match simultaneously.
  
  9 betting options are available:

• • “1/1”: victory of the first team in both half-time and full-time.  
  • “1/X”: victory of the first team in half-time and draw in full-time.
  • “1/2”: victory of the first team in half-time and victory of the second team in full-time.
  • “X/1”: draw in half-time and victory of the first team in full-time.
  • “X/X”: draw in both half-time and full-time.
  • “X/2”: draw in half-time and victory of the second team in full-time.  
  • “2/1”: victory of the second team in half-time and victory of the first team in full-time.
  • “2/X”: victory of the second team in half-time and draw in full-time.
  • “2/2”: victory of the second team in both half-time and full-time.  
     
• Bets on the first (the second) team to score (not to score) a goal.
• Bets on the both teams to score (not to score) a goal.
• Bets on at least one of the teams not to score (to score) a goal.
• Bets: a goal to be scored (not to be scored) in the first (second) half.
• Bets: which team will score the first (the second or the next) goal in match (in the half)
• Bets: in which of the offered time ranges the first (the second or the next) goal will be scored (the time ranges in minutes are specified inclusively). 
• Bets: which team will score the last goal in match.
• Bets: in which of the offered time ranges the last goal will be scored (the time ranges in minutes are specified inclusively).

If only one goal is scored in match, it is considered to be both the first and the last goal.

For example, if the match ends with the score 1:0, the scored one goal is considered to be both the first and the last goal. Thus, the bets made on the outcomes “the first team to score the first goal” and “the first team to score the last goal” are considered to be won.

• The bets: which team will perform kick-off in match:

The TV channels and streams stated by the provider in the program (line) are taken as basis during calculation of the bets made on this outcome. If the outcome of the event is not determined from the mentioned sources, the information issued by the websites included in the table is taken as basis during the calculation. If the outcome cannot be determined from the above-mentioned sources, the bets are calculated with the odds “1” (one).

• Bets on penalty to be awarded (not to be awarded) in match.
• Bets on sending off (red card) to be awarded (not to be awarded) in match.  
• Bets on own goal to happen (not to happen) in match.

Own goal is the ball scored into the team’s own goal. Own goal is considered to be on behalf of the team in favor of which the goal was recorded.

• Bets on the first team to be winner in the number of cautions (yellow cards) in match (the half) - “Win1”.
• Bets on both teams to receive equal number of cautions (yellow cards) in match (the half) – “Draw”.
• Bets on the second team to be winner in the number of cautions (red cards) in match (the half) – “Win2”.
• Bets on the first team to win (not to lose) in the number of cautions (yellow cards) in match (the half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 1”.
• Bets on the second team to win (not to lose) in the number of cautions (yellow cards) in match (the half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 2”.
• Bets on number of cautions (yellow cards) to be over (under) the offered value of bet argument.
• Bets on number of cautions to be even (odd).
• Bets: the player of which team will receive the first caution (yellow card) in match (the half) or two teams will receive the first caution simultaneously. 

(If, according to the official match report, two teams received the first caution at the same minute of the same playing situation, and this outcome was not offered by the provider in the program, the bets made on the outcomes “the first team to receive the first caution” and “the second team to receive the first caution” are calculated with the odds 1 (one)).

• Bets on the time range, in which the first caution will be awarded to any team’s player (the time ranges in minutes are specified inclusively).
• Bets: which team will receive the next caution (none of the teams will receive the next caution).

If a player was sent off after two cautions, during calculation of the bets made on cautions (yellow cards) only one of them is taken into account,  the second received caution (yellow card) is calculated as a red card.For example, in the match a player was awarded two yellow cards and was sent off, no further cautions were awarded. In this case, the bets will be calculated considering that one yellow card and one red card were recorded in the match. During calculation of the bets made on sending off-s and cautions only the ones, awarded to the players directly involved in the play at that moment, are taken into account. Sending-offs and cautions,  awarded to the players in reserve, the players, who had participated in match, but were substituted, the coach or coaching staff are not taken into account during calculation of bets made on sending-off-s and cautions. Sending-off-s and cautions, awarded after the final whistle, are also not taken into account during calculation of bets made on sending off-s and cautions. The recorded time of sending-off or caution is considered the time, when referee shows yellow or red card to the player.

• Bets on the first team to be winner in the number of corner kicks in match (the half) - “Win1”.
• Bets on both teams to perform equal number of corner kicks in match (the half) - “Draw”.
• Bets on the second team to be winner in the number of corner kicks in match (the half) - “Win2”.
• Bets on the first team to win (not to lose) in the number of corner kicks in match (the half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 1”.
• Bets on the second team to win (not to lose) in the number of corner kicks in match (the half) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap 2”.
• Bets on the number of performed corner kicks to be over (under) the offered value of bet argument.
• Bets on the number of performed corner kicks to be even (odd).
• Bets: which team will perform the first corner kick in match.
• Bets on the time range, within which the first corner kick will be performed (the time ranges in minutes are specified inclusively).
• Bets: which team will perform the next corner kick (none of the teams will perform the next corner kick).

A corner kick is considered performed only when the ball is thrown in from a corner kick point. The recorded time of corner kick is considered the time, when the corner kick is awarded by referee. If the corner kick was awarded, but was not performed, it is not taken into account during calculation of bets on corner kicks.

• Bets: which team will make the first substitution (both teams will make the first substitution simultaneously).
• Bets on the number of made substitutions to be over (under) the offered value of bet argument.
• Bets: in which of the offered time ranges the first substitution will be made (the time ranges in minutes are specified inclusively).
• Bets on substitute player to score (not to score) a goal.
• Bets on the first substitution to be made in the first half (half-time, the second half).
• Bets on the number of free kicks in match to be over (under) the offered value of bet argument.
• Bets on the number of off-sides in match to be over (under) the offered value of bet argument.
• Bets: in match the ball possession time of the first team (the second team), expressed in percentage, will be over (under) the offered value of bet argument (expressed in percentage).
• Bets on:
  • • a) Goal kick to happen the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options, offered in the program (line), a goal kick was awarded the first (the last) in match, and it was performed).
    • b) Throw in (after out) to be performed the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options, offered in the program (line), throw in was awarded the first (the last) in match and, it was performed).
    • c) Corner kick to happen the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options, offered in the program (line), a corner kick was awarded the first (the last) in match, and it was performed).
    • d) Foul to happen the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options, offered in the program (line), a free kick (including penalty kick) was awarded, and it was performed).
    • е) Offside to happen the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options offered in the program (line), offside was registered the first (the last) in match, and the match restarted by an indirect free kick.
    • f) Goal to happen the first (the last) in match. (The bet is considered won if from the options offered in the program (line), a goal was registered the first (the last) in match).The recorded time of  “Goal Kick”, “Throw in”, “Corner Kick”, “Free kick”, “Penalty”, “Indirect Free Kick”, “Offside” and “Goal” is considered the time, when the above-mentioned events were awarded (recorded) by referee. These outcomes are considered completed (performed) if:
      • “Goal Kick” – was awarded and the ball was thrown in from the assigned point.
      • “Throw in” – was awarded and the ball was thrown in from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
      • “Corner Kick”- was awarded and the ball was thrown in from the corner kick point.
      • “Free Kick” - was awarded and the match restarted by a free kick.“Penalty” – was awarded and performed.
      • “Indirect free kick” – was awarded and taken from the assigned point.
      • “Offside” – was awarded and the ball was thrown in by an indirect free kick.
      • “Goal”- the ball was registered in opponent’s goal.

• Bets on the specified player to score (not to score) a goal.
  Own goal is not taken into account during calculation of the above-mentioned bets. If the specified player does not enter the field during match (does not participate in the game), the bets are calculated with the odds “1” (one).

• Bets: whether in the match:
  • a) Double will be registered (the same player will score precisely two but not more goals in match).
  • b) Hat-trick (the same player will score precisely three but not more goals in match).
  • c) Poker (the same player will score precisely four but not more goals in match).
  • d) Penta-Trick (the same player will score precisely five but not more goals in match). The outcomes of these bets are calculated on the following basis: the registration of penta-trick, performed by the given player, does not also imply the registration of poker, hat-trick or double performed by him (the same way, the registration of poker does not imply the registration of hat-trick and double and the registration of hat-trick does not imply the registration of double). If in match 5 balls were scored in opponent’s goal by the same player, it does not mean the registration of both hat-trick and double, the calculation is made according to the final result recorded in match. If two or more of the above-mentioned outcomes were registered by different players, the bets will be calculated as won. For example, if in the same match both double and poker are registered by different players, the bets made on the outcomes “Poker” and “Double” will be considered as won.

• Bets: how the given goal will be scored:
  • a) Own goal will be recorded (if the ball is scored into the team’s own goal)
  • b) Header will be recorded (if the goal is scored by a head kick in the opponent’s goal)
  • c) Free Kick will be recorded (if the goal has been scored in opponent’s goal by free kick without playing out the ball. If the goal has been scored by a direct corner kick, it is also considered to be the goal scored by a free kick.
  • d) Penalty will be recorded (if the goal has been scored by direct penalty kick; the case, when the goal is scored after the ball has reentered the play or has been turned away, is not taken into account during the calculation of this bet).
  • е) Regular goal will be recorded (if the goal is scored by a foot kick or in the other allowed ways, except for head kick; if the goal is scored not by a free kick and a penalty; and if the goal is not an own goal).

• Bets: the given team will (or will not) have come-from-behind victory.
  Come-from-behind victory means that the team must lose at any point during the match before finishing victorious.

• Bets on total sum of numerals presented on the t-shirts of the players, who scored goals in match: “total over (under) the offered value of bet argument”.
  The players, who scored own goals, are not taken into account during calculation of the above-mentioned bet. The numerals of the players, who scored more than one goal, are calculated only once. 

• Bets on scored goals and match result:
  It is offered to predict scored goals and match result. The following betting options are available:
  • 1. “Both teams to score a goal and Win1”
  • 2. “Both teams to score a goal and Draw”
  • 3. “Both teams to score a goal and Win2”
  • 4. “Total of match to be over (under) the given value of bet argument and Win1”
  • 5. “Total of match to be over (under) the given value of bet argument and Draw”
  • 6. “Total of match to be over (under) the given value of bet argument and Win2”Bets on the other outcomes of matches can be offered by the provider in the program (line). 

• Bets on the number of minutes to be added to the end of match (the half) by referee.
  During calculation of bets made on these outcomes the following is considered:
  • • a) The time (in minutes) displayed on the illuminating board by assistant referee.
    • b) The information about the added time (in minutes) displayed on tv-screen.
    • c) The information provided by the websites that are included in the table.

The sources, which are taken as basis during calculation of above-mentioned bets, are arranged in priority order. If the outcome of the bet cannot be determined by any of these sources, the bets are calculated with the odds “1” (one).

If the information about the displayed added time (in minutes) and the actual playing time differ, the displayed time is taken into account during calculation of the bets.

If the information about the additional time (in minutes) displayed on tv screen or illuminating board by an assistant referee is changed (increased or decreased) in future for some reason, the bets are calculated according to the initially displayed information.

The tournaments’ official websites, included in the table, are taken as basis during calculation of bets made on football matches (except for the bets “which team will perform kick-off” and “bets on the number of minutes, which will be added to the end of match (the half) by referee”).

The football match (the duration of 90 minutes), which has been interrupted and has not been continued or finished during 24 hours is considered completed if not less than 70 minutes were fully played. If the event has been interrupted and is considered to be not completed, the bets, the outcomes of which have been already determined at the time of its interruption and do not depend on the final result of the event, are subject to calculation, and all the other bets are calculated with the odds “1”.

Bets are also accepted on other possible outcomes of football matches offered by the provider in the program (line).

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