Sports Betting Push
A ‘push’ occurs when the result of a sporting event ends in a tie between the sports bettor and the Sportsbook.
PUSH is more than a simple word to indicate how to open a door – it’s actually a sports betting term. When the point spread or totals bet you make hits the exact number set by oddsmakers, it’s a PUSH. You can tell by the capital letters that it’s an important wagering term. Capital letters mean business!
Neither party wins or loses. So, the original wager is refunded back to the sports bettor.
Pushes in sports betting is not the worst thing in the world. What’s annoying is that you can spend your time watching the entire game, only to break even.
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Nevertheless, sports bettors are not punished by Sportsbook’s for push bets. The full wager is always refunded.
Pushes are most common in sports that use the point spread, like Basketball and Football, but they can also be used in sports like Ice Hockey and Baseball in over/under betting.
Example
Imagine there was an upcoming NHL game between the Boston Bruins and the Calgary Flames, and the sports bettor was to bet that both teams would combine to score more than 5 goals.
The push comes into play if, at the end of the game, exactly 5 goals were scored.
If the bet was made and exactly 5 goals were scored, the bet pushes and the bettor would receive 100% of their wager back.
Parlay Push
If a bettor is making a parlay, every event in the parlay must win in order for the bet to win. But what if one of these events is a push? Does the parlay become void?
In most Sportsbooks, the answer is no. If a push occurs on one of the events in the parlay, that event is dropped from the parlay entirely.
In essence, it’s as if that event was never selected in the parlay at all.
After the event is removed from the parlay, the payout multiplier is adjusted, meaning that the new payout potential is also adjusted.
However, this is not always the case. Some Sportsbooks will count a push as a loss so it’s important to be aware of that sportsbook’s rules and T&C’s before making the play.
Half Points
Most betting lines on offer do not use whole numbers. Instead, they use half numbers. These betting lines do not have a push as an option as half points cannot be scored in any sport.
Going back to the previous example, imagine the total goals scored was over/under 5.5 instead of 5 and let’s say the bettor wagered on the over.
If 6 or more goals are scored, the bet wins. If 5 or fewer goals are scored, the bet loses. Half points are a way for Sportsbooks to avoid pushes.
At the end of the day, they are in the business of making money and pushes prevent them from doing so.
Avoiding A Push
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While Sportsbooks look to avoid pushes, bettors benefit from not using them too. While pushes avoid losses, they also prevent wins.
For example, in American Football, the most common margin of victories are 3 points, 4 points and 7 points. This means that getting a half point on either side of the line can turn a push into a win.
Inside Trademate Push = Void
Inside the Trademate Sports products, we classify bets which end as a push as voided.
The reason for this is that the outcome of both these instances are the same. That the original wager is refunded to the sports bettor. So instead of having to different classifications it’s simpler to just count them both as void.
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