Why an esports bet is voided
A void is a market declining to settle because a condition in its name never came true. It is not a loss and not a win: the stake returns. This page collects the conditions that most often void an esports market.
Slot 01A void is not a loss
When a market cannot settle on the conditions written in its name, it voids and the stake is returned. That is different from a loss, which is a settled market that went the other way, and from a win, which is a settled market that went your way. A void is the market stepping aside because the thing it named did not happen in the way it required.
| Outcome | What it means | What happens to the stake |
|---|---|---|
| Win | The conditions were met in your favour | undefined |
| Loss | The conditions were met against you | undefined |
| Void | The conditions were not met at all | undefined |
Slot 02The veto and map markets
The commonest esports void is a map market whose map was banned. A market that names a map is conditional on that map surviving the veto and being played; if the veto removes it, there is no map to settle on and the market voids. The same applies to a decider map market where the series does not go the distance: the named map was never played, so the market's condition failed.
The condition is in the name
A market naming a map carries its own void condition in those words. Reading the name is reading the clause; there is no separate fine print to hunt down.
Why the veto decides a map market
Bans and picks settle which maps exist for a fixture. A map market is a bet that the veto leaves its map in play.
Slot 03Abandonment, walkovers and unfinished counts
A series that stops without completion leaves some markets with nothing to settle on. A totals market needs its count to resolve; a handicap needs the stated scope to be played; a series market needs a result under the stated format. Where a match is awarded as a walkover rather than played, or abandoned without a declaration, the market looks to its own rule — usually a void and a returned stake.
Slot 04Roster, patch and format changes
Some markets name a roster or assume a playing context. Where a team substitutes a player under a rule the operator excludes, where a match is played on a materially different version of the game, or where a tournament switches a format before the fixture, a market naming one of those conditions can be voided. These clauses exist because the price was struck on an assumed contest, and the assumed contest did not take place.
Slot 05What a void returns
A void returns the stake. It does not return a profit, because the market did not settle in anyone favour, and it does not keep the stake, because the condition the bet named was never met. In practice this means a void leaves you where you started on that bet, minus any effect on a combined position if you had tied markets together — which is a reason to treat markets whose conditions can interact with care.
A void means the bet was cancelled, so nothing happened.
The stake comes back and the market steps aside, but a stake tied up until then was still unavailable during the wait.
Slot 06Finding the void clause before you stake
There is no hidden clause to find, because the void conditions live in the market name. A name that mentions a map, a format, a roster or a count is a name that carries the condition under which the market voids. Reading the name carefully, before looking at the price, is the whole discipline.
- Does the name mention a map? If so, the veto can void it — check the map survives.
- Does the name mention a format? If so, a format switch can void it — check the format holds.
- Does the name mention a roster? If so, an excluded substitution can void it.
- Does the name mention a count? If so, completion matters — an unfinished count may void.
How the shapes fit together
Voids cluster around markets that name a condition. The markets page shows which shapes carry one and which do not.
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