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Virtual Sports Rules
1. Virtual Football
1.1 How to play
The Virtual Football Modes provide 24/7/365 real money betting
experience on virtual football. Competitions are generated continuously
and bets can be placed at any time, even within a season. At the moment
there are five different Virtual Football modes:
Virtual Football League Mode (VFLM)
Virtual Football World Cup (VFWC)
Virtual Football Nations Cup (VFNC)
Virtual Football Asian Cup (VFAS)
Virtual Football Champions Cup (VFCC) Game Structure
RTP:
The RTP, return to player, in Virtual Football Games, is 90%. This is the theoretical average return to players, or the expected payback over time in
the games, according to calculations by certified and official testing companies.
Each mode has a different tournament structure:
Virtual Football League Mode VFLM:
- 16 Teams
- Home & away matches
- 30 match days
- 8 concurrent matches per match day
- 240 matches per season
Virtual Football World Cup VFWC:
Group Stage
- 32 Teams (8 groups of 4 teams per group)
- 12 match day chunks (3 match days of 4 chunks per match day)
- 4 concurrent matches per match day chunk
- 48 matches per group stage
Knock-Out-Stage
- 16 Teams
- 5 round (R16[1..4]; R16[5...8]; R8; Semi Finals; Final & 3^rd^ Place)
- 4 concurrent matches (R16[1..4]; R16[5...8]; R8);
- 2 concurrent matches (Semi Finals; Final & 3^rd^ Place)
- 16 matches per knock-out-stage
Virtual Football Euro Cup VFEC, Virtual Football Asian Cup VFNC, Virtual Football Nations Cup VFNC:
Group Stage
- 24 Teams (6 groups of 4 teams per group)
- 9 match day chunks (3 match days of 3 chunks per match day)
- 4 concurrent matches per match day chunk
- 32 matches per group stage
Knock-Out-Stage
- 16 Teams
- 5 round (R16[1..4]; R16[5...8]; R8; Semi Finals; Final & 3^rd^ Place)
- 4 concurrent matches (R16[1..4]; R16[5...8]; R8);
- 2 concurrent matches (Semi Finals; Final & 3^rd^ Place)
- 16 matches per knock-out-stage
Virtual Football Champions Cup VFCC:
Group Stage
- 32 Teams (8 groups of 4 teams per group)
- 24 match day chunks (6 match days of 4 chunks per match day)
- 4 concurrent matches per match day chunk
- 96 matches per group stage
Knock-Out-Stage
- 16 Teams
- 9 rounds (R16_Leg 1[1..4]; R16_Leg 1[5...8]; R16_Leg2[1..4];R16_Leg2 [5..8];R8_Leg 1; R8_Leg 2; Semi Finals Leg1; Semi Finals Leg2; Final & 3^rd^ Place.
- 4 concurrent matches (R16_Leg1[1..4]; R16_Leg1[5..8];R16_Leg2[1..4];R16_Leg2[5..8]
- 2 concurrent matches (Semi Finals Leg 1; Semi Final Leg 2; Final & 3^rd^ Place)
- 30 matches per knock-out-stage
1.2 Game Information
Season Mode Information
Each Virtual Football mode is provided as an online version to serve the timing requirements of the different target groups.
Virtual Football League Mode VFLM:
Online
- 01:00 minute pre-season
- Match day loop; 30 match days of 03:40 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute post season
- 112 minutes per season
Virtual Football World Cup VFWC:
Online
- 01:00 minute pre-cup
- Group stage loop; 12 match day chunks of 03:40 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute group stage to knock-out stage transition
- Knock-out stage loop; 5 rounds of 03:50 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute post cup
- 66:10 minutes per cup tournament
Virtual Football Euro Cup VFEC, Virtual Football Asian Cup VFNC, Virtual Football Nations Cup VFNC:
Online
- 01:00 minute pre-cup
- Group stage loop; 9 match day chunks of 03:40 minutes per match day 01:00 minute group stage to knock-out stage transition
- Knock-out stage loop; 5 rounds of 03:50 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute post cup
- 55:10 minutes per tournament
Virtual Football Champions Cup VFCC:
Online
- 01:00 minute pre-cup
- Group stage loop; 24 match day chunks of 03:40 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute group stage to knock-out stage transition
- Knock-out stage loop; 9 rounds of 03:50 minutes per match day
- 01:00 minute post cup
- 125:50 minutes per cup tournament
Match Information
In general, all Virtual Football modes share the same match day timings.
The only difference is within the timings for the knockout stages for
the cup modes (VFEC, VFNC, VFWC, VFAS and VFCC) as they might include
overtime and penalty shootouts.
Virtual Football League Mode VFLM:
Online
- 01:00 minute betting cycle
- 02:20 match cycle
- 00:20 minute resulting cycle
- 03:40 minutes per match day
VFEC, VFNC, VFWC, VFAS and VFCC:
Online
Group Stage:
- 01:00 minute betting cycle (including 00:10 minute bet stop)
- 02:20 match cycle
- 00:20 minute resulting cycle
- 03:40 minutes per match day
Knock-Out-Stage:
- 01:00 minute betting cycle (including 00:10 minute bet stop)
- 02:30 match cycle
- 00:20 minute resulting cycle
- 03:50 minutes per cup round
1.3 Betting
Betting on a match is allowed up to 10 seconds before kick-off.
Outrights will be closed during the runtime of any match. Once a market
is decided it'll be cleared and removed from the feed. Betting markets
for future match days of the current tournament remain open. When a
future match day is selected from the bar at the bottom of the iframe,
the matches related to that day, along with the odds, will be displayed
in the lower odds section. The following match related betting options
are available:
League Mode - Outright Betting
Asian Handicap details:
Asian handicap betting applies a handicap to the favourite and reduces
the possible number of outcomes from three (in traditional 1X2 wagering)
to two by eliminating the draw outcome. The handicap, which is either a
whole number, a half-number or a mix of those, is trying to balance the
market. In the event that a whole number is used for the handicap, the
handicap adjusted final score could result in a draw where all bettors
have their original wagers returned as there is no winner while quarter
(¼) handicaps split the bet between the two closest ½ intervals where
the bettor can win and tie (win ½ of wager) or lose and tie (lose ½
wager). The stake is automatically divided equally and placed as 2
separate bets.
Please refer to the following examples regarding settlement of bets:
1.4 Miscellaneous
All matches are broadcast as live video streams through an integrated
media player in your browser. You can switch freely between the four
available games or alternatively only follow your favorite match. The
match simulations are created through a combination of Artificial
Intelligence and independent random number generators. Simultaneously,
the performance parameters of the players are based on professional
football players (e.g. in terms of number of goals, fitness, consecutive
match-statistics, etc.).
2. Virtual Basketball League
2.1 How to play
The VBL provides 24/7/365 real money betting experience on virtual
basketball. The league consists of 16 teams and seasons run
continuously. Each season comprises 30 match days (home and away
matches). Bets can be placed at any time – even within a season.
Virtual Basketball is provided as an online version to
serve the timing requirements of the different target groups. The
differences in timings will be explained in the following chapters.
RTP:
The RTP, return to player, in Virtual Basketball Games, is 89,5%. This is the theoretical average return to players, or the expected payback over time in
the games, according to calculations by certified and official testing companies.
2.2 Game Information
Season Details
One season lasts 106:30 minutes in total, separated into a ‘Pre-League’ period, a ‘Match day Loop’, and a ‘Post league’ period. The ‘Pre-League’ period runs prior to the start of a season and lasts 60 seconds.
All match days are summarized as the ‘Match day Loop’ period with a total duration of 105:00 minutes. At the end of every season there is a 30 second ‘Post Season’ period.
Match Details
The general match structure is the same for both versions. It is
separated into a ‘Pre Match’ period, ‘1^st^ Quarter’, ‘2^nd^ quarter’,
‘Half time’, ‘3^rd^ quarter’, ‘4^th^ quarter’, Overtime (if the match
result is a draw after the 4^th^ quarter’) and ‘Post Match’ period.
One match day lasts 3:30 minutes.
The ‘Pre Match’ period runs prior to the start of a match for 30
seconds. The match lasts 2:30 minutes in total, with a halftime break of
10 seconds in-between. Each match is followed by a 20 second ‘Post
Match’ period. The match day switch takes 10 seconds.
2.3 Betting
Betting on a VBL match is allowed up to 10 seconds before tip-off.
Betting markets for future match days of the current season remain open.
When a future match day from the ‘Match Day’ bar at the bottom is
selected, the matches related to that day along with the odds will be
displayed in the lower odds section. The following match related betting
options are available:
2.4 Miscellaneous
All matches are broadcast as live video streams through an integrated
media player in your browser. You can switch freely between the eight
available games per match day or alternatively only follow your favorite
match. The match simulations are created through a combination of
Artificial Intelligence and independent random number generators.
Simultaneously, the performance parameters of the VBL players are based
on professional basketball players (e.g. in terms of number of points,
fitness, consecutive match-statistics, etc.).
5. Virtual Tennis In-Play
5.1 How to play
Virtual Tennis In-Play provides a 24/7/365 real money betting experience
on virtual tennis matches. Competitions are generated continuously and
bets can be placed at any time, even within a game on points, games,
sets and the whole match.
RTP:
The RTP, return to player, in Virtual Tennis Games, is 87%. This is the theoretical average return to players, or the expected payback over time in
the games, according to calculations by certified and official testing companies.
5.2 Game information
Matches are generated continuously - a new one will be started as soon
as the current one has finished. There are always four unrelated and
asynchronous matches in parallel.
As every match is a live simulated event, there is determined match
schedule. The following average timings can be used as a guideline:
- Avg. point duration (event cycle time): 35 seconds
- Avg. 2 sets match: ~ 75 min. / 1400 betting opportunities
- Avg. 3 sets match: ~ 115 min. / 2000 betting opportunities
5.3 Betting
Bets can be placed on point, game, set and match events. Once an outcome
is decided the settlement process occurs. Betting markets are closed 5
seconds prior to the start of a rally and upon conclusion of the rally,
markets will be re-activated. The following betting options are
available:
5.4 Miscellaneous
All matches are broadcast as live video streams through an integrated
media player in your browser. You can switch freely between the eight
available games per match day or alternatively only follow your favorite
match. The match simulations are created through a combination of
Artificial Intelligence and independent random number generators.
Simultaneously, the performance parameters of the VTI players are based
on professional tennis players (e.g. in terms of number of points,
fitness, consecutive match-statistics, etc.).
6. Virtual Baseball In-Play
6.1 How to play
The Virtual In-Play Baseball provides 24/7/365 real money betting
experience on virtual baseball. Competitions are generated continuously
and bets can be placed at any time, even within a game on individual
pitches, upcoming half-innings including individual batter, innings and
the whole game.
RTP:
The RTP, return to player, in Virtual Baseball Games, is 90,2%. This is the theoretical average return to players, or the expected payback over time in
the games, according to calculations by certified and official testing companies.
6.2 Game information
Games are generated continuously - a new one will be started as soon as
the current one has finished.
As every game is a live simulated event, there is no determined game
schedule. The following average timings can be used as a guideline:
- Avg. pitch duration (event cycle time): ~31 seconds
- Avg. half-inning duration: ~10 minutes
- Avg. inning duration: ~19 minutes
- Avg. game duration: ~172 minutes
The average game duration mainly depends on the performance of the teams
and the score in the 8^th^ / 9^th^ inning. The game will be continued
until it is decided.
In total, a season contains 2100 games and will take an approximated 262
days to complete. Total Games
15 Home Teams x 14 Away Teams x 2 (NL & AL) x 5 games = 2100 games
Total Days
2100 x 3 (approx. hours per game) = ~6300 hours = 262 days
6.3 MLB Disclaimer
The Customer is obliged to follow the MLB guidelines, which read that a
general notice must be displayed in any instance where the Virtual
Baseball In-Play Services are used.
To make this easy for the customer, Betradar will display an MLB
disclaimer for approximately 6 seconds each time a user launches the
Virtual Baseball In-Play product. Should the customer provide MLB
trademarked material on their website that doesn’t contain our video,
a general notice must be provided.
This general notice shall be included (i.e., in a reasonable and
ordinary location): “Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are
used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com.”
6.4 Betting
Betting markets are closed 5 seconds prior to the start of a pitch.
Furthermore, bets can be placed on at-bat, half-inning, inning and game
level. Once an outcome is decided it should be settled. However, once a
pitch is over, markets will be re-activated. A pitch is only counted
when the pitcher pitched a ball to the batter. Therefore a pick-off
(which can result in a half-inning change or game end) is not counted as
pitch.
6.5 Miscellaneous
Virtual Baseball In-Play uses registered trademarks of the Major League
Baseball (MLB). The use of the trademarks is limited to this product and
related initiatives like marketing campaign or general advertisement.
Team names and logos are taken from the real MLB. To shorten the overall
season duration, the tournament system is simplified. Every team plays
each other team from the same league (American League and National
League) twice (home and road). Players performances are derived from
real players of those teams but the players are replaced using random
appearances and different names.
All games are broadcast as live video streams through an integrated
media player in your browser. The game simulations are created through a
combination of Artificial Intelligence and independent random number
generators. Simultaneously, the performance parameters of the VBI
players are based on professional baseball players (e.g. in terms of
batting average, on base percentage, etc.).