Bookie

The Bookie is an area of the Casino. At the bookie, you can bet money on thousands of events daily across a wide variety of sports. Please note that all bets are final. Gone are the days of bookie banks.

Betting and Live Odds

You may place a bet on any event that the bookie lists, up to a maximum bet of $1,000,000,000 on an single event. You may place bets on as many outcomes as you wish for each event.

When you go to place a bet, you will be asked to confirm your selection and be notified of your potential profit. It is imperative to note once again that any bets you place are final, and cannot be un-placed.

Odds are taken from the real betting site Betfair, and thus may change to reflect live updates made on their site. This means that you can place multiple bets on the same outcome of the same bet, but at different odds.

Bets will be paid out according the odds at the time your bet is placed. If the odds change while you are in the process of placing a bet, you will be notified before the bet is placed.

Betting Outcomes

Once a result has played out in real life, you will receive an event for each bet you have placed informing you of the outcome and how much (if any) money you have made.

Winnings

Winnings can then be withdrawn from the main bookie page.

Single bets can be collected individually, or all winnings can be collected at once.

Any winnings will remain in the bookies indefinitely, which will also be calculated as part of your Networth.

Refunds

Occasionally a bet may be refunded. This may occur for a variety of reasons, but often because a match has been cancelled. In these cases, your bets will be refunded and can be collected the same way any winnings would be.

Where winnings are displayed in green, and losses in red, refunds are displayed in orange.

Bookie Policies

General Bookie rules

Current betting limit is $1,000,000,000 per event.
We reserve the right to suspend any or all betting on a game at any time without notice.
In case we’re experiencing any kind of issues getting updates from our provider, all betting is suspended until connection is restored and all the data is up to date.
Due to a data limitation for some sports/tournaments it is possible to place a bet after the event is started IRL on rare occasions. All such bets will be refunded (usually, when markets are settled).
While markets are generally settled within an hour after the event is finished, sometimes it can take up to 24 hours for the events with a low coverage.
Torn reserves the right to reverse the settlement of a market if a market is settled in error (for example, a human or technical error) at any point (as soon as the error is discovered).
If Torn resettles a market, this may lead to amendments being made to a user's balance (even making it negative) to reflect changes in market settlement.

Bet types (currently provided, varies by sport)

"3-Way" is a match betting where it is possible to bet on the (partial or definite) outcome of a match. Options are home team/player, away team/player or a draw.
"2-Way" is a match betting where it is possible to bet on either home team/player or away team/player. In the event of a tie Push rule applies and all bets are refunded.
"Odd/Even" is a market predicting whether the total amount of goals (points, frames etc) at the end of the match will be either odd or even.
"Over/Under" is a market predicting whether the total amount of goals (points, frames etc) at the end of the match will be achieved or not. In the event of total points being exactly the nominated line, all bets are refunded.
"Asian Handicap" is where the bets are determined by adjusting the score of the selected team/player by the applicable handicap which is offered in respect of that team/player. Where scores are level after accounting for the handicap, a Push applies and bets on both teams are refunded.
"Double Chance" is a market that predicts two out of three possible outcomes - the Home team wins, the Away team wins or it's a Draw.
"Draw No Bet" is a market similar to a regular 3-Way betting market but should the match result in a draw, the bets will be returned to the players.
"Win to nil" is a betting market where for the bet to win the team must win the match without conceding goals, i.e. 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 etc.
"Winner" is a betting market which predicts a horse to finish first in a given race.

Sport specific rules

American Football All bets are determined on the basis of the result after full time, including overtime, unless stated otherwise. At least 55 minutes of play must elapse for bets to stand. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within the same scheduling week.

Australian Football If any match ends in a draw/tie, including overtime if played, then bets will be refunded unless odds are offered for the draw/tie. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 7 days of the initial scheduled start time.

Badminton In the event of a match taking place at least 24 hours after its scheduled start time, all bets will be void. In the event of a match starting but not being completed then all bets will be void.

Baseball All bets are determined on the basis of the result after any eventual extra innings, and regardless of the amount of innings played, as declared by the organizing association. Should a game not start on the day (local time) of the officially listed start time all bets will be void.

Basketball Overtime counts for all markets. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 24 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Boxing All bets are settled according to the official result at ringside. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Counter-Strike Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Cricket If a match is canceled before any play has taken place, then all bets will be void, unless the match is replayed within 48 hours of its advertised start time (in which case the bets will stand).

Dota 2 Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Football Settled on 90 minutes of play plus any added injury or stoppage time. Extra-time and penalty shoot-outs are not included. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the original kick off time.

Handball Settled on 60 minutes play. Extra time does not count. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Hockey "Regular time" is settled on regular time (3 periods of 20 minutes) only. For "Including Overtime" the settlement includes overtime, but penalty shoot-outs are not included. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Horse Racing If a horse is withdrawn before coming under starter's orders, or is officially deemed by the starter to have taken no part in the race, bets will be returned on the withdrawn horse and winning bets will be subject to deductions in accordance with Rule 4.

League of Legends Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Mixed Martial Arts Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Overwatch Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Rugby Settled on 80 minutes play. Extra time does not count. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the original kick off time.

Rugby League Settled on 80 minutes play. Extra time does not count. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the original kick off time.

Snooker All bets will stand as far as the match is played within the tournament framework regardless of any changes. In the event of a match starting but not being completed the player progressing to the next round or being awarded the victory will be deemed the winner for settlement purposes.

StarCraft 2 Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 48 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Tennis All bets will stand as far as the match is played within the tournament framework regardless of any changes. In the event of a match starting but not being completed then all bets will be void.

Volleyball Settled with the final result by volleyball rules. Postponed matches are void unless rescheduled and played within 36 hours of the initial scheduled start time.

Historical Notes

Bookies 1.0 officially closed on 16/08/18

Over the lifetime of Bookies 1.0, Torn users lost $83,120,808,776,823

Patch History

Released prior to Patch list #1

[edit history]

Patch list #324 : 06/02/24

Added Horse Racing to the bookie

Patch list #251 : 09/08/22

Changed Bookie sport selection panel to show all supported sports even if they have no upcoming games

Patch list #217 : 09/11/21

Changed the Bookie betting cap from $10m to $100m per match

Bookies 2.1

Here's the current sports the Bookie now provides: American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Counter-Strike, Cricket, Darts, Dota 2, Football, Ice Hockey, League of Legends, Rugby Union, Rugby League, StarCraft 2, Tennis.
Special betting options are now available! Odd & Even / Handicaps / Over & Under / 2-way & 3-way / e.t.c.
A limit of $10m still remains while we build confidence in the system, we're limiting risk as much as we realistically can. If all goes well after this release, increasing it to $100m will be the next step.