General Rules

• All bets (excluding those struck on ante-post and Australian licensed markets) are placed on trap numbers. Greyhound names are displayed for information purposes only.
• Markets will be determined according to the official result at the time the track gives the result green light status, either in the form of an announcement or by display. Subsequent disqualifications, appeals or amendments to the result will be disregarded.
• If a non-runner or reserve runner is declared, then all bets prior to the update of the market on Betfair will be void and all unmatched bets including 'Take SP' and 'keep' bets will be cancelled (except for certain SP bets as set out in Paragraph 10.5 of Part B above).
• If there are no finishers in any race or any race is declared void before the official result is declared then all bets will be void.
• If the scheduled venue is changed after the market has been loaded by Betfair, all bets will be void.
• In ante-post markets, all bets on individual greyhounds stand whether the greyhound runs or not. All ante-post bets will be void if the competition is abandoned or the venue is changed.

Trap Challenge

• Bets on 'Trap challenge' markets are based on which trap results in the most winners during a race meeting, unless stated otherwise in the Market Information.
• These markets are unaffected by any changes due to non-runners or reserve runners.
• If a race results in a dead heat each trap will receive a half-win, with a 3-way dead heat giving a one third-win, and so on.
• Standard dead heat rules apply if two or more traps have an equal number of winners at the end of both meetings.
• If a whole meeting is abandoned all bets are void. However if at least one race has been completed then bets on these markets will stand.

Multi-trap or Multiplied Trap Numbers

• 'Multi-trap' or 'multiplied trap numbers' bets are on the cumulative sum of the winning trap multiplied by the second trap for each race during a race meeting, unless stated otherwise in the Market Information. If the cumulative sum is not a round number then that sum shall be rounded up to give the applicable cumulative sum.
• These markets are unaffected by any changes due to non-runners or reserve runners.
• If a race is cancelled, void or abandoned or if there is only one finisher in a race, an eight runner-greyhound races will be allocated 20 points and all other races will be allocated 12 points.
• If a whole meeting is abandoned all bets are void however if at least one race has been completed then bets on these markets will stand with the remaining races allocated 20 points for eight runner greyhound races and 12 points for all other races.
• Re-run races will be treated as cancelled races.
• If there is a dead heat for the winner between two greyhounds then to calculate the applicable multi-trap number for that race the trap numbers for the greyhounds involved in the dead heat will be multiplied by each other to give the applicable multi-trap number.
• If there is a dead heat for the winner between three or more greyhounds then to calculate the applicable multi-trap number for that race the trap numbers for the greyhounds involved in the dead heat will be added up and divided by the number of greyhounds involved in the dead heat and the resulting number will be multiplied by itself to give the applicable multi-trap number (even if not a round number). By way of example: traps 1, 3 and 6 dead heat for first. Add these numbers up gives 10; divide this number by the number of greyhounds in the dead heat (3) which gives a resulting number of 3.33; multiply 3.33 by itself to give 11.11.
• If there is a dead heat for the runner up between two or more greyhounds then to calculate the applicable multi-trap number for that race the trap numbers for the greyhounds involved in the dead heat will be added up and divided by the number of greyhounds involved in the dead heat and the resulting number will be multiplied by the number of the winner to give the applicable multi-trap number (even if not a round number). By way of example: trap 1 wins and traps 3 and 6 dead heat for second. Adding the numbers of the dead heating runners up gives 9; divide this number by the number of greyhounds in the dead heat (2) which gives a resulting number of 4.5; multiple 4.5 by the winning number (1) to give 4.5.

Winning Distances

• 'Winning distances' bets are on the sum of the winning distances for all races during a race meeting, unless otherwise stated in the Market Information.
• The maximum winning distance in any race is 10 lengths.
• If there is only one finisher in any race the winning distance will be deemed to be 10 lengths.
• If a race is cancelled, void or abandoned the winning distance will be deemed to be 2 lengths.
• Re-run races will be treated as cancelled races.
• For distances below half a length, the following scale will be applied: Short-head 0.1; Head 0.2; Neck 0.3.
• The sum of all the winning distances will be rounded to the nearest whole number at the end of the meeting (rounded up, if half) and bets will be settled on this result.
• If a whole meeting is abandoned all bets are void. However if at least one race has been completed then the remaining races are allocated 2 lengths each and bets will stand.

Match Bets

• 'Match Bets' for a race are determined by the greyhound with the highest finishing position in that race. If neither greyhound finishes the race bets are void. If only one of the greyhounds finishes the race, that greyhound will be deemed the winner. If a non-runner or reserve runner is declared then all bets will be void.
• 'Match Bets' for progress in a competition are determined by the greyhound which qualifies to the furthest round (whether it runs in the further round or not). If the greyhounds concerned fail to qualify in the same round of the competition then the market will be settled as a dead heat, irrespective of their finishing positions in their individual heats.

Reverse Forecasts

• 'Reverse Forecast' markets are determined by those greyhounds placed first and second in a race.
• If a dead heat affects the reverse forecast then Betfair dead heat rules apply.

Place Markets

• The number of winners in 'to be placed' markets is as set out in the Market Information and is determined with reference to the number of runners known to Betfair when the market is loaded.
• Once opened, the number of winners in 'to be placed' markets (as set out in the Market Information) will not be affected by further non-runners. If the number of potential winners is equal to or is greater than the number of runners, all bets in this market will be void.

To Reach The Final & To Qualify Markets

• 'Reach the Final' markets shall be determined by the first six greyhounds who qualify from the Semi Finals of the competition and be settled as such regardless of whether they go on to run in the final or not.
• 'To qualify' markets shall be determined by the greyhounds that qualify in the relevant heats irrespective of whether they run in the next round or not.
• The 'reach the final' or 'to qualify' markets will be settled after the qualifying stages and any subsequent disqualification or amendment to results will not count.

Ante-Post

• If a greyhound listed in an ante-post market dies, Betfair will use the available information to determine the time of the greyhound's death. Betfair will then, acting reasonably, determine whether the greyhound was a 'material runner' in the market. In determining whether a greyhound is a material runner, Betfair will look at the general price of the greyhound immediately before the greyhound's death, in the Betfair market and in the wider betting market. Broadly, Betfair will consider a greyhound to be a material runner if it is deemed to have an approximate chance of winning of 8-10 per cent or better.
• If Betfair determines that the greyhound was a 'material runner', then all bets struck in the market (on all selections) between the time of death and the suspension of the market will be void and all unmatched bets will be cancelled before the market is reopened.
• If Betfair determines that the greyhound was not a 'material runner', then just bets struck on the greyhound in question between the time of death and the suspension of the market will be void and unmatched bets will not be cancelled before the market is reopened.
• Bets matched on greyhounds after they have forfeited their entry at a particular entry stage or where they have not qualified by the applicable qualifying date will be voided unless the race in question has a subsequent supplementary entry stage.
• Where an event is postponed or rescheduled to another day at the same venue then ante-post bets will stand unless entries are reopened in which case all bets will be void.

Australian Specific Non-Runner Rules

• Notwithstanding any of the above, the following rules apply to declared non-runners in Australian greyhound markets.
• If a greyhound becomes a notified non runner after the market is loaded but prior to the commencement of the race it will be removed and all bets on the market, matched prior to the update of the market on Betfair, will be voided.
• If, following the completion of a race, the stewards declare a greyhound a non-runner, Betfair will resettle the market and will void all bets that were placed on that runner only. Betfair will then apply a reduction factor to all bets placed on the winner (or placegetters in the case of place markets) based on that runner's weighted average price.