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Rules for Sports Wagering

General Rules		Football		Basketball		Baseball		Hockey		Golf
Motorsports		Soccer		Tennis		Boxing/MMA		Other Sports		Point Buying

With the enormous amount of events to bet on at the 5Dimes, it’s important to understand that each sport can be unique when it comes to wagering.  The following highlights wagering rules for the particular sports available to bet on at the 5Dimes Sportsbook:

• Sports wagers may range from a minimum of $1 to a maximum of $5,000.  5Dimes reserves the right to reduce or exceed these limits at any time on any wager.
• The maximum payout on a parlay, teaser, IF wager, or RIF chain is $250,000.  With prior approval, accounts may be tagged for unlimited parlay payouts on all selections.  By choosing this option, the account will not be eligible for any bonuses. 
• Proposition bets must have all participants involved in wager play for action.  Routine starting players must start the game for action.
• Non-runners in match-ups between a player and “the field” in any tournament will be graded no action unless otherwise specified.
• All wagers placed on events with obvious erroneous lines resulting from human error will be graded no action.  It is the sole discretion of 5Dimes regarding the partial/complete voiding of parlays, teasers, and IF wagers when a play includes a selection with a line error. 
• Only points scored AFTER half-time count on 2nd half wagers.
• Overtime period or extra inning scoring is included in the total when wagering on total scores.  Overtime period scoring is included in the second half for half-time wagers.
• All team sporting events must be played on the dates scheduled unless otherwise specified.  If an event is postponed and/or rescheduled, that event will automatically constitute “NO ACTION.” Soccer events must be played within two days of the original date scheduled.
• Tennis, golf, boxing, and auto racing must be completed within one week of the scheduled event date to have action (unless otherwise noted).
• Regardless of team name changes or relocation, all teams have action in futures wagers.
• The winner of an event or game will be determined on the date of the event or game’s conclusion according to house rules.  5Dimes does not recognize suspended games, protests, overturned decisions, etc., for wagering purposes.
• Total season wins are graded for each team on the date the outcome has been determined.   If a team does not play all scheduled games, and those games could make a difference in the outcome, then the selection is “no action”.
• The home team is listed as the bottom team unless otherwise specified.  Neutral site games may have the teams listed in any random order.  Switching of teams in the listings is no grounds for the voiding of any selections.
• In the event an account reaches a negative balance due to the re-grade of an event, all in-progress pending wagers will stand and be honored.  Since winning wagers in this instance will be honored, immediate settlement of losing wagers is also expected. 
• Customers are responsible for settling all negative accounts.  “Ignorance”, “I wouldn’t have made that last bet if I knew my balance would have been negative”, or “It’s not my fault the wager was graded wrong”, will not be accepted as excuses for non-settlement of negative balances. 
• 5Dimes reserves the right to void any bets which are not in progress, retroactively from the last wager entered, until a player balance is no longer negative.  Players will be notified via e-mail prior to an event starting of any such decisions.
• Limits on each wagering option are reset within a few minutes of a wager being posted.  Limits also reset immediately when the line on the selection has moved.  Management reserves the right to refuse or limit any wager.  Use of multiple accounts to circumvent online limits is prohibited.
• In a “dead heat”, two or more competitors are joint winners in a race or contest.  For wagering purposes, the wagered amount on a selection is divided by the number of competitors involved in the dead heat (divided stake) and multiplied by the number of paying positions in question.  The divided stake gets paid the full odds of the original selection.  The remainder of the stake is a loser.