Void bet
A bet the book cancels under its rules: your stake comes back, nothing is won or lost, like it never happened.
A void bet (pari annulé) gets cancelled. You don't win, you don't lose: your stake comes back to your balance. In a parlay, the voided leg is counted at 1.00 and the rest of the ticket keeps going.
When it happens
- The game's postponed and not played within the window in the book's rules.
- You bet a player prop and he doesn't dress (see prop bet).
- The book posted an obvious mistake in its odds.
- Some books treat a push the same way: stake back.
Example: scratched before puck drop
You bet $15 on a Habs forward over 2.5 shots, then he's a late scratch. The prop is voided and the $15 comes back.
Now say he was also one leg of a three-leg combo at 2.20 × 1.85 × 1.70 = 6.92. Remove his leg (the 1.85) and the ticket becomes 2.20 × 1.70 = 3.74. A $10 ticket now pays $37.40 if the other two hit, instead of $69.19.
Read the fine print
Every book writes its own void rules. Postponement windows, player rules, how pushes are handled: they're all in the house rules, and they're not the same everywhere. A voided stake goes back to your sportsbook balance, not your bank, so you'd still need to withdraw it if you want the cash.