Do regulation time bets cash if game goes to OT?
ok so i bet the leafs moneyline last night and they were tied after 60, lost in OT. my bet still won though?? i thought i lost lol. now im confused about how OT actually counts for different bet types. like does puck line include OT? does over/under count OT goals? someone explain pls im clearly missing something
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yeah this trips up a lot of ppl. standard moneyline in hockey includes OT and shootout, so if leafs won in OT your ML wins. the 3-way line (regulation only) is the one that splits home/away/tie after 60 min and OT doesnt count there. puck line and totals usually DO include OT but NOT shootout goals (shootout just counts as 1 goal for the total). i mostly bet on Boomerang Bet and they label everything clear, like '3-way' vs regular ML, so check the market name before you tap. thats what saved me from making the same mistake you did honestly
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can confirm. i made the exact mistake last season betting what i thought was a moneyline but it was the regulation line. game went to OT, my pick lost even though they won. checked the slip after and yep, 60 min only. now i triple check the market label every time
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just to add some detail for totals: a shootout winner gets credited exactly one goal regardless of how many rounds it takes. so a 2-2 game that ends in a shootout counts as 5 total goals for over/under purposes. OT goals during the actual 5 min OT period count normally though
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wait is this the same across every book though? feels like the kind of thing where one site counts it different and you get burned. dont really trust that all of them handle the shootout goal the same way
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nah its pretty standardized actually. the shootout = 1 goal rule comes from how the NHL itself records the score in the box score, so books just follow that. ive bet on like 4 different ones and they all do it the same way. the only thing that varies is what they NAME the markets, not how they settle them
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so if i bet a player to score an anytime goal and they score in the shootout does that count?? asking cause i had this happen and im not sure
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no it doesnt. shootout goals dont count for player props like anytime scorer. the shootout isnt counted as official individual stats by the NHL, only the team gets the +1 to the final score. so your guy needs to score in regulation or the OT period itself
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fwiw the 3-way line usually has better odds on the favourite than the regular ML because youre taking on the OT risk. so if you genuinely think a team wins in 60 you get paid more. just gotta know what youre clicking
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one more thing people forget, period betting like '1st period winner' obviously never includes OT since OT is its own thing. and double chance markets exist too in some places where you can cover the tie. read the market type and youre fine
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what about empty net goals in the last minute, those count toward the total right? not OT related but kinda same vibe of stuff i didnt know counted
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yeah ENG count fully toward totals and they wreck unders all the time lol. team pulls the goalie down a goal, gives up an empty netter, now your under 5.5 is dead. happens way more than youd think in the third
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this whole thread is exactly what i needed when i started. learned the ML vs 3way thing the hard way too. once you know it its second nature, just always look at whether it says regulation or not. saved me a bunch of confused moments at this point