Football Card Rules

Card Index / Total Cards

  • For Over/Under Total Card markets, the maximum number of cards awarded to one player is two. Yellow Card = 1. Red Card = 1. Yellow Card + Yellow Card (Sending Off) = 2 Cards.
  • Bookings will only count for players taking part in the match. Bookings of managers, coaches or off the field of play will not count.
  • Any bookings made during half-time will count, however bookings made after the final whistle do not count.
  • Restrictions apply as to what special spread selections can be combined with in accumulative bets.
  • For first booking if more than one player being booked in the same incident the first player to be shown a card by the match referee shall be deemed the winner.
  • Both yellow and red cards count for this market.
  • Booking times will be settled on the match time when the yellow or red card is shown and not when the foul or offence took place. Bookings during half-time (before the 2nd half kicks off) will be counted as cards awarded in the 1st half for settlement purposes with regards to all relevant markets.
  • For any bets placed on the total number of cards to be awarded (e.g. in total, to a team or to a single player / group of players), a player who has been shown two yellow cards (and is therefore ultimately shown a red card) or a player who is shown a yellow card followed by a straight red card will, for settlement purposes, be deemed in each case to have been shown two (rather than three) cards. For the avoidance of a doubt, the award of a straight red card will, for settlement purposes, be deemed to amount to the award of a single card.

Player to be Booked

  • For bets on 'player to be booked'.
  • Only bookings in normal time (90 mins play) count.
  • Any bookings made during half time will count; however, bookings made after the final whistle do not count.
  • Only cards awarded when the player is active in the match will count. Bookings of managers, coaches, or players off the field of play will not count. Only cards shown to players currently on the pitch will count. Any cards shown after the final whistle do not count.

10 Minute Market

  • "Card Shown X - Y" markets are defined as betting on whether there will be a yellow or red card shown to a player within the time period X - Y (inclusive) of the event's match clock. Only cards shown within that timeframe will count for settlement. 
  • For the full list of 10 Minute Market Rules, see here.

What Odds Paddy (WOP)

  • For WOP bets on a player NOT to score or NOT to be carded, the player in question MUST start the match or the applicable bet(s) shall be voided.
  • For any WOP bets involving players to be carded, only cards awarded once the player is active in the match will count. Any cards shown after the final whistle will not count.
  • For any WOP bets placed on the total number of cards to be awarded (e.g. in total, to a team or to a single player / group of players), a player who has been shown two yellow cards (and is therefore ultimately shown a red card) will be deemed, for settlement purposes, to have been shown two (rather than three) cards.
  • For more What Odds Paddy rules see our Soccer Rules section here

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