The Asian Handicap (AH) simplifies betting on football matches as it elimiates the draw. It helps to provide more interesting bets where the returns from a bet on a strong favourite is unnatractive or where an underdog who could perform well is still unfancied for the win.
Ironically, the terminology and rules make it sound more complciated than it is but by referring to the asian handicap table below it’s easy to check what your returns will be.
Handicap
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Team result
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Bet result
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Handicap
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Team result
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Bet result
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0
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Win
|
Win
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0
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Win
|
Win
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Draw
|
Stake refund
|
Draw
|
Stake refund
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
||
– 0.25
|
Win
|
Win
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+ 0.25
|
Win
|
Win
|
Draw
|
Half lose
|
Draw
|
Half win
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||
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
||
– 0.50
|
Win
|
Win
|
+ 0.50
|
Win
|
Win
|
Draw
|
Lose
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose
|
||
– 0.75
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Win by 2+
|
Win
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+ 0.75
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 1
|
Half win
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Half lose
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
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Lose by 2+
|
Lose
|
||
– 1.00
|
Win by 2+
|
Win
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+ 1.00
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 1
|
Stake refund
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Half win
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
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Lose by 2+
|
Lose
|
||
– 1.25
|
Win by 2+
|
Win
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+ 1.25
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 1
|
Half lose
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Half win
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
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Lose by 2+
|
Lose
|
||
– 1.50
|
Win by 2+
|
Win
|
+ 1.50
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 1
|
Lose
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Win
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
|
Lose by 2+
|
Lose
|
||
– 1.75
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Win by 3+
|
Win
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+ 1.75
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 2
|
Half win
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Win by 1
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
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Lose by 2
|
Half lose
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
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Lose by 3+
|
Lose
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||
– 2.00
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Win by 3+
|
Win
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+ 2.00
|
Win
|
Win
|
Win by 2
|
Stake refund
|
Draw
|
Win
|
||
Win by 1
|
Lose
|
Lose by 1
|
Win
|
||
Draw
|
Lose
|
Lose by 2
|
Stake refund
|
||
Lose
|
Lose
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Lose by 3+
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Lose
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