Asian Handicap – Explanation

Asian Handicap – Explanation

Basically the Asian Handicap consists of the following:

Imagine a Sporting – Benfica and the bookmaker gives you the possibility to bet on Benfica (+0.5 Asian Handicap).

What this means is that Benfica starts with a half goal ahead if you bet on Benfica and if the result is 0-0, 1-1 or any other tie you win the bet. If Benfica wins you also win the bet. You only lose if Benfica lose.

Then there is Draw no Bet which is also called Asian Handicap (0).

For example: Sporting – Benfica (0 AH). If you bet on Benfica you win if they win the game, you recover your money in the event of a tie and lose your bet if Sporting wins.

Finally you have the> Asian Handicaps that are divided in two. For example, -0.25AH or -0.75AH.

Example> Asian Handicap: Sporting (-0.25AH) – Benfica. If you bet on Sporting half of your money is bet on Sporting (0 AH) and half of your money on Sporting (-0.5 AH). Basically if you bet 50 € you have

25 € Sporting (0 AH)
25 € Sporting (-0.5AH)

If Sporting wins the game you win 2 bets. If the game ends in a draw, you lose the -0.5AH bet and recover the other’s money. If Benfica wins you lose 2.

Practical examples:

Team A or B (-0)
Team A wins – Bet wins
Team A loses – Bet lost
Team A draw – Bet returned

Team A (-0.25) or (0, -0.5)
Team A wins – Bet wins
Team A loses – Bet lost
Team The draw – Half the bet is returned, the other half is lost.

Team B (+0.25) or (0, + 0.5)
Team B wins – Bet wins
Team B loses – Bet lost
Team B draw – Half the bet is returned, the other half is won.

Team A (-0.5)
Team A wins – Bet wins
Team A loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+0.5)
Team B wins or ties – Bet wins
Team B loses – Bet lost

Team A (-0.75) or (-0.5, -1.0)
Team A wins by two or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by one goal – Half the bet is won, the other half is returned.
Team A loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+0.75) or (+ 0.5, + 1.0)
Team B wins or draw – Bet wins
Team B loses by one goal – Half the bet is lost, the other half is returned.
Team B loses by two or more goals – Bet lost

Team A (-1)
Team A wins by two or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by one goal – Bet returned
Team A loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+1)
Team B wins or draw – Bet wins
Team B loses by one goal – Bet returned
Team B loses by two or more goals – Bet lost

Team A (-1.25) (-1.0, -1.5)
Team A wins by two or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by a goal – Half is returned, the other half is lost
Team A loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+1.25) or (+ 1.0, + 1.5)
Team B wins or ties – Bet wins
Team B loses by one goal – Half is won, the other half is returned
Team B loses by two or more goals – Bet lost

Team A (-1.5)
Team A wins by two or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by a goal, loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+1.5)
Team B wins, draws or loses by one goal – Bet wins
Team B loses by two or more goals – Bet lost

Team A (-1.75) or (-1.5, -2.0)
Team A wins by three or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by two goals – Half the bet is won, the other half is returned
Team A wins by one, loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+1.75) or (+ 1.5, + 2.0)
Team B wins, draws or loses by one goal – Bet wins
Team B loses by two goals – Half the bet is lost, the other half is returned
Team B loses by two or more goals – Bet lost

Team A (-2)
Team A wins by three or more goals – Bet wins
Team A wins by two goals – Bet returned
Team A wins by a goal, loses or draw – Lost bet

Team B (+2)
Team B wins, loses by a goal or draw – Bet wins
Team B loses by two goals – Bet returned
Team B loses by three or more goals – Bet lost

For higher handicaps, just take into account the smaller handicaps.

Ex: For Team A (-2.25) or (-2.0, -2.5), take into account the Team A (-1.25) or (-1.0, -1.5) handicap and add a goal to the accounts!