Void Legs and Cash Out: Inside a ₦10.3 Million Bet9ja Coupon
Two things happened on this coupon that most Nigerian bettors have questions about. Three of the twenty-five selections were cancelled, and the player cashed out before the remaining fixtures finished. The final return was ₦10,296,983.44 from a ₦700 stake.
What was on the slip
Stake: ₦700
Combined Odds: 32,774.74
Return: ₦10,296,983.44
Selections: 25, including three cancelled legs
Markets: Goal/No Goal, Over/Under, Double Chance and 1X2
Bet ID: B9VP746517556AR-24710448
What a cancelled leg actually does
Postponements, abandonments and cancelled fixtures all produce the same outcome on your coupon. Void legs do not lose your bet. They are taken out and treated as if you never selected them.
The voided selections were all Double Chance bets on international fixtures. Brazil or Draw against Norway at 1.23, Mexico or Draw against England at 1.56, and Draw or Colombia against Switzerland at 1.32. One further selection was excluded from the coupon entirely.
Here is the consequence people miss. The player's maximum payout dropped the moment those fixtures were pulled, through no fault of their own.
How the ticket actually settled
Cash out settled this bet before all fixtures had played. The blog reports that results in those fixtures would have ended the run. The combination of voided legs and an early cash-out produced a payout of just over ₦10.2 million.
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