Market guide
How cricket toss betting works on Goexch: placing a toss bet before the coin goes up, how it settles, what the margin costs you and why no stat or timing trick beats a 50/50 call.
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A 50/50 call
Neither captain can influence the coin.
Priced under 2.00
The gap below 2.00 is the margin you pay.
Settles on the toss
Settled on the official toss result.
No toss, no bet
If there's no toss, every toss bet is void.
The basics
The toss is the first event of any cricket match. One captain calls heads or tails, and the winner decides whether to bat or bowl first. A toss market lets you bet on which team wins that call.
It's the simplest market in cricket: two outcomes, no scorecard to follow, and a result in seconds. That speed is also its risk, because it's easy to keep betting toss after toss.
Five steps
A toss bet works like any other bet. The difference is the deadline: the market closes before the coin goes up.
Step 1 of 5
Log in, open Cricket and pick the match. The toss usually happens about 30 minutes before the scheduled start, and the toss market closes before the coin goes up.
Step 2 of 5
Toss markets aren't offered on every match. If there's one, it's listed with the other markets on the match page.
Step 3 of 5
Tap the back price for the team you think will win the toss. You can also lay a team, which is a bet that it loses the toss, but with only two outcomes most players simply back.
Step 4 of 5
Enter a small stake, check the potential return and confirm. Do it before the market closes, because late bets aren't accepted.
Step 5 of 5
Once the official toss result is in, the market settles and any winnings go to your balance.
The margin
A fair price for a 50/50 event is 2.00. Toss prices sit below that, and the gap is the margin. Over many toss bets you can expect to lose about that much per ₹100 staked.
| Price on each side | Implied chance each | Both sides together | Average loss per ₹100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.90 | 52.6% | 105.3% | ₹5.00 |
| 1.95 | 51.3% | 102.6% | ₹2.50 |
| 1.98 | 50.5% | 101.0% | ₹1.00 |
At 1.90, ₹100 returns ₹190 half the time and nothing the other half, so it averages ₹95 back for every ₹100 staked. The higher the price, the less each toss bet costs. The online betting guide explains margins in more detail.
Myths
Venue history, pitch type and weather can tell you what a captain is likely to choose after winning the toss, such as bowling first under lights. That's useful for match odds and session markets. It tells you nothing about who wins the coin toss.
Nothing new happens before a toss to move the chances, so toss prices barely change. There's little to gain from waiting. Place the bet when you're ready, before the market closes.
₹100 on each team at 1.90 costs ₹200 and returns ₹190 whoever wins, a certain ₹10 loss. Betting both sides only locks in a profit if prices move a long way, and toss prices rarely do.
A toss bet settles within seconds of the coin landing, and the next match has another toss. That makes it easy to keep reinvesting winnings or chasing a lost call.
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