Pressing lay when you meant back
Lay is a bet against the selection. If you think a team will win, use the back price.
Step-by-step tutorial
How to place a cricket bet
A step-by-step guide to your first cricket bet on Goexch: find the match, read back and lay odds, fill in the bet slip, confirm it and see how it settles.
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What you need before you start
- A Goexch ID and passwordGet your ID
- Money in your WalletHow to deposit
- A budget you can afford to loseSet a limit
Six steps
How do you place a cricket bet on Goexch?
The steps are the same for every cricket market, whether you're betting on the IPL winner, a batter's score or the next session.
Step 1 of 6
Find the match
Log in and open Cricket. Live matches sit at the top, with upcoming fixtures and tournaments such as the IPL below. Tap a match to see every market for it, including match odds, sessions and fancy markets.
Step 2 of 6
Read the odds
Each selection shows a back price and a lay price. Back if you think it will happen, and lay if you think it won't. Multiply your stake by the odds to get your total return if a back bet wins.
Step 3 of 6
Fill in the bet slip
Tap a price and it opens in the bet slip. Enter your stake. The slip shows your potential return for a back bet, or your liability for a lay bet, which is what you'd pay if the selection wins.
Step 4 of 6
Check and confirm
Before you confirm, check the match, the market, back or lay, and the stake. Prices can move while the slip is open, so look at the odds once more. Once a bet is matched it can't be cancelled.
Step 5 of 6
Follow it live
Your bet appears in your open bets. During the match prices change ball by ball, and the market is often suspended for a few seconds after a wicket or a review.
Step 6 of 6
See how it settles
Bets settle on the official result. Once the result is confirmed, winnings go to your balance. If the match is abandoned with no result, match odds bets are void and your stake comes back.
Worked example
What does a cricket bet look like in the bet slip?
These use example prices for an India v Australia match. Real odds change all the time.
India v Australia · Match odds
India to win
- Odds
- 1.85
- Stake
- ₹200
- If India win
- +₹170
- If India don't win
- −₹200
India v Australia · Match odds
India not to win
- Odds
- 1.90
- Stake
- ₹200
- If India don't win
- +₹200
- If India win (liability)
- −₹180
A back bet returns stake × odds, so ₹200 at 1.85 returns ₹370, which is ₹170 profit. A lay bet's liability is stake × (odds − 1), so laying ₹200 at 1.90 risks ₹180.
Avoid these
What are the most common first-bet mistakes?
Picking the wrong market
Match odds, sessions and fancy markets sit on the same page. Read the market name before you tap a price.
A typing slip in the stake
₹1,000 instead of ₹100 is easy to miss on a phone. Read the potential return or liability before you confirm.
Raising stakes after a loss
Keep every stake the same size. Chasing a loss with a bigger bet usually makes it worse.
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Frequently asked questions
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