Learn the cricket board
Laser 247 cricket markets, read one at a time
A cricket match on Laser 247 carries a stack of markets, each with its own question and its own moment of settlement. This chapter takes them in the order you meet them on the screen.
Written by the Lorvano desk. Last checked . 16 min read.
Open a live cricket match on Laser247 and the screen fills with prices. Near the top sits the market on who wins. Under it, rows of runs lines tick up and down after every ball. Further down there are questions about single batters, partnerships and the toss. Each of these is a separate market with its own rules, and each one settles at a different moment.
This chapter goes through them one by one. It assumes you know what backing and laying mean. If you don't, read how Laser 247 odds work first, because every market below is built on those actions. If the idea of an exchange is new to you, Laser 247 explained covers the basics.
Match odds
Match odds is the market most players open first. It asks who wins this match. Each team gets a row, and each row has a back price and a lay price. Back a team and you win if it wins. Lay a team and you win if it doesn't.
The prices are decimal. A price shows the total return per unit of stake, stake included. A team at a short price is the side the market expects to win, and a team at a longer price is the outsider. On an exchange these prices come from other players offering bets against each other, so they move whenever someone takes or offers money at a new level.
Worked example (illustrative prices only). Team A shows a back price of 1.85 and a lay price of 1.87.
You back Team A with a stake of 1,000 at 1.85. If Team A wins, your profit is 1,000 × 0.85 = 850. If Team A loses, you lose the 1,000 stake.
Instead, you lay Team A for a stake of 1,000 at 1.87. If Team A loses, you win 1,000. If Team A wins, you pay 1,000 × 0.87 = 870. That 870 is your liability, and the exchange holds it from your balance while the bet is open.
Match odds stays open for most of the game. In a long match it trades across the whole of the contest, and in a short format it swings hard inside a single innings. A team chasing well can drift from a long price to a short one within a handful of overs, and one wicket can push it straight back out. Exchange players use that movement. You can back early and lay later at a shorter price to lock in a result whichever side wins. The odds chapter shows the arithmetic for that.
Some match odds markets carry a third line. In formats where a draw or tie is possible, it appears as its own row with back and lay prices like the teams. Keep an eye on it. If you back a team and the match is drawn, that bet loses just as it would if the other side won.
New players often get caught by the gap between back and lay. When that gap is wide, there isn't much money on the market yet, and an instant bet costs you more than it should. You can request a better price and wait for someone to match it, or leave the market alone until it fills up.
The suspended state catches people too. On the boards we have seen, the market locks for a moment as each ball is bowled so nobody can bet on a result they've already seen. If you tap a price just as it locks, the bet won't go through. Wait for the board to reopen and check the new price before you try again.
Match odds settles on the official result. If you're still holding a bet when the last ball is bowled, it's usually graded once the result is confirmed, and then the balance updates. The section on settlement below covers the cases where that takes longer.
Session runs
Session markets work differently from match odds. A session asks how many runs the batting side will have scored by the end of a set phase of the innings, usually a block of overs. Instead of a row per team, you get a runs line with No on one side and Yes on the other.
No means you think the batting side will finish the phase below the line. Yes means you think they'll reach it or go past it. The sides usually show slightly different numbers, with No a little below Yes, and that gap is the market's spread. Under each number there's a rate, which tells you how much you win for each unit of stake.
Worked example (illustrative line and rate only). A session line for the batting side shows No 52 and Yes 54, both at a rate of 100.
You play Yes 54 with a stake of 500. A rate of 100 means even money. If the side has 54 or more at the end of the phase, you win 500. If they finish on 53 or less, you lose 500.
You play No 52 with a stake of 500 instead. If the side finishes on 51 or less, you win 500. If they reach 52 or more, you lose 500.
If the side finishes on exactly 52 or 53, a Yes 54 bet loses and a No 52 bet also loses. That small band is where the spread sits.
When the rate on a side isn't even money, the payout changes to match. A Yes side at a rate below even pays less than your stake if it wins, and a No side above even pays more. The bet slip shows the exact profit and liability before you confirm, so read that box every time instead of doing sums in your head mid-over.
Session lines move after every delivery. A boundary pushes them up. A wicket drags them down, often by several runs at once, and a tight spell from a good bowler can bleed a line lower over by over. Because of this, session markets tend to suspend for each ball and reopen with a new line, and they can close completely while the umpires review a decision.
You'll usually see several sessions open at once. There may be a line for the end of the early powerplay, another for a later point in the innings, and a total for the whole innings. Each settles separately, so a bet on an early phase is finished long before a bet on the full innings is graded.
A few habits help. Read which innings and which phase the line refers to, since lines for both teams can sit on the same page. Check whether the line counts extras, which the market rules state. And treat session markets as fast. The line you see when you tap may not be the line you get if the ball has been bowled in between, so if the slip comes back with a changed number, read it again before you confirm.
Laser 247 shows session runs alongside match odds for the bigger fixtures. Smaller matches may carry only match odds, or a reduced set of lines. If a fixture you care about has no sessions listed close to the start, that's normal.
Fancy markets
Fancy is the name for the narrower questions that sit around the session lines. A session covers the whole batting side over a phase, while a fancy market picks one slice of the game and puts a line on it. You read them the same way as sessions, with No and Yes sides and rates in the same format.
The common types look like this:
- Batter runs. How many runs a named batter will score in this innings.
- Fall of wicket. The team score at the moment the next wicket falls.
- Partnership runs. How many runs the current pair adds before one of them is out.
- Over runs. How many runs come from a single named over.
- Boundaries. How many fours or sixes are hit in a phase or by a player.
Which of these you see depends on the match and the moment. A fancy line can appear mid-over and vanish a few balls later. The fall of wicket line, for example, only exists while a partnership is going, and it closes when the wicket goes down.
Worked example (illustrative line and rate only). A batter runs fancy shows No 28 and Yes 30 for the opener, at even rates.
You play Yes 30 with a stake of 200. If the opener gets to 30, you win 200, even if they're out the very next ball. If the opener is dismissed on 29 or lower, you lose 200.
If you'd played No 28 for 200, you win when the opener is out on 27 or less, and lose if they reach 28.
That example leaves something out. A batter fancy depends on one person, so it can end at any delivery. Your bet rides on the batter's form and also on a single ball not going wrong, which makes fancy lines sharper than sessions. They can pay out fast, and they can be lost in a moment.
Fancy markets also carry more fine print than the bigger markets. The rules usually answer what happens if the batter retires hurt, whether a fall of wicket line counts a run out, and whether extras count towards an over line. Read the rules attached to the market before you place the bet. The desk can show you where they sit on the page if you can't find them.
Because fancy lines on Laser247 are narrow, the money on each side is often thin. Thin markets move in jumps and can close without warning. On match odds you can usually get a bet matched at the price you see, and you should expect less of that here.
Toss and player markets
Before a ball is bowled, some matches carry a toss market. It asks which captain wins the toss. That's about as close to a straight call as cricket gets, so the prices for both sides sit near each other, and the market closes the moment the coin goes up.
A toss bet is short. You place it, the captains walk out, and it's usually settled soon after. Some players use it to get a feel for how the bet slip and settlement work before the real match starts. If your demo ID covers it, it's a clean way to watch a bet go from placed to graded without waiting through a whole innings. The Laser 247 ID page explains how to ask the desk for a demo.
The toss also moves other markets. Once you know which side bats first, match odds can shift, sometimes noticeably on pitches that favour batting or bowling later. Session lines for the first innings open properly once the batting side is known, so even if you never bet on the toss, watch the board around that moment.
Player markets cover individuals. On an exchange like Laser247, many of them appear as fancy lines, so a batter runs line is a player market too. Other player questions look more like match odds: which batter tops the scoring for a team, or which bowler takes the most wickets. Those show a list of names with back and lay prices, and you pick a name.
Worked example (illustrative prices only). A top batter market for Team B lists a middle-order batter at a back price of 5.0.
You back that batter for a stake of 100. If they finish as Team B's top scorer, your profit is 100 × 4.0 = 400. If anyone else in Team B outscores them, you lose 100.
Player markets carry a risk the team markets don't, which is selection. If a named player isn't in the final side, doesn't bat, or leaves the field injured, the market rules decide what happens to your bet. Often it's voided and the stake returned, but some markets settle anyway. Ties are another wrinkle. If batters finish level as top scorer, the rules may split the payout between them. Read the rules on the market itself, since they're specific to each type.
For toss and player markets alike, line-ups matter. Check the announced playing side before you place anything that depends on a single name.
When each market settles
Settlement is the moment a market is graded and the result reaches your balance. Markets on the same match settle at very different times, which can make a match feel messy if you have bets spread across several of them. This is the usual order.
| Market | Settles when | What decides it |
|---|---|---|
| Toss | The toss is made | Which captain wins the call |
| Over runs | That over ends | Runs from that over under the market rules |
| Fall of wicket | The next wicket falls | Team score at the dismissal |
| Partnership | The partnership ends | Runs added by the pair |
| Batter runs | The batter is out or the innings ends | Runs scored by that batter |
| Session | The phase is complete | Team score at the end of the phase |
| Innings total | The innings ends | Final innings score |
| Match odds | The official result | Winner, or draw or tie where listed |
Most of this follows common sense: a market settles once its question has an answer. A Yes line can be decided early, too. If a batter passes the Yes number, that side has already won even though the batter is still at the crease. How the market is set up decides if the exchange pays it out at once or waits for the innings to end.
Match odds takes the longest because it waits for the official result. In most games that comes shortly after the last ball. After a dispute, a review or a rain-affected finish, it can take longer while the result is confirmed, and your bet sits as open until then. Your account is fine. The bet history on the ID shows each bet and its status if you want to check.
Corrections happen too. Now and then a line is settled and later re-graded because the official scorecard changed, for example when a run is reassigned as a leg bye or a boundary is overturned. The market rules allow for this. If a settled balance shifts slightly after the match, look at the bet history before assuming it's a mistake, and if it still doesn't add up, send the bet details to the desk.
The Lorvano desk can look at a settlement question with you in the chat, using the bet details from your history. The desk never asks for your password or an OTP to do this. If anyone does, it isn't the desk.
Money from settled bets shows in your balance once grading is done. Open bets don't, so ask the desk in the chat what a withdrawal can cover while bets are still open. The withdrawal chapter covers how a request is made and what can hold it up.
Rain, delays and voids
Indian cricket and the weather don't always agree, so rain rules matter more than most new players expect. When play stops, each market reacts according to whether its question can still be answered.
Match odds is the most stable. If the match produces an official result, including one decided by the rain rule that resets targets in shortened games, match odds settles on that result and your bet stands. If the match is abandoned with no result, the market rules usually void it and return stakes. A delay on its own changes nothing. The market suspends during the break and reopens when play resumes, often at different prices because the target or the conditions have changed.
Session and fancy markets are where voids are common. Say you've played a line on the score at the end of a phase, and rain cuts the innings before that phase is reached. The question can't be answered, so the line is usually voided and your stake returned. If the phase was already complete before the rain, the line settles normally on the score at that point.
Shortened matches add another layer. When overs are taken away, a session that used to sit in the middle of an innings might now fall past its new end. In that case it's typically voided. Sometimes the exchange closes old lines and opens new ones based on the revised match length. If a line disappears after a rain break, check the bet history to see if your bet was voided or is still open.
Before a rainy match. Read the market rules on any session or fancy line you plan to play. They say how much of the phase has to be bowled for the line to stand, and that wording differs between market types.
A void cancels the bet. The stake goes back to your balance, and the history shows it as void instead of won or lost. People sometimes panic when a line vanishes mid-match, and most of the time a void is all that happened.
Rain isn't the only trigger. A line posted at a number clearly out of step with the score can be voided under the market rules as a pricing error. A match moved to a different venue or date may void markets placed before the change. And player markets can be voided if the named player doesn't take part.
Delays without rain, such as bad light, crowd trouble or a long injury break, usually just suspend the board. When play restarts, prices and lines reopen at whatever level the market now thinks is fair. After a long delay, read the board carefully when it opens again, because lines can move a long way in one jump.
If you're unsure why a bet was voided or still shows as open after a delay, message the desk with the match and the bet. The bet history view keeps the details in one place, which makes them easy to share.
How to read a market page on the phone
A cricket market page squeezes a lot onto a small screen, and knowing where things sit saves you from tapping the wrong line in a hurry. If you haven't set up the app yet, the app download chapter covers the Android APK, which the desk shares in the chat, and the browser route for iPhone.
From top to bottom, a typical match page has these parts:
- The score bar. Match name, current score, overs bowled and sometimes the most recent balls. Glance here before you bet so you know where the game stands.
- Match odds. A block with each team in its own row. Back prices sit in one column and lay prices in the next, shaded differently so you can tell them apart. The amount available at each price shows in small type under it.
- Session lines. A list of runs lines, each with a No box and a Yes box. The large number is the line, and the small figure under it is the rate.
- Fancy lines. Below the sessions or in their own tab, depending on the layout. They work the same way.
- Your open bets. A panel or tab listing what you hold on this match, with profit or loss shown against each outcome.
When you tap a price, a bet slip opens. It fills in the price or line you tapped and asks for a stake. As you type the stake, it shows your profit if you win and, for a lay or a No line, your liability if you lose. Read both numbers before you confirm. If the market has moved since you tapped, the slip may update or the bet may be rejected. Don't hammer the confirm button. Close the slip, check the board and start again.
Some practical tips for the small screen:
- Turn the phone sideways if the page supports it. You'll see more columns without scrolling.
- If the slip offers preset stake buttons, set them to sizes you're comfortable with. It's easy to tap a large one by mistake.
- Watch for the suspended label. A greyed-out line can't be bet on, and tapping it does nothing.
- Check which team's innings a session line belongs to. On a busy page, lines for both innings can sit close together.
- Open the open bets panel to see your position on each outcome before adding another bet to the same market.
A weak mobile connection causes more trouble than most people expect. If the page freezes mid-over, the prices in front of you may be stale, so refresh before betting. If your login drops, the login chapter walks through getting back in.
The easiest way to learn the page is with no money at stake. Ask the Lorvano desk for a demo ID, open a live match and watch the lines move for an innings. Tap prices, read the bet slip, and close it without confirming. After one match the layout stops feeling crowded.
Ask the desk for a demo ID
Message the Lorvano desk on WhatsApp with your name and mobile number and ask for a demo ID to practise reading cricket markets. 18+ only.
Message the deskIf betting starts to pull at you during every over, the responsible gaming page has plain steps for setting limits or stepping away, and you can reach the desk through the contact page.
Questions players ask
What is the match odds market on Laser 247?
Match odds is the market on who wins the game. Each team has a back price and a lay price, and you can back a side to win or lay it to lose. It stays open through the match, moves with every wicket and boundary, and settles on the official result. If the game can end in a draw or tie, that outcome usually appears as its own line.
What does Yes and No mean in a session market?
Yes and No are the two sides of a runs line. The market shows a number of runs for a set phase of the innings. Yes means you expect the batting side to reach that number or more by the end of the phase, and No means you expect them to fall short. Each side carries its own line and rate, and the gap between them is the spread.
How is a fancy market different from a session market?
A session market asks how many runs a team scores in a set phase of an innings. A fancy market asks a narrower question, such as runs by a named batter, the score at the fall of a wicket, or runs in a partnership. Both are read with Yes and No lines. Fancy lines often open and close faster because the event they track can end at any ball.
Why does a market show suspended during a match?
A market is suspended while something is happening that could change the price, such as a ball being bowled, a review, or a wicket check. You cannot place bets while it is suspended, and it reopens with fresh prices once the moment passes. A market can also close for good once its question is answered, which looks similar on a phone but will not reopen.
When does a session bet settle?
A session bet settles when the phase it covers is complete and the score for that phase is known. If the line covers a set stretch of overs, settlement follows the last ball of that stretch. If the team is bowled out before the phase ends, the market rules on the page decide whether the line settles on the final score or is voided. Read those rules before you place the bet.
What happens to my bets if rain stops play?
Rain affects each market in its own way. Match odds normally stand and settle on the official result, including a result decided by the rain rule. Session and fancy lines that cannot be completed are usually voided and your stake returned. A shortened match can also change which lines stay open. The market rules on each page are the final word, and the desk can point you to them.
What does a void bet mean on an exchange?
A void bet is cancelled as if it was never placed. Your stake goes back to your balance and there is no win or loss. Voids happen when the event a market depends on does not take place, when a line was posted at a clearly wrong number, or when the market rules say an incomplete phase cannot be graded. On the bet histories we have seen, the void shows against the original bet.
Can I bet on the toss on Laser 247?
Yes, a toss market is often listed before a match begins, asking which captain wins the toss. It is close to a straight call between the sides, so the prices sit near each other. It is usually settled soon after the toss is made. If the toss does not take place, for example because the match is abandoned before it, the market rules normally void the bet.
What are player markets in cricket betting?
Player markets ask about a single person rather than a team. Common ones are runs scored by a named batter, wickets taken by a bowler, or which player tops the batting. On an exchange they often appear as fancy lines with Yes and No sides. They depend on the player taking part, so a player who is left out or retires hurt can lead to a void under the market rules.
Why did the line on a session market jump suddenly?
Session lines move after every ball because each run or wicket changes what the batting side is likely to reach. A boundary pushes the line up and a wicket pulls it down, sometimes sharply. Lines also move when a bowler changes or the pitch starts to behave differently. That is why the market suspends during play and why a price can change between tapping and confirming.
How do I read a cricket market page on my phone?
Start at the top with the match name and the score bar, then the match odds block with back and lay columns. Session and fancy lines sit below, each with a No column and a Yes column. Tap a price to open the bet slip, enter a stake, read the profit or liability it shows, and confirm. Turning the phone sideways can show more of the board at once.
Does Laser247 offer cricket markets for every match?
Laser247 covers cricket alongside football and tennis, but the full board of session and fancy lines depends on the fixture. Bigger matches usually carry the most lines, while smaller games may only show match odds. If you want to know whether a particular match will have sessions and fancy lines, ask the Lorvano desk in the chat before the start and the desk will tell you what to expect.
Do I need an ID to see the cricket markets?
You need a working Laser247 ID to place bets, and the Lorvano desk sets one up after a short WhatsApp chat tied to your mobile number. If you only want to learn how the cricket board behaves, ask the desk for a demo ID first. Ask the desk what the demo covers; on the demo IDs we have seen you can open market pages and practise reading lines. The desk never asks for your password or an OTP.
Is cricket betting on Laser 247 legal where I live?
That depends on the law in your state, and the rules differ across India. Laser247 is for adults aged 18+ only. The Lorvano desk cannot give legal advice, so check the position where you live before you ask for an ID. If betting has stopped being fun, the responsible gaming page in this workbook lists practical ways to set limits or take a break.
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