Draw no bet backs one football team to win and returns the stake if the selected match period ends level. A win pays at the accepted odds; a defeat loses the stake. The draw treatment is the point of the market, so check that the slip says DNB before backing a team.
Win, draw and loss on DNB
Draw-no-bet has two team selections. Bet9ja’s published football terms state that a draw voids the selection. If you back the home team, a home win pays, a draw returns the stake and an away win loses. Backing the away team reverses the two win/loss outcomes while keeping the draw refund.
| Final result | Settlement | Example score |
|---|---|---|
| Home win | Winning bet | 1–0 |
| Draw | Stake returned | 2–2 |
| Away win | Losing bet | 0–2 |
These are instructional scores. The market asks only which side wins the specified period. A home win by one goal settles the same way as a home win by four. On a draw, the stake comes back regardless of whether the score is 0–0 or 3–3.
Imagine an instructional ₦2,000 single on the home side at 1.80. A win returns ₦3,600 in total, including the stake. A draw returns ₦2,000; an away win returns nothing. The win profit is ₦1,600.
This arithmetic uses a made-up price to explain settlement, not to suggest a likely match result.
Which draw counts?
A full-time DNB bet uses the result after normal time and referee-added minutes. Bet9ja also lists a first-half DNB market, where an interval draw voids the selection. The label beside the odds decides which clock applies.
A home team leading at the break and drawing at full time gives different settlements on those two markets.
Cup football makes the period especially important. Suppose a tie is level when normal time ends and the home side wins after extra time. A standard full-time DNB selection on the home team is void because the relevant score was a draw.
A “to qualify” selection follows progression to the next round instead. Betfair’s football rule explains the separation between the 90-minute result and later extra time or penalties.
A live draw no bet selection can carry a different match state and price from a pre-match pick. The betting slip shows the market and accepted odds for that particular wager. Keep the confirmed slip as the record of the selection accepted at that time.
What happens to DNB in an acca?
When a DNB leg finishes drawn, the leg is void. The stake return on a single is simple; the treatment inside a multiple depends on the bookmaker’s multiple-bet rule.
Bet9ja’s void-bet FAQ says a void leg settles at odds of 1.00. The other legs then decide whether the ticket wins. Check the revised acca price shown in the settled slip.
For a three-leg instructional acca with prices 1.80, 1.50 and 2.00, a void 1.80 DNB leg leaves 1.50 × 2.00 = 3.00. A ₦1,000 stake would return ₦3,000 if the other two legs win.
The remaining legs produce a lower combined price because the void leg contributes an odds factor of 1.00.
Any other losing leg still loses the acca. If either remaining leg loses, the acca loses under the usual all-legs-must-win structure. For a single DNB bet, there are no other legs to resolve: the draw returns exactly the stake.
DNB or double chance on a draw?
A DNB selection returns the stake on a draw; a double-chance 1X or X2 selection wins on a draw. That distinction is the quickest way to read the two markets. The quoted odds will also differ, because one result is refunded in DNB and paid as a win in double chance.
For further bookmaker context beyond a single market, see the betting sites in Nigeria guide. If your main question is what happens when teams finish level, decide between a refunded draw and a paid draw before choosing the market label. Then confirm the period shown beside the selection.
