Betting is a great way to brighten up your free hours and even make money. And today we will talk about table tennis betting. If soccer and hockey are well known to fans, table tennis is terra incognita for many …
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TABLE TENNIS: THE RULES OF THE GAME
The basic rules of the game of table tennis are probably known to all of us: the players’ main goal is to bounce the ball with the racket toward their opponent, so that it bounces off their half and the opponent is unable to leave it on our side. However, this is a very general approach to the rules. In fact, the rules of table tennis are constantly evolving, and the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) very often makes changes to make the game more attractive.
The precise rules of this game apply, among other things, to the size of the playing table on which matches are played. The canvas should be 2.74 m long and 1.525 m wide. It should be placed at a height of exactly 76 cm from the floor. The top edge of the net separating the two halves shall be at a height of 15.25 cm. Matches are played with a ball with a diameter of 40 mm and a weight of 2.7 g and special racquets, and the rules allow to adapt them to the needs of the player.
Table tennis officially exists in two forms – singles and doubles. The player or team that wins more sets wins the match, and there can be a maximum of seven. In each set, at least 11 points are played, provided that the player must win the duel with a difference of at least two points.
It is worth noting that the position players change every five balls. An exception is when the game status exceeds 10:10 (a change every 2 draws) or when the set time exceeds 10 minutes with a total score of less than 18 points (a change every 1 draw). Players or teams of both sides change at the table every set. Matches may be played up to four or three sets won. Table tennis also has terms known from tennis, such as set, break or set point, and they have the same application.
BETTING ON THE MATCH
The most classic table tennis bet you can imagine. Due to the fact that tennis matches according to ITTF rules can’t end in a draw, this is a two-way bet. For this bet, we bet on the player who wins the match played to 3 or 4 winning sets.
BETTING ON THE WINNER IN SETS
In most legitimate betting offerings, we will also find bets on the winner of individual sets. Bets on the winner of a set usually have higher odds than bets on the winner of the whole match.
NUMBER OF POINTS IN A MATCH / SET (UNDER / OVER)
A type of classical bet on the total number of points scored by players in a down / over form, known from other disciplines. You can bet the amount of points of a given set or the whole meeting. In general, betting shops offer a number of points in the offer, the odds of which in the case of below / above bets are 50-50.
FORKS
Another classic type of betting that is great for table tennis betting. As with the aforementioned bets, you can bet on handicaps for points in individual sets and for sets only. These types of bets are especially advantageous for meetings involving players of different classes.
TOTAL SETS (BELOW, ABOVE)
Another under/over bet. In this case, the player has the task of predicting whether the meeting will last more or less than the specified number of sets. It should be taken into account whether the match is held in the form of five or seven stages.
ODD-EVEN
This is an extremely interesting bet for table tennis. In many disciplines, the odds of an even or odd number of goals or points are usually half. In table tennis, this is slightly different because, because of the fact that a set must be won by at least two points, the odds of finishing each of them with an even amount are certainly greater.