What is draw no bet
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- 14 Oct 2026 (iPhone, Nigerian IP), after checks on 8 and 13 Oct
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- What we did
- Looked for a Draw No Bet market in the market groups of top football matches
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The bet, written DNB on many slips, is a football market with two selections instead of three. You pick the home team or the away team; the draw is not a winning or a losing result, it voids the bet. When you see DNB in betting menus or on a printed slip, it stands for exactly this.
Example: ₦4,000 at 1.72
Your side wins
₦6,880paid back: stake × 1.72Draw
₦4,000stake returnedYour side loses
₦0stake of ₦4,000 lostWorked example
₦4,000 on the home side at 1.72 returns 4,000 × 1.72 = ₦6,880 if that team wins, a profit of ₦2,880. A draw returns the ₦4,000 and nothing else. An away win loses the ₦4,000. Over the three cases you can lose money in one, break even in one and profit in one.
Home and away DNB: 1 DNB and 2 DNB
The home draw no bet meaning is a bet on the home team with the draw refunded; on a slip it is often shown as “1 DNB” or “Home (DNB)”. The away version works the other way: away draw no bet means the away team must win, and a draw again gives the stake back, shown as “2 DNB” or “Away (DNB)”.
The 1 and 2 come from the 1X2 market, where 1 is the home win, X the draw and 2 the away win. So the 1 dnb meaning in betting is “home win, draw refunded”, and the 2 dnb meaning in betting is “away win, draw refunded”. The X is the outcome DNB takes off the board.
How a DNB price is built from 1X2 odds
A DNB price can be worked out from the three 1X2 prices of the same match. The formula for the home side is home odds × (draw odds − 1) ÷ draw odds, and the away side uses the away odds in the same way.
Worked example
Lens v Sporting CP was priced 2.54 / 3.75 / 2.61 on 13.10. Home DNB: 2.54 × 2.75 ÷ 3.75 = 1.86. Away DNB: 2.61 × 2.75 ÷ 3.75 = 1.91. These are our own calculations from the 1X2 prices, so they carry the same margin as those prices; a bookmaker’s own DNB price can be a little higher or lower.
Why the formula works
Worked example
DNB is the same as two 1X2 bets placed together, sized so that a draw returns your total stake. Out of ₦2,000, put about ₦1,467 on Lens at 2.54 and about ₦533 on the draw at 3.75. A draw pays 533 × 3.75 ≈ ₦1,999, the stake back. A Lens win pays 1,467 × 2.54 ≈ ₦3,726, close to ₦2,000 × 1.86 = ₦3,720; the small gap is rounding. A Sporting win loses both parts.
DNB against 1X2 and double chance
DNB sits between the plain win bet and double chance. Each one covers more outcomes than the one before and pays less when your team wins. The table puts ₦2,000 on Lens in all three markets, using the 13.10 prices and our derived 1.86 and 1.51.
| ₦2,000 on Lens | Lens win · draw · Sporting win |
|---|---|
| 1X2 at 2.54 | ₦5,080 · ₦0 · ₦0 |
| DNB at 1.86 | ₦3,720 · ₦2,000 back · ₦0 |
| Double chance 1X at 1.51 | ₦3,020 · ₦3,020 · ₦0 |
Double chance 1X pays a profit on the draw, while DNB only refunds it. That is why the two are different bets: DNB never wins money on a draw, and double chance never refunds. The double chance figure comes from the same prices: 1 ÷ (1/2.54 + 1/3.75) = 1.51.
None of the three rows is the better bet in general. The win bet pays most when the team wins; DNB costs ₦1,360 of that win in exchange for the draw refund; double chance costs ₦2,060 for a paid draw.
Draw no bet meaning inside multiples and handicaps
A DNB leg that ends in a draw is usually settled at odds of 1.00 inside a multiple, so the slip carries on with the other legs. Check the rules of the bookmaker you use: in the 1win sports rules we read, the only refund at odds 1 described was a tennis player withdrawing before the match.
Worked example
A multiple of a DNB leg at 1.72 with legs at 1.90 and 2.10 has total odds of 1.72 × 1.90 × 2.10 = 6.86. On ₦1,000 it returns about ₦6,863 if all three win. If the DNB match is drawn and the leg counts at 1.00, the slip becomes 1.90 × 2.10 = 3.99 and returns ₦3,990 if the other two win.
DNB also has a twin in Asian handicap: a level line, written 0 or 0.0, settles exactly like DNB. The quarter line −0.25 puts half the stake on that level line, which is why a draw refunds half of it; the full settlement is in how −0.25 and −0.75 lines settle.
Does 1win show a DNB market?
We did not confirm it. The Man City v PSG page we opened on 14.10 had about 87 markets in 17 groups, including Main and Handicap, but our notes do not name a DNB market or a level handicap line. Check the market list on the match page before you plan a DNB bet there. The price you see will include a margin, as the margin worked out from three prices shows.
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FAQ
What does DNB mean in betting?
DNB is the short form of this market: you back one team to win, and if the match is drawn the stake is returned instead of lost.
What happens to a DNB bet if the match is a draw?
The stake comes back with no profit. ₦4,000 on a DNB selection returns ₦4,000 after a draw.
Is DNB the same as double chance?
No. Double chance pays a profit on the draw at a lower price; DNB only refunds the stake on a draw.
Why are DNB odds lower than the 1X2 win price?
Because the draw no longer loses you money. On the 13.10 Lens prices, the win at 2.54 becomes about 1.86 once the draw is refunded.
Does a drawn DNB leg ruin my accumulator?
Usually not: the leg is normally counted at odds of 1.00 and the rest of the slip continues. Confirm this in the bookmaker's rules before you rely on it.
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