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How it works

FightBets is a prediction market. You buy shares in the fighter you think will win, and each share pays $1 if you're right.

FightBets is a prediction market, not a sportsbook. Fans buy and sell shares in each fighter, and the price moves with what the crowd thinks.

You buy shares in a fighter

Every fight has a market with two sides, one per fighter. When you bet, you buy shares in your fighter.

  • If your fighter wins, each share pays $1.
  • If your fighter loses, the shares are worth nothing.

No odds tables, and no bookmaker setting a line.

The price is the crowd's percentage

Each fighter shows a percentage, like 62%. That's the price of one share: 62¢. It's also the crowd's view of that fighter's chance to win.

The two percentages add up to 100%. When more people back one fighter, their price goes up and the other fighter's goes down. Reading the odds walks through the math.

A quick example

Say you think the underdog at 40% will pull it off.

  1. You bet $10. At 40¢ a share, that buys 25 shares.
  2. The market's trading fee, $0.30 here, is paid on top of your bet.
  3. Your fighter wins. Each share pays $1, so you collect $25.
  4. Your profit is $25 − $10 − $0.30 = $14.70.

If the favorite wins, your $10 is gone. The bet slip shows these figures before you confirm. FightBets itself charges no fee. See Fees.

You bet against other fans, not against us

FightBets is never the other side of your bet. When you buy, someone else in the market is selling. Your Cash stays in a wallet that belongs to you. See Your wallet.

You can change your mind

Shares keep trading until the market closes. If the price moves your way, or you want out, you can sell some or all of your shares before the result. The price you sell at can be higher or lower than what you paid. See Cashing out early.

After the result

Once the market settles on the official result, your winnings are ready to claim. A Winnings ready to claim card shows on your Dashboard and Wallet. Tap Claim all to move them into your Cash balance. If you signed in with email, Google or a passkey, the app usually claims them for you when you open one of those pages. If the market settles without a winner, like after a draw, every share pays 50¢. See How bets settle.

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Learn to read the numbers: Reading the odds.