General
23.1 Specific Politics Rules
23.1.1 Politics rules equivalent to those below apply to betting on any international
election or political betting market. Initial officially declared election results will stand,
and any subsequent legal or constitutional challenges will not affect settlement or
markets. We may with-hold settlement at our discretion until any recounts and reruns
have been finalized.
23.1.2 Politics bets, combining any election results from the same country will not be
allowed.
23.1.3 Bets on the general election winner will be settled on the political party which
gains the most seats in parliament, unless otherwise stated.
23.1.4 If we offer a market on a political position, for example next Prime Minister or
next Speaker, then bet settlement will be based on the next person to permanently fill
the role. Interim / temporary appointments will not count for settlement purposes,
unless otherwise stated.
23.1.5 If there is a merger of two or more of the listed parties, or parties / candidates
agree to run together prior to an election, then bets on markets involving those parties, which have been struck prior to the announcement, will be void.
23.1.6 Seat totals for each party will be settled as declared by the agency in charge of organizing, conducting and supervising the election, following the declaration of all seats.
23.1.7 When betting is offered on Next Party Leaders/Next Prime Minister/ Next
President or equivalent, odds are offered based on "all in, run or not" unless otherwise stated. No stakes will be refunded for reasons of ineligibility, failure to stand, withdrawal, or any other eventuality
23.2 Resulting & Settlement of Markets
23.2.1 All Politics markets will be resulted according to the Rules set out inSection23.1 and as officially declared by the relevant official government body.
23.3 Maximum Payouts
US Federal Elections - £50,000
UK General Elections - £50,000
All other politics markets - £10,000
Markets
23.4 Next Leader Markets
23.4.1 You are betting on the next permanent Leader of the nominated party.
23.4.2 All markets offered on Next Leader/Next Prime Minister/Next President or
equivalent are offered on an "all in, run or not" basis unless otherwise stated. No stakes will be refunded for reasons of ineligibility, failure to stand, withdrawal, or any other eventuality.
23.4.3 "Temporary" or "caretaker" leaders installed in advance of any scheduled
leadership contest or official selection process will not count. The winner of any such
election or process will count as the "Next Leader", irrespective.
23.4.4 "Next Prime Minister" will always be settled as whomever takes up the office,
even in advance of a party leadership contest.
23.4.5 If a Presidential election is delayed for any reason, all bets will stand if an
election is held within six months of the original scheduled polling day.
U.K Politics
23.5 General Election – Most Seats Markets
23.5.1 The Speaker and the Northern Ireland seats do not count. In the event of a tie
Dead Heat Rules will be applied. For the avoidance of doubt, Northern Ireland seats fall under the ‘Any other Party’ selection.
23.5.2 Dabble may delay settlement of any relevant markets until the final result is
known and sanctioned by the relevant electoral commission or ratifying authority.
23.5.3 Vote Share markets will apply to Great British seats only (excludes Northern
Ireland) unless otherwise specified.
23.6 Majority Markets
23.6.1 You are betting on the party to win overall majority. For a winner to be declared
they must win over half the UK constituencies contested.
23.6.2 The Speaker will not count for the totals of any parties.
23.6.3 Any seats won in Northern Ireland will not count for Labour, Conservatives or
Liberal Democrat party totals. Candidates running under the Labour Co-Op or
equivalent affiliations will count for the respective parties.
23.7 Constituency Markets
All markets are for the next General Election unless otherwise specified.
23.7.1 Dabble may delay settlement of any relevant markets until the final result is
known.US Politics
23.8 Next President Markets
You are betting on the Presidential Candidate declared at the completion of the vote
count.
23.8.1 This market will be resulted when either of the following occur-
• All vote recounts that may alter the outcome have been completed
• A concession by the Opposition Candidate
23.8.2 This market is offered on an ‘all-in’ basis and candidates may be added to the
market at any time
23.9 Party & Vice-Presidential Nominees Markets
You are betting on the candidate that is nominated to run for the Presidency or Vice
Presidency.
23.9.1 These markets will be settled on the nominees as declared at the Party
Conventions in the election year or any equivalent process should the standard
convention not take place.