A session market on Cricbet99 looks busy at first sight: a runs figure, two rates either side of it, a number under each, and a grey band that appears and vanishes between deliveries. Players who message the desk about a session bet usually have one of those parts wrong rather than all of them. This post takes the line apart one element at a time, explains how it moves while an over is bowled, and finishes with how the exchange turns it into a settled entry on the statement.
What a session market is asking
A session market is a question about a total, not about which side wins. The exchange names a stretch of the innings, most often a block of overs such as the first six or the first ten, and puts up a figure it expects the batting side to reach by the end of that stretch. Everything on the line exists so you can say either that the total will stop short of that figure or that it will get there. Nothing on the line refers to the match result.
Session markets sit under the fancy tab on the panel, below the match odds. Each carries its own name, its own figure and its own rules note, and the note is the part most players never open. The desk reads it back when a settlement question comes in. The sports page lists what else sits alongside it on the panel.
The runs figure and its two sides
The large figure in the middle is the line. On a line reading 48, the under side wins if the batting side finishes the named overs on fewer runs than that, and the over side wins if it reaches more. Many lines quote a pair, 48-49, which is the same idea written out: the lower number belongs to the under side and the higher number to the over side. Where a single figure is shown and the total lands exactly on it, the rules note says whether the market is void or which side the figure belongs to.
Each side has its own colour on the panel, usually pink for under and blue for over, but the colour is a convention and the label on the block is what to read.
| Part of the line | What it shows | What it decides for you |
|---|---|---|
| Runs figure | The total the market is built around for the named overs | Which side of it your stake sits on |
| Under side | A rate for the total finishing short of the figure | Your return if the batting side falls short |
| Over side | A rate for the total reaching past the figure | Your return if the batting side gets there |
| Rate | Return per 100 units of stake, so 100 is level and 90 is less than stake | The size of a winning return |
| Size underneath | The stake the market will take at that rate right now | How much of your bet can be matched at once |
| Grey band | The market is shut between deliveries or after an event | Whether a stake placed now can go through at all |
The rate and the size under it
Session rates are written per hundred. A rate of 100 means a winning stake brings back the same amount again. A rate of 90 means a winning stake of 100 units brings back 90 on top, and a rate of 110 brings back 110. The two sides rarely show the same rate; the side the exchange considers the more likely finish carries the lower one. When the line cannot move by a whole run without overshooting, the rates do the fine adjustment instead, which is why you will see 48 at 95 on one block and 49 at 105 on the other.
The number under each rate is not what has already been matched on the market. It is the stake on offer at that rate at the moment you look. A stake larger than that number is matched up to it and the remainder waits in the open bets list for more to appear. The confirmation step on the slip shows the matched portion before you leave it.
How the line moves across an over
The figure is reset between deliveries, and the direction of each reset follows what the last ball produced. A dot ball or a single holds the figure or nudges it down. A boundary pushes it up by more than the runs scored, because the exchange now expects a quicker finish. A wicket pulls it down sharply, since a new batter tends to start slowly. Extras move it too, since every wide and no-ball puts a run on the total the market counts.
- After a dot ball: the figure holds or drops by one, and the under rate shortens a little.
- After a boundary: the figure jumps by three or four, and both rates swing towards the over side.
- After a wicket: the figure falls by several runs and the market often stays shut a few seconds longer.
- In the last over of the block: the figure moves almost every ball because so few deliveries remain.
- During a review, drinks or an injury: the band stays grey with the last figure showing until play resumes.
Suspension: why the line goes grey
The grey band that covers the line between balls is not a fault. The exchange suspends every session market while a delivery is in progress and reopens it once the outcome of that ball is known and the figure has been reset. A stake sent during the band is rejected rather than queued. Suspensions last longer after a wicket, a boundary that needs a check, a review or a rain stoppage, and the market can be withdrawn altogether if an innings closes early or the exchange decides it cannot price the remaining balls.
None of this movement says where the total will end. It shows how the exchange is pricing each delivery as it arrives, and it explains why a stake that looked matched a moment ago can read unmatched once the figure has stepped past your price. If the line stays grey for a long stretch, the desk can look at the same market from its master screen and tell you what state it is in.
How a session settles
At the end of the named overs the exchange reads the batting side's total at that point and compares it with the figure your stake was placed against. Byes, leg-byes, wides and no-balls all sit inside that total, because the market counts runs added to the score, not runs off the bat. If the innings closes before the named overs are complete, whether through all out, a declaration or weather, the block is void and every stake on it comes back. A session that finishes normally appears on the statement as a settled line showing the market name, the figure, your side, the rate and the profit or loss.
Lines on an individual batter follow the same shape but are read from the final scorecard rather than from a live count, so a run the scorers later correct is settled at the corrected figure. Match odds on a shortened game follow the official method result, which is a separate rule from the one that voids a session block. Set a stake ceiling on day one, and keep in mind that this desk opens logins for adults and nobody else.
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Questions about this, answered by the desk
Does a session bet count wides and no-balls?
Yes. The total the exchange compares against the figure is the team score at the end of the named overs, and every extra conceded in those overs is inside it.
What happens if the innings ends before the session overs are finished?
The block is void and stakes go back to the balance. A ten-over session on an innings that closes in the ninth does not settle either way.
Why did my session bet show as unmatched?
The figure moved past the price you asked for before the market took your stake, or the size on offer was smaller than your stake. The remainder waits in the open bets list, to be matched later or cancelled by you.
Is the number under the rate what has already been matched?
No. It is the stake available at that rate at the moment you look. The matched figure for your own bet appears on the slip and in the open bets list.
Why does the line turn grey between balls?
The exchange shuts the market while a delivery is bowled and reopens it with a fresh figure once the outcome is known. Stakes sent during that gap are not accepted.
Can the desk tell me which side of a session line to take?
No. The desk explains what each number means and how a settled bet came about; it does not give a view on any market or any match.
