What happens when a game is rescheduled for a different time on the same day? A different day in the same week? A future weekend? A future unspecified weekend tbd? If there is one lesson to take away from this exercise, it is to know the rules under which you’re betting. It turns out that the house rules vary wildly by location. But what happens to bets placed on those games?įor that answer, I reached out to the bookmakers at the South Point, Golden Nugget, and Caesars casinos in Las Vegas, as well as Bet Online, an offshore book.
Teams have protocols for long delays, and contracts are written to prepare for possible cancelations. Every year football games are canceled, rescheduled, or relocated due to extreme weather or other circumstances.