Event statuses

Michael Kent
2024-12-04T18:28:45Z

Status | Description

Created

Business-case: event is created, is shown in event's list, available in trading line, trading started for Prematch

Markets for Prematch trading are available (Live-markets could become available few minutes prior to expected start-time)

Scoreboards are not available yet (match is not started yet, thus scores are absent).

Started

Business-case: event has started (start-time of event came), trading started for Live

Markets for Live trading are available, Prematch markets are not available any more

Scoreboards: receiving of scoreboards is started for Prematch and Live markets
Sometimes, as corner cases, scoreboards could be received prior to match start - depending on Sport (e.g. for market "Server" in Cricket)

Paused

Business-case: this status could be at scheduled break in the match (according to the event regulations) or short breaks based on referee decision
For some corner cases event's status still could be as Started

Markets for Live are available

Scoreboards: no scoreboards are updated by score changes, as match is paused. Updating of scores will continue to be provided after match resuming

Finished

Business-case: match is completed based on schedule (according to the event regulations)
In corner cases, by referee's decision - event's status may change (e.g. to Started)

Markets are not available any more

Scoreboards have been provided, as all event's markets resulted

Retired

Business-case: refusal of one of the participants (team, player, couple) to continue the match. Competitor could refuse from match before event's start ("walkover")

Markets are not available any more

Scoreboards: are available only scoreboards, created before competitor's refusal from the event. Only they have been provided.
Thus, settlement is available: either based on already received scoreboards, or via Return (for markets, which were not resulted yet before competitor's refusal, and scoreboards will not be provided)

Abandoned

Business-case: "Coverage lost" for any reason (electricity, connection, etc)

Markets - are not available any more

Scoreboards - are available only scoreboards, created before coverage lost. Only they have been provided.
Thus, settlement is available: either based on already received scoreboards, or via Return (for markets, which were not resulted yet before competitor's refusal, and scoreboards will not be provided)

Interrupted

Business-case: break in the match due to external circumstances (e.g.: rain for Tennis). Supposedly event to be continued

Availability of markets is not guaranteed (depending on data-source)

Scoreboards: no scoreboards are provided, as match is interrupted. Scoreboards will continue to be provided after match resuming
If event was not resumed during predefined time (depends on each Sport, up to few days for Tennis) - all non-resulted markets could be settled as Return

Cancelled

Business-case: match cancellation for all other reasons, mostly before event start-time (incl. technical reasons - odds/competitors are incorrectly provided)

Markets are not available

Scoreboards are not available, all settlements are done via Return

Postponed

Business-case - event's start-time was rescheduled

Markets - are available for Prematch (Live-markets could become available few minutes prior to expected start-time)

Scoreboards are not available yet (match is not started yet, thus scores are absent)

Main lifecycle scenarios for Event:

Created → Started → Finished

Created → Started → Paused → Finished

Created → Started → Finished → Started → Finished

Created → Started → Retired

Created → Started → Interrupted→ Started → Finished

Created → Postponed → Started → Finished

Created → Started → Abandoned

Created → Cancelled

FROM ↓ | | | | | | | | |
TO → | Created | Started | Paused | Finished | Retired | Abandoned | Interrupted | Cancelled | Postponed
Created | | -> | | | | | | -> | ->
Started | | | -> | -> | -> | -> | -> | |
Paused | | | | -> | | | | |
Finished | | -> | | | | | | |
Retired | | | | | | | | |
Abandoned | | | | | | | | |
Interrupted | | -> | | | | | | |
Cancelled | | | | | | | | |
Postponed | | -> | | | | | | |