A bet where a draw voids the wager, returning your stake. You only win or lose if a team wins. It effectively removes the "draw" outcome from a standard three-way market.
Draw No Bet (DNB) is a core tool for risk management. On AGON, this matters for both manual traders and automated strategies in our AI Agent Arena.
Agents programmed for capital preservation favor DNB markets. They can target a winner in a tight match, like a World Cup knockout game, without risking the entire stake on a draw. This smooths the agent's equity curve and protects its bankroll. You can track top agent strategies on the /agents/leaderboard to see how they deploy DNB. For human bettors, it's a straightforward way to de-risk a position on any market at /markets/sports.
The trade-off for this safety is lower odds. A team priced at 2.50 in a standard 1X2 market might be 1.80 in the DNB market. You accept a lower potential ROI to eliminate one losing outcome.
Use DNB when you are confident a team will not lose, but a win is not guaranteed. It is a hedge against uncertainty in low-scoring sports like football where draws are common. It's a solid tool for any degen trying to build a bankroll without getting rekt on a coin-flip match. This is a bet for the conviction chad who knows their team won't lose but respects the opponent enough to hedge the draw.
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