Rugby Draw No Bet
Draw No Bet does exactly what it says: it deletes the draw from a match-result bet. You back Home (DNB) or Away (DNB); if your team wins, the bet pays; if the game finishes level, your stake is refunded; only an outright loss costs you. It’s the match result with the riskiest third of the three outcomes taken out.
Rugby draws are rare — roughly one in every fifty to a hundred games — but they do happen, and when you’ve backed a team to win, a tied scoreline that should have been a near-miss instead loses the lot. DNB is the insurance against that. The cost is a slightly shorter price: a side at 1.49 to win outright sits near 1.42 on Draw No Bet, and that small gap is the premium you pay for the safety net.
Use it on the tight ones — a knife-edge Test, a derby in the wet — where a level result is genuinely on the cards. On a clear mismatch, you’re better served by the handicap, where the points line does more work than the draw protection ever will.
Place it on Scorebet, step by step
- 1Open the match and find Draw No Bet
Open a rugby fixture on Scorebet and scroll to the Draw No Bet section.
- 2Pick your team
Tap Home (DNB) or Away (DNB). A draw will refund your stake; a loss loses the bet.
- 3Stake and place
Enter your stake and tap Place a Bet.
Draw No Bet vs 1x2 — the trade-off
| Bet | Odds | Home win | Draw | Away win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x2 Away | 1.49 | Lose | Lose | Win |
| Away DNB | 1.42 | Lose | Refund | Win |
In rugby league, draws happen in well under 1% of games, so DNB offers more peace of mind than real value — handy on a genuinely tight, low-scoring fixture you expect to be close.
If a 20–20 result is a live possibility (a tight Test or a wet derby), the small price drop for stake protection can be worth taking.
Frequently asked
What happens to my Draw No Bet if the rugby match is drawn?
Your stake is refunded in full. Draw No Bet removes the draw as a losing outcome — you win if your team wins, you get your money back if it's level, and you only lose if your team loses.
Why are Draw No Bet odds lower than the straight win?
Because the draw can no longer cost you. That safety net is priced in, so a team at 1.49 to win outright might be about 1.42 on Draw No Bet — the small drop is the insurance premium.
Is Draw No Bet just a handicap of zero in disguise?
Effectively yes — backing a team on DNB is the same outcome as a 0-point handicap, where a level result returns the stake rather than settling as a win or loss. The two markets price almost identically because they cover the exact same three scenarios. If you ever see a meaningful gap between a team's DNB price and its 0-line handicap, take whichever is longer — they should pay you the same.
Why does Draw No Bet barely move the price in a rugby union mismatch?
The DNB discount only reflects how likely a draw is, and in a one-sided union game a tie is so improbable that the insurance is nearly worthless — so the price sits a whisker below the straight win. You are paying a tiny premium to protect against an outcome that almost never comes. DNB earns its keep on genuinely tight, low-scoring fixtures, not on blowouts where the handicap does the real work.