Last updated: 10 September 2026
Quick Answer: A $100 futures bet at +800 pays $800 in profit and returns $900 in total. That price implies an 11.11% chance of the outcome landing. Power.Win’s sportsbook rules call this market an Outright, not a futures bet, and rule 5.19 settles it as a loss if your selection never takes part.
One thing first, because the word is overloaded: this article is about sports outright markets, the bet on who wins a competition. It has nothing to do with financial futures contracts, and nothing here is about investing.
The payout is the easy part. What your stake is actually worth is decided by the settlement rules underneath it, and almost nobody reads those. Say you back a team in September on a competition that settles in January. What happens if that team’s best player is injured in November? What happens if two players finish level? What happens if you want your money back in December with a month still to run? Power.Win’s sportsbook rules answer all three.
What does a +800 futures bet pay on a $100 stake?
A price of +800 pays $800 in profit on a $100 stake and returns $900 once the ticket settles. Profit is eight times your stake. Total return is nine times your stake.
The $100 is a reference unit, not a minimum. The ratio holds whatever you stake.
| Stake | Profit at +800 | Total return |
|---|---|---|
| $10 | $80 | $90 |
| $25 | $200 | $225 |
| $50 | $400 | $450 |
| $100 | $800 | $900 |
| $250 | $2,000 | $2,250 |
Run that backwards and the price tells you what the sportsbook makes of the chances. A ticket that returns nine times your stake breaks even at one win in nine, which is an implied probability of 11.11%. That’s a price, not a forecast you can hold the sportsbook to.
The same price shows as 9.00 in decimal format.
What happens if your outright selection never takes part?
Your stake is lost. According to Rule 5.19, outright bets are considered all in run and “will be settled as a loss if the selection does not take part in the Event, unless otherwise stated”.
This is the most expensive lesson to learn late. On an all-in-run market, none of these bring your stake back: a withdrawal, an injury, a trade, a suspension, or a team that never qualifies for the tournament. The competition still runs and someone still lifts the trophy. Your selection simply isn’t there to be that someone, so your ticket settles like any other losing ticket. Single-event markets work the other way round: cancel the match and the bet voids and the stake comes back. An outright doesn’t void because your player walked away from it.
That “unless otherwise stated” matters: an individual market can set its own non-runner terms, and those override the default.
How a dead heat divides your stake
Rule 5.19 covers the level finish too, and it gives you the math rather than leaving it to interpretation: dead heat rules apply where there is more than one winner. Your stake is divided by the number of selections that tied. That portion settles as a win at the full price, and the remainder settles as a loss.
Run your $100 at +800 through it:
| Outcome | Stake settled as a win | Returned |
|---|---|---|
| Sole winner | $100 | $900 |
| Two-way tie | $50 | $450 |
| Three-way tie | $33.33 | $299.97 |
A two-way dead heat stings. The ticket returns $450 where a sole win would have returned $900. You’re still $350 up on your $100 stake. Even so, the number you had in your head was double what arrived.
What does Power.Win call a futures bet?
Power.Win doesn’t use the word “futures” anywhere in its sportsbook rules. The documented name for this market is “Outright” or “Place” as defined in 4.5.12.
That rule defines the market as a selection from a series of options, with your bet placed on that participant being victorious, or finishing within a specified position in the classification of the listed Event.
Read that definition closely, because it carries two products, not one:
- Outright — the selection has to win the event
- Place — the selection has to finish within a specified position in the classification
The same competitor name appears in both, but the two markets are not the same bet. A Place market on a field of contenders pays on a finishing position, so it prices shorter than the Outright on the same name. “Futures” is the American term for the category, and it is what people search for, which is why it is in the title of this article. When you are reading the terms that decide your ticket, the word to look for is Outright.
Both sit inside the Power.Win sportsbook alongside the single-event markets.
Can you cash out an outright bet before it settles?
Sometimes, and only if the sportsbook offers it. Rule 4.4.12 defines cash out as “an individual offer initiated by sportsbook, addressed to an End User” — an offer made to you specifically, not one with better terms. Accepting it ends the original bet and forms a new one.
Three things follow from that wording, and they are worth being precise about:
- It is an offer, not a right. Whether an offer reaches you at all sits with the sportsbook, which can change the offer over time, or decline to make one at all, without giving a reason. What sits with you is the answer to it: the offer to redeem a Bet can be both accepted and rejected by the End User. So you’re never forced to take a price you don’t like, and you can’t demand one that hasn’t been made.
- Accepting it replaces your bet. By selecting cash out, you confirm acceptance of new essential conditions. The original ticket terminates and a new one is fixed at the offered terms.
- The rules do not treat outrights separately. Rule 4.4.12 says cash out rates can be offered for both prematch and for live betting, and nowhere in the document is there a separate outright cash-out rule. So on any individual long-run market, check the ticket itself for availability instead of assuming it.
When does an outright bet actually settle?
Outrights settle when the result is declared, not when it becomes obvious. The rules are explicit in the part related to golf: rule 23.8.3 settles all outright bets on the player awarded the trophy, and the result of playoffs is taken into account.
The same rule covers a tournament cut short. If the number of holes is reduced for any reason, bad weather among them, outright bets other than “First round leader” bets, placed prior to the final completed round, are settled on the player awarded the trophy.
That is golf’s own section, though, so read the section covering the sport you’re betting on rather than carrying the golf wording across. What the golf wording does show is the shape of the question to ask: settlement follows the official result, so the competition’s rules decide who is declared the winner. A playoff that separates two players isn’t a dead heat, it’s a decided event with one winner. A finish that stays level is what triggers rule 5.19 above.
What should you check before you place an outright?
Check the terms that decide how your ticket settles, not just the market it sits in. An outright locks your stake up for weeks or months, and the four checks below affect its value more than the price does.
| What to check | Where it is answered | Why it changes your ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Outright or Place? | Rule 4.5.12 | Win only, or a finishing position |
| Non-runner treatment | Rule 5.19 and the market’s own terms | All in run means no refund if your selection never appears |
| Dead heat division | Rule 5.19 | A two-way tie settles half your stake as a win |
| Settlement trigger | The sport’s section, for example 23.8.3 | Playoffs and shortened events resolve to the awarded result |
One more thing, and it isn’t in the rules at all: your stake leaves your balance the moment you place the bet, and on a losing ticket it never comes back. A winning one pays out when the result is declared, and the only exit before that is a cash-out offer you accept. Back something in September that settles in January and the money is out of reach for four months either way. Size the bet against that, not against the payout column.
This article deliberately doesn’t tell you which outrights to back. Prices move on information you don’t have. And a long price is a low probability by definition, not an opportunity in disguise.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does +800 pay on a $50 bet?
A $50 bet at +800 gives you $400 in profit and $450 back in total. The multiplier doesn’t shift with the size of your stake: your profit is your stake times 8, and your total return is your stake times 9. The $100 you see quoted everywhere is the reference unit American odds are written against, not a minimum you have to meet.
Does Power.Win offer futures bets?
You can place the bet, but you won’t find that word on it. Power.Win’s sportsbook rules document the market as “Outright” or “Place” under rule 4.5.12, where you back a participant to win an event or to finish within a specified position. “Futures” is the American term for the same group of markets, so search for it and you’re looking for an Outright.
What happens to an outright bet if a player withdraws?
You lose the stake. Rule 5.19 treats outright bets as all in run, so a selection that does not take part in the event settles as a loss, unless otherwise stated, and nothing is refunded to you. Check the market’s own terms before you place the bet, because a market that sets its own non-runner terms overrides that default.
Can you cash out an outright bet early?
Only if the sportsbook offers cash out on that ticket. Under rule 4.4.12 the offer comes from the sportsbook, and it can be withdrawn or re-priced whenever the sportsbook chooses, without any explanation owed to you. If you accept one, your original bet closes and a new one takes its place on the terms the offer sets.
Sources (Citations)
- Power.Win Sportsbook Rules — rules 4.4.12 (cash out), 4.5.12 (Outright and Place), 5.19 (all in run and dead heat division) and 23.8.3 (golf outright winner settlement), verified 10 September 2026
- Wolfram MathWorld, “Odds” — the ratio definition of betting odds and its correspondence to the probability of winning, which is what turns +800 into 11.11%
- The R&A, Rules of Golf, Rule 3: The Competition — how a competition winner is determined in stroke play, the official result that outright settlement follows
- National Council on Problem Gambling, Responsible Gaming — independent guidance on setting limits and recognizing warning signs
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Take the Lead, Gamble Responsibly
Knowing what +800 returns helps you size the ticket. It tells you nothing about whether the ticket wins — the 11.11% implied probability is the sportsbook saying this is a long shot. An outright locks your stake away for months, which makes it an easy bet to place without feeling the cost. Decide what a season of exposure is worth to you before you place it, and use the deposit limits, wagering limits and self-exclusion tools on the responsible gambling page. If it stops being fun, stop, and use the support options listed there.
By the Power.Win Editorial Team