War of Bets Live: Our Review, How and Where to Play

Every round of War of Bets starts with open betting and no cards on the table. The three main betting options are Player, Banker, and War.

Bets on the Player win if the Player position draws the higher card, and vice versa for the Banker. Bets on the ‘War’ position win if both cards are of the same rank. If the outcome of a round is a War (draw), both Player and Banker bets lose.

At this point, both Player and Banker have equal odds of winning. Both offer standard payouts of 2.05, which translates to a 1.05:1 payout. War pays 12:1 by default.

Apart from the standard Player/Banker/War bets, the other betting options you have at your disposal are betting on the colour of any of the cards, betting on the suit, and betting on different outcomes tied to the value of the cards. The betting odds can be seen next to the name of the bet, along with a star symbol that can be used to create your own “favourites” category. Most side bets in War of Bets are pretty self-explanatory. You can find a list of all available options on the Paytable below.

Things get a lot more interesting once the host deals the first card. The Player position always draws the first card, which is seen face-up.

Once that happens, a new round of betting opens. Players now have a chance to place any available bets again, with no limitations. You can bet on the same position you did in the Primary round, you can bet on the opposite result, or any other combination.

There is one crucial difference, though – the betting odds are different this time around. The face-up card on the player position is known to everyone, which changes the odds and probabilities of all wagers in War of Bets. All of the payouts are re-calculated and offered to reflect those changes.

For example, let’s say the Player position draws a Four. As per the rules of the game, a Four is a relatively weak card. The chances of Player winning with a four are quite low – much lower than the 50/50 chances it had before any cards were drawn. In this case, the betting odds on Player bets will increase, meaning you will win much more if you bet on it at this stage. However, your chances of winning are also considerably smaller. Conversely, the odds for the Banker to win will decrease compared to the original 2.05 because the Banker is much more likely to win.

Remember, betting odds are inversely proportional to their probability of winning. The riskier a bet is, the more you stand to win by betting on it, and so the odds increase.

The same principle of dynamic betting odds is applied to all bets in War of Bets.

Once the second betting period ends, the presenter deals a card to Banker. The Banker and Player cards are compared, and the side with a higher-value card wins.

All payouts are calculated based on the type of bet you made and the moment in which you made it. Let’s return to the example from the previous step to explain how this works.

Let’s say you make a Player bet in the Primary round at odds of 2.05. The odds on Player bets in our example increase in the second round of betting, let’s say to 4.00. If Player wins, you will win a payout of 2.05 because those are the odds you accepted. If you made the same bet in the second round of betting with 4.00 odds, that would be the payout you receive.

Once all wagers are settled, the game round ends and the next one begins.