ID and account terms
- Online cricket ID
- Your login for one betting exchange, issued by the desk after a short WhatsApp chat and tied to your mobile number. It holds a balance and opens the markets on that exchange. The online cricket ID page covers the model in full.
- Exchange
- A platform where users bet against each other rather than against the house, with back and lay on every market. Skyexchange, Laser247, Lotus365, 11xplay and Reddybook are the five we cover. The compare page sets them side by side.
- Desk
- The WhatsApp team that issues IDs, arranges deposits and withdrawals and answers questions. One desk serves every exchange on this site. You say which exchange you want in the first message.
- Demo ID
- A practice login with play balance, requested from the desk, that shows the real screens without real money. Useful for learning the layout before a live ID. See the demo cricket ID page.
- Login ID
- The username part of your credentials, as the desk typed it in the chat. Enter it exactly, capitals included. A login that fails is usually this field, not the password.
- Registered mobile number
- The number you messaged the desk from when the ID was issued. It is the anchor for your account. Keep using it for every later message so your history stays in one place.
- Balance
- The funds on one ID after deposits, withdrawals and settled positions. Each exchange ID has its own balance. Money does not move between exchanges on its own.
Market terms
- Back
- A bet that an outcome will happen. Back a team to win and you profit if it does. This is the side most people already understand from ordinary betting.
- Lay
- A bet that an outcome will not happen. You take the other side of someone's back bet and act as the bookmaker for that position. Laying is what makes an exchange an exchange. The back and lay guide shows both sides on one over.
- Odds
- The price a market is showing, set by what other users are willing to back or lay at. On an exchange the odds move as positions are matched, not because the house changed them.
- Match odds
- The main market on a fixture: which side wins. Back and lay prices are shown for each team, and for the draw where the format allows one.
- Session market
- A market on a slice of the match rather than the result, such as runs in a set of overs or runs off a particular bowler. Sometimes called a fancy. Prices move quickly and settle as soon as the slice is done.
- Stake
- The amount you put on a back bet, or the amount the backer is putting on when you lay. Your own risk on a lay is the liability, not the stake.
- Liability
- What you stand to lose on a lay bet if the outcome you laid does happen. It depends on the odds you laid at, which is why laying at long prices ties up more of your balance.
- Exposure
- The most you could lose across all positions you currently hold on a market or an ID, shown as a figure against your balance. It rises when you lay and falls when you cover.
- Matched and unmatched
- A matched bet has found someone on the other side and is live. An unmatched bet is waiting at the price you asked for and can be cancelled. Check which state a bet is in before you assume you're on.
- Settlement
- The moment a market is decided and balances are updated. Match odds settle at the end of the game. Session markets settle when the overs or the slice they cover are complete.
- Void
- A market or bet cancelled with stakes returned, usually because the event did not go ahead as listed. The exchange decides voids; the desk can tell you what the exchange has said about a specific one.
Money terms
- Deposit
- Money added to your ID. Arranged in the chat: the desk sends payment details, you pay and send a screenshot, the desk credits the balance. The deposits and withdrawals page walks through it.
- Withdrawal
- Money taken out of your ID and sent to your account. Requested in the chat with your ID and the amount. If one sits longer than you expected, the late withdrawal guide lists the usual reasons.
- UPI
- The instant payment system most readers use to deposit. You pay to the UPI ID the desk gives you in the chat, then send the success screenshot.
- UTR or reference number
- The long unique number on a completed UPI or bank payment. The desk matches your money to your ID with it, so it must stay visible in any screenshot. The screenshot guide shows where it sits.
- Bank transfer
- The other usual deposit route, paid to account details the desk sends in the chat. Same rules: complete the payment, capture the reference, send it with your ID.
- Credit
- The desk's act of adding your deposit to the balance, confirmed in the chat with the ID and the amount. Check your balance after the confirmation, not before.
- Minimum deposit
- The smallest amount an exchange accepts as a deposit. It differs between exchanges and changes over time, so we do not print it. The desk confirms the current figure in the chat.
- Payment details
- The UPI ID or bank account the desk asks you to pay to. Given fresh in each conversation. Paying to details from an old chat is a common cause of a delayed credit.
Safety terms
- OTP
- A one-time password sent by your bank, your UPI app or a website. The desk never asks for one. Anyone who does is not the desk. The official channels page explains how to check who you're talking to.
- Password
- The second half of your credentials. The desk issued it and does not need it back, for any reason. Nobody managing a deposit, a withdrawal or a login problem needs it either.
- Copycat site
- A website built to look like an exchange or like this site, usually on a similar domain, that collects logins or payments. The safety page and the copycat guide cover the signs.
- Fake desk
- A WhatsApp number that messages you first, claims to issue IDs or fix credits, and asks for a PIN, an OTP, a password or a payment to new details. The real desk does not open conversations and does not ask for those.
- Official channel
- A contact route this site publishes and stands behind. Right now that is the WhatsApp desk and the site email. Anything else claiming to be us should be checked against that page first.
The three things the desk never asks for
A password, an OTP, a UPI PIN. Not when issuing an ID, not when crediting a deposit, not when chasing a withdrawal. If you meet any other word in a chat that ends with a request for one of these, the word doesn't matter; the request tells you who you're talking to. Check the number against the official channels page before you reply.
Platform terms
- Live casino
- Table games streamed with a live dealer inside the exchange, alongside the cricket markets. All five exchanges we cover have a live casino section. Balances are shared with the sports side on the same ID.
- Mobile access
- Using the exchange on a phone, through the browser or an app where the exchange offers one. The desk sends the current login link and any app notes in the chat. We don't print version numbers because they change.
- Limit
- A cap you set for yourself on deposits, time or losses before you start. Not something the exchange sets for you. The limits guide explains how we'd choose one and how to keep to it.
- Availability
- An exchange may or may not be able to issue you an ID at all, depending on where you are. The desk will say. Every exchange on this site is 18+ only, without exception.
A term we missed?
Tell the desk in the chat, or write through the contact page. This list grows from the questions readers actually ask, so a word that puzzled you will probably puzzle the next person too. If you'd like to see the market terms in action rather than in a list, the back and lay guide follows one over from first ball to settlement.