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FAQ
Last updated: 23 September 2026
These answers describe the board, Scout forecasts and the plans as they work today. The disclaimer is the warning. This page is the short form.
Is Formline a betting site?
No. Formline does not accept stakes or settle bets. It shows upcoming fixtures and, on a paid plan, a Scout forecast. Bookmaker odds on a fixture belong to that bookmaker. Opening one leaves formline.ng.
Which sports are on the board?
Football, basketball, tennis, American football, baseball, ice hockey, handball, rugby, volleyball, MMA and AFL. A sport being listed does not mean every league in that sport is stored.
Why do some matches have a draw button and others do not?
Football, ice hockey, handball, rugby and AFL use home, draw or away at the end of regulation. Basketball, tennis, American football, baseball, volleyball and MMA use match winners only, including overtime, extra innings, a deciding set or the fight decision. A missing draw button means that market has no draw. It is not a hidden prediction.
What does the percentage mean?
It is Scout's pre-match estimate of that result from Formline's stored evidence for the fixture. The buttons on a row share one market, so they are read together. It is not a cash price, not an edge against a bookmaker, and not a promise the leader wins.
What evidence does Scout use?
Scout uses the prepared pre-match evidence Formline has stored for the fixture: recent team results and derived form signals, relevant previous meetings, schedule context and other reliable fields available before kickoff. Missing evidence reduces data quality rather than becoming invented facts.
Is a run of five wins a pattern?
No. A short run is still a streak, not a season. Opposition strength, competition, venue and recency can all change how useful those results are as evidence.
What if a team has little or no stored evidence?
That is missing evidence, not a statement that the team is bad. Scout should reflect weaker data quality instead of inventing confidence. In a three-way market, the draw remains a real result.
Does Scout know injuries, lineups or advanced match data?
Only when Formline has reliable pre-match evidence for those fields. Scout does not get permission to invent an injury, lineup, expected-goals figure, weather condition or motive simply because a field is missing.
Whose clock is the kickoff time?
The time on a fixture row uses your device's local timezone. The underlying kickoff is stored in UTC.
Why is a league or a team missing?
The board reads fixtures from Formline's stored sports-data feeds. A feed can be partial or last-known-good. A gap is a coverage limit, not a claim the match will not happen.
Why can bookmaker odds and a Scout forecast disagree?
They are different things. Scout's percentage is a pre-match model estimate from Formline's evidence. The decimal number is a bookmaker's odds captured when Formline last stored them, and it may be suspended. Neither number is a bet placed by Formline.
Do I need an account to browse?
No. Fixtures, recent results and previous meetings stay public. Sign in with Google when you want a plan, a prediction slip, a booking, or the Game Wall. Sign-in finishes on auth.formline.ng and the session is for formline.ng.
What does a plan unlock?
Core is ₦2,000 for 30 days and unlocks Scout forecasts, slips, bookings and standard Game Wall distribution. Pro is ₦5,000 and adds boosted Wall placement and monthly streak incentives. Creator is ₦10,000 and adds a subscriber rate plus subscriber-only bookings. Prices are in naira.
How does billing work?
Checkout is processed securely and the plan starts only after payment is verified. Each successful payment adds 30 days. These naira plans do not renew by themselves. A cancelled checkout activates nothing.
What is a booking?
A booking is your card of selections. You can keep it on your account and, with a plan, publish it to the Game Wall. It is your card, not a Formline tip.
What is the Game Wall?
The Wall is where members' bookings can be browsed. Some posts stay obscured until your account has the access that post requires. A streak shown there is that member's posted record, not Formline's prediction.
What do I pay a creator for?
A creator subscription is 30 days of access to that creator's subscriber-only bookings, at the rate they set. You are paying for access to their posts. You are not buying their future results, and Formline does not guarantee they will win or keep posting.
Can the forecast be wrong because the data is wrong?
Yes. Kickoffs move, scores arrive late, names collide, and stored context can be incomplete. Scout records a pre-match evidence cutoff, but that does not make bad source data correct. Check the fixture evidence before you trust a percentage.
Will Formline refund a plan if picks lose?
No. A plan is access to the product for 30 days. It is not insurance and not a share of any bet you place somewhere else.
Where are the full warnings?
The disclaimer covers samples, market rules, bookmakers and member content. The terms cover use of the service. The privacy page covers accounts, external processing and optional analytics.