Daily Lineups Basketball: How to play, rules, formats, scoring, prizes

With bet365's free-to-play Daily Lineups game, build your lineup, earn points and compete against others on the leaderboard for a chance at bonus bets and cash prizes.

Continue reading to learn how to play, rules, format, scoring and prizes for our free-to-play game.

To access the Daily Lineups site, you can either visit the sportsbook homepage or click the link provided in your email.

Daily Lineups only available to customers residing in AZ/CO/LA/NJ/OH/PA/VA.

Jump ahead to each section here:

• How to play
• Rules
• Format
• Scoring
• Prizes

How to play Daily Lineups Basketball

Users must be logged in with a verified bet365 account to play. Once logged in, click on ‘Daily Lineups’ along the sidebar (desktop) or within the sports list (app), and select a sport and competition.

Click 'Basketball' to view and play all games available for that day.

Then, it is time to select your lineup. Your team must fall within budget and positional requirements. Once your lineup is final, click the green ‘Participate’ button to enter the competition.

Daily Lineups Basketball formats

Classic – Used for Tournaments involving multiple games

Showdown – Used for Tournaments involving a single game

Daily Lineups Basketball rules

Classic

• Team must consist of 8 players (1 PG, 1 SG, 1 SF, 1 PF, 1 C, 1 G, 1 F, 1 UTIL)
• You can have up to 3 players from the same team
• 1 entry per user
• Free to play

Showdown

• Team must consist of 6 players (up to 5 players from same team, no position restrictions)
• Captain role is enabled. Captains cost 1.5x more and score 1.5x more points.
• 1 entry per user
• Free to play

If a game goes to overtime, points scored in overtime count the same as in regular time.

If a game is interrupted, postponed, or cancelled, the Tournament may be cancelled and entries made void.

A Tournament will get cancelled if:

• At least 33% of the games in a Tournament are postponed
• At least 1 player from a postponed game is owned more than 40% of teams in Tournament

Daily Lineups Basketball scoring

Offense

Category	Points per
Point	1
3-Pointer Made	0.5
Rebound	1.25
Assist	1.5
Steal	2
Block	2
Turnover	-0.5
Double-Double	1.5
Triple-Double	3

A Double-double is when a player has 10 or more in two of the following stats categories: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, and Blocks.

A Triple-double is when a player has 10 or more in three of the following stats categories: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, and Blocks.

Each player can receive one of the Double-double & Triple-double bonuses.

Daily Lineups Basketball prizes

Users can win cash prizes or bonus bets by finishing at or near the top of the leaderboard. Prizes for each rank vary by competition format.