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Lawn bowls betting in Morocco: singles, pairs and the indoor circuit
Lawn bowls is played with a bowl that is weighted off-centre. It cannot run straight: released along a curve, it bends back in the last metres towards the jack, the small white target ball, and the whole game lies in reading that curve. Pétanque and boule lyonnaise use unbiased balls and answer to other federations, so they are different sports and are not covered here. A game is divided into ends; once every bowl has come to rest, only the side with the bowl nearest the jack scores, one shot for each of its bowls lying closer than the best bowl of the other side.
Nothing in the season is played in Morocco; the calendar runs through the United Kingdom and Australia, with the Commonwealth Games every four years, and this page is the view from Morocco onto it. Under the text, 1xBet lists the competitions already priced, from the professional indoor circuit to the Australian franchise league, with the pre-match markets of every match.
Four bowls, 21 shots, nine ends: the formats behind the scoreboard 🎯
In singles each player delivers four bowls per end, and the first to 21 shots wins, or to 25 in some events. Pairs, triples and fours are team games in which the tournament rules fix the bowls per player and the number of ends. The professional indoor circuit, the World Bowls Tour of the Professional Bowls Association, counts in sets instead: a set is nine ends and goes to the side with more shots across them, and when the two sets are shared, a three-end tie-break settles the match. The Bowls Premier League, run by Bowls Australia, goes shorter still: twelve club franchises play pairs, three bowls per player, two sets of five ends, a single-end tie-break, and a shot clock of 30 seconds on every delivery.
Surfaces differ as well. The professional tour is played indoors on carpet; World Bowls championships and the Commonwealth Games have traditionally been outdoor events on grass, and Glasgow 2026 became the first Games to move the sport indoors.
Reading the Bowls line: tournament, match, market 🔎
The line is sorted by tournament first: the world indoor championship, the Bowls Premier League and the World Bowls events each open as a separate entry. Inside a tournament the matches follow the order of play, each with its start time in Rabat time, and the match card carries the markets, written in the unit of that format, shots for a game to 21, sets and ends for the indoor circuit. Outright markets on the tournament winner sit in their own tab without a start time. When the first bowl of a match is delivered, its card leaves this section for live. The rest of the pre-match programme is built the same way, sport by sport.
Bet | The question on the card | What decides it |
|---|---|---|
Match winner | Who wins the game, whether it is counted in shots or in sets | The final scoreboard |
Handicap, in shots or sets | Does your side still win after the handicap is added to its score | The final score with the handicap applied |
Total shots or ends | Over or under the posted number, for one set or the whole match | The actual count when the last bowl stops |
Correct score in sets | 2–0, or 2–1 after a tie-break | The set count at the end |
Tie-break, yes or no | Will the match need the extra ends | The score after the second set |
First end | Which side scores on the opening end | That end alone |
Tournament winner | The champion, the beaten finalist, the Bowls Premier League title, medals at the Games or the World Championship | The final |
On the indoor circuit two of these markets read each other: a 2–1 correct score exists only with a tie-break, and a 2–0 rules one out. A handicap in a game to 21 is written in shots, so −2.5 asks your player to win by three or more, while +2.5 survives a defeat by two. Totals ignore the winner altogether and simply add the shots of both sides, or count the ends played.
Season 2026/27 in Rabat time: Ocean Grove, Potters, Leamington Spa 📅
The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 23 July to 2 August 2026, ran a shortened programme of singles and pairs only at the SEC Centre; the men's singles gold went to Sam Tolchard ahead of Izzat Dzulkeple, and Australia's two golds came in the para pairs. With Morocco on GMT for the whole year since 20 September 2026, the last column gives the hour in Rabat.
Event | Dates | Venue | In Rabat |
|---|---|---|---|
World Singles Champion of Champions, for national singles champions | 06–10.10.2026 | Barham, New South Wales | Morning or night |
Hong Kong International Bowls Classic | 07–15.11.2026 | Hong Kong | See the card |
Bowls Premier League, 24th edition | 09–13.11.2026 | Ocean Grove, Victoria; the Geelong Jets defend, Gary Kelly now bowls for the Sydney Saints | Morning or night |
World Indoor Bowls Championships, 29th time at Potters | January 2027, dates to come | Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk | Same hour, or nearly |
World Bowls Championship, outdoors, every four years | 20.07–01.08.2027 | Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa | Same hour, or nearly |
Leamington Spa will hold the outdoor World Championship for twelve days with 27 or more nations, the first edition in the northern hemisphere since 2004. The Bowls Premier League packs its twelve franchises into five days at Ocean Grove, whereas the 2026 edition of the world indoor championship ran from 9 to 25 January.
Live from the first end, then the phone and the dirham 📱
Once the opening end is under way, the match continues on the live lawn bowls page, where the winner, the current set and the total are repriced after every end that is scored, and the tie-break market stays open as long as the event allows. On a phone the same card scrolls end by end, and a set change leaves time to place a coupon. Balances are held in Moroccan dirhams (MAD) and topped up with Lbankalik, CIH, Cash Plus, Attijari or Al Barid; a first-time visitor opens an account with 1xBet before the next session at Potters.
Snooker next door: another indoor sport read frame by frame 🎱
Snooker is the closest neighbour of lawn bowls on the line: an indoor sport of touch, scored in frames as bowls is scored in ends and sets, with a calendar that also has its biggest dates in Britain. Its tournaments are filed on the snooker page of the pre-match line, and whatever has already started, in either sport, is gathered on the in-play page for every sport.
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Lawn bowls from Morocco: questions before the first bowl
What is a Power Play in the Bowls Premier League?
An end in which every shot scored counts double. The rule belongs to the Bowls Premier League and applies inside its pairs matches.
Who is the skip?
The captain of a pair, a triple or a four. The skip bowls last in every end, after the rest of the team.
Is Morocco a member of World Bowls?
No. World Bowls has 84 member federations, 11 of them in Africa, and Morocco is not among them; there is no domestic event to follow, so every tournament on this page is played abroad.
Who won the titles at the 2026 world indoor championship?
The event ran from 9 to 25 January 2026 at Potters. Robert Paxton beat Paul Foster in the open singles final after three tie-break ends; the women's singles went to Katherine Rednall, the open pairs to the Scottish pair Foster and Marshall, and the mixed pairs to Jamie Walker of England with Chloe Wilson of Northern Ireland.
Does the 2026 European Championship count towards the 2027 World Championship?
Yes. It is played from 19 to 26 September 2026 at Llandrindod Wells in Wales and awards places for the outdoor World Championship of 2027; England is not taking part.