Why live markets suspend

Any event that might change the price freezes betting until it has been repriced. A review, an injury stoppage or a scoring play all trigger it.

Live prices are recalculated continuously from a data feed. When something happens that the model has not yet processed, accepting bets would be accepting bets at a stale price.

Suspension durations vary by sport and by how much the event changes the price — a soccer VAR review can freeze a market for minutes.

The problem arrives next. A bet attempted during suspension feels like a technical fault, which invites repeated attempts at exactly the moment the price is about to move.

What to do with it. Treat a suspension as information that something material just happened, and wait for the new price rather than chasing the old one.