Frequently Asked Questions

Service FAQ

Message Setup
Account Preferences
My Scores

Message Setup

Based on which sport you choose, you will receive score updates by text message via SMS. The message will be sent to the mobile phone number that you provide in our subscription form. You should receive wireless messages as long as you are located within your wireless carrier's digital coverage area.

Most of the time you should receive a text message back from us seconds after event occurs. ScoresToSMS.com responds to your query instantly but sometimes there is latency in the wireless providers' networks, which might cause your results to be delayed.

Account Preferences

Personal Information

This is needed to ensure proper delivery of our correspondence in the future.

This is the gsm number of the device you will receive the scores to.
Choose Your Country: This selects the international dialing code for your country.
Network Prefix: This is the network prefix of your gsm operator/mobile carrier.
GSM Number: Please input only your gsm number, without network prefix and without any leading zeros, spaces, dots or dashes.
Confirmation Code: A 5 digit confirmation number will be sent to the gsm number, you have entered via SMS. You must input the confirmation number exactly as you will receive it back to the website.

This is the Email to SMS address you will receive the scores to. Click here for more details.
Change Address: Here you can change the Email To SMS address to which you want to receive the messages. Please confirm the address format with your mobile operator.
Confirmation Code: A 5 digit confirmation number will be sent to the Email to SMS address, you have entered. You must input the confirmation number exactly as you will receive it back to the website.

Note: Email-To-SMS address may require activation by your mobile carrier. Please ask your operator about this.

This is the maximum number of symbols a SMS could contain. Usually they are 160 symbols per message but some carriers have set lower values. The sms will be split or cut if it is larger than the length allowed by your carrier.
Example: If you have to receive an sms of 150 characters and are allowed 120 characters per sms only, the sms will be cut at the 120th symbol and the rest will be received as a new sms.
If it is Email to SMS the message will be cut at the 120th symbol and you will not receive the rest.

Here you can change your account password.

Sport: This is the sport that will load on the front page as default.
Time Zone: This is your time zone. When set correct all events will be converted to your time when the "My Time" button at the top left corner is pressed.
Odds Type: This is for the odd at the "Best Odds" section.
Delivery method: This is your selection of the method to receive sms. Either SMS or Email to SMS. This selection is mandatory! Email to SMS is much more cost effective, faster and more reliable method to receive your scores. If you have that option available with your carrier we advise you to use it as default.

EmailToSMS - Email to SMS is much more cost effective, faster and more reliable method to receive your scores. We advise you to use it as default.

This type of service allows "person A" to send email while "person B" receives it on his cell phone in the form of SMS. Email to SMS is typically provided by sending e-mail to an address in the format: number@provider.ext

You should ask your carrier what is the correct form of your email-to-sms address.

GSM SMS - Text messaging, or Short Message Service (SMS), is a service offered by most wireless service providers and available on the vast majority of today's mobile phones.

Route 1 is much more stable and reliable.
The cost depends on which your mobile carrier is and may vary from 9 to 14 cents.

Route 2 is the perfect solution for costumers seeking better value for their money.
The price is flat - 5 cents independent of carrier.

You can test both routes and chose any of them based on their performance and switch to the other whenever you like.

Event History

Here you may check your message usage history for a certain time period. There are statistics for the number of messages that have been sent to your mobile phone and the amount you have been charged for that.

SMS to SMS Sent:If you have chosen this for a preferred delivery method, here are the number of messages sent and the amount charged.
Email to SMS Sent:If you have chosen this for a preferred delivery method, here are the number of messages sent and the amount charged.

For more details about the pricing policy, please read here.

Deposit

Here you can choose the amount of sms credits you want to buy. The credits are offered in packages with values of €5, €10 and €50. With each package you get different rebates.

Here you may check your orders and billing history for a certain time period. There are statistics for the dates on which the order have been made, the type of the package bought and the status of the payment.
Date Range:Here you may choose the time period.
Deposit Count: The number of orders you have made.
Total Amount: The total amount charged.

My Scores

Score Board

This is the average price of your selection based on historic records for similar events. The actual cost may go down or up. It is put there only to give the user a general idea of the approximate amount, he (the user) will be charged. The final real amount due may be larger, and it depends on game score, the number of events, which occur during the matches for which the user has chosen to receive messages.
Example:
If the user has chosen the "CR - Change Result" option, he will receive sms every time a goal is scored. The approximate number of goals in a football match, calculated by the statistics, is about 2.5 and the "Estimated costs of selected games" depends on this number. But in a particular match there may be only one goal, or four goals. In such cases, the real price will go down or up, because the real number of goals differ from the approximate average numbers in the statistics.

The price of each text message sent is € 0.05 plus the carrier fees. The average carrier fee for a single message is about € 0.06. This price is approximate and the exact charge will be determined with your first test message, depending on your country and mobile operator. If you use the EmailToSMS feature, which we strongly recommend, there are no carrier fees on our site and the price is € 0.05 flat.
Email to SMS is much more cost effective, faster and more reliable method to receive your scores. If you have that option available with your carrier, we advise you to use it as default.

Local Time" sets the time beside each game to the default local time. "My Time" converts it to your time.
Example:
16:30 GMT Zurich Empoli
will become
17:30 Zurich Empoli
if you are in the GMT+1 time zone.

Each Group describes the events you will receive messages for. This includes all games within the category.
Example:
Group 1 contains:
Newcastle - Everton
Arsenal - Sunderland
Liverpool - Tottenham
With HR,FR,CR selected.
You will receive sms results on the half-time, full-time and for each goal for all three games in the category.
Group 2 contains:
Barcelona - Atletico Madrid
With YC,RC,SC,MP selected.
You will receive information about each yellow card and red card, the scorer of each goal and if any penalties are missed.

Use this button to add new empty group table to "?My Scores"? section. You may add games to your new group by clicking the little "?ADD"? button on the right side of each match. Please make sure that you have first selected the desired group by clicking on it and making it active. The active group differs in its darker colour.

Please refresh your browser. Hold down Shift and select the Refresh button on the toolbar .

Adding several Groups is very useful and convenient. Thus you may order and manage your events much better. For example you may receive different types of messages for each group - lets say only goals for Group 1, only halftime and full time results for Group 2 and full time results and penalty shoot-outs for Group 3.

Click wherever you like on the Group window and it will become active. For your convenience, you may open and close any Group window by clicking on the drop-down button on left side of the Group title bar.

Click on the "Options" button below each group to select the event you wish to receive messages for. Once selected click the "Save changes" button to store the selection.

Besides each game and group is a "x" button. Clicking on it will delete the game or group. Deleting a group also deletes the games inside it.

If you have selected past date from the calendar and a certain league, you will get all the results from the selected date (if there are any) and the nearest dates before and after the selected date on which there were matches.

Best Odds

You have the opportunity to check the best odds, offered by the major online bookmakers. You can check them for all the matches available.
We have checked all the major bookmakers' odds and have chosen the best one for you.
You have best odds for home win, draw and away win.

Clicking on particular match will open a pop-up window with the odds offered. On the left is the the bookmakers list and on the right are the offered odds. The highest odds available are marked with bold text. Placing your mouse cursor on the rotating blue icon on the left shows the free bonus, which every bookmaker offers.

Click on the desired game. Pop-up window will open. Choose your favoruite bookmaker with the best odds. Click on the odds and you will be taken to the bookmaker's website, where you can bet.

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