Bookmaker margins, live
How much each bookmaker builds into its football prices, measured on the match result for every match in our league tables. Real odds from the API, refreshed every 30 minutes.
- 4
- Matches measured
- 1
- Leagues
- 7.6%
- Lowest · Bet365
- 10.2%
- Highest · Paddy Power
TL;DR
View as Markdown- Lowest bookmaker margin right now: Bet365 at 7.6% on the match result; highest: Paddy Power at 10.2%.
- Measured on 4 upcoming matches across 1 leagues, refreshed every 30 minutes.
- Margin = sum of 1/price over home, draw and away, minus one.
- Every price comes from GET /v1/{bookmaker}/events/{id}/odds?markets=match_result.
| Bookmaker | Avg 1X2 margin | Matches | Best price share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bet365sportsbook | 7.64% | 4 | 92% |
| Paddy Powersportsbook | 10.17% | 4 | 25% |
Best price share: how often a bookmaker had, or shared, the highest price on a home, draw or away outcome, out of the outcomes it priced. Betfair Exchange is left out of it: its prices are before commission.
| League | Bet365 | Paddy Power | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish Superliga | 7.6% | 10.2% | 4 |
Method
For each league page we take the next matches at least two bookmakers price, and pull each book's full-time match result odds from the API. A book's margin on a match is the sum of 1/price over home, draw and away, minus one. The numbers above are plain averages of those, per book and per league.
Only matches with a complete 1X2 from at least two books count. Betfair Exchange uses the best back price on each outcome, before commission. Prices are pre-match and refresh every 30 minutes, so the table moves with the market.
Want the raw numbers? Every price here is one request away: GET /v1/{bookmaker}/events/{id}/odds?markets=match_result.
Questions,
answered.
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The margin, or overround, is how much more than 100% a book's implied probabilities add up to. On a 1X2 market, add 1/price for home, draw and away and subtract 1. A book pricing 2.00 / 3.50 / 4.00 has 1/2 + 1/3.5 + 1/4 = 1.036, a 3.6% margin.
Of the bookmakers, Bet365 right now, at 7.6% on average across 4 matches; Paddy Power is the highest at 10.2%. Betfair Exchange is lower still, before commission. The table refreshes every 30 minutes from live odds.
On an exchange the prices come from other bettors, and the best back prices across the three outcomes usually add up to almost exactly 100%. Betfair charges commission on net winnings instead, which isn't in the prices; we use the best back price as listed.
For the price you get, yes: a lower margin means odds closer to the fair probability. Books with higher margins often make up for it with more markets, boosts and player props.
Pull GET /v1/{bookmaker}/events/{event_id}/odds?markets=match_result for each match and book, then sum 1/price over the three outcomes. Every book returns the same outcome keys, so it's one function for all five.
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