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The Juice Meter

The same bet can be cheap at one sportsbook and expensive at another. Move the price and see what the difference costs.

-110 / -110
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-4.55%

Expected cost per $1 staked

for a no-edge bettor under the proportional no-vig assumption

Market margin
4.76%

Change the price

Example two-way pricing

Now put a dollar amount on it.

Total amount staked
$15,000
Expected pricing cost
-$682

At this price, a no-edge bettor staking $50 across 300 similar bets would expect to lose about $682 from the pricing alone.

You stake $15,000
Returned to you · $14,318Expected pricing cost · $682

Same bets. More screens.

This is a simple example, not a claim that checking five sportsbooks always produces these exact prices. Same hypothetical 50/50 two-way bet, three fixed prices.

First book
-120
Expected cost
-$1,250
Best of 3
-112
Expected cost
-$804
Best of 5
-105
Expected cost
-$357

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Same hypothetical 50/50 side.

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