Cheapest two-way markets across books; negative hold is an arbitrage
Hold is the share of the money a sportsbook keeps when you bet every outcome of a market in proportion. This low hold bet finder takes the best price on each side across books and ranks two-way markets by their combined hold — the cheapest way to clear a rollover or playthrough. A hold below zero is an arbitrage.
For every two-way market TrueEdge takes the best price on each side across all books and computes the combined hold — what you would lose, as a share of what you stake, by betting both sides in proportion.
The board ranks markets from the lowest hold up. A hold below zero is an arbitrage. Low holds are the cheapest way to meet a sportsbook's rollover or playthrough requirement.
Book A has an over at +100 (50.00% implied). Book B has the under at -104 (50.98% implied). Together: 100.98%, a hold of about 0.97%.
Stake $495.15 on the over and $504.85 on the under — $1,000 in all.
Either result returns $990.29, so turning over $1,000 costs $9.71.
The same $1,000 at a single book priced -110 both ways would cost about $45.
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hold calculator — check the hold of any market by hand, free.
Hold and vig explained — the formula behind the number this board ranks by.
The share of the money bet on a market that the book expects to keep. It is the amount by which the implied probabilities of every outcome add up to more than 100%.
When you need betting volume more than you need an edge — typically to meet a promotion's rollover or playthrough at the lowest possible cost.