Baseball betting in New Zealand 2026: who can take the bet, and what changes if you pick someone else

Updated October 2026

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New Zealand has the simplest baseball-betting market of any country that runs a search on it. Since 28 June 2025, the Racing Industry Act 2020 says that only TAB NZ may offer racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand, and TAB NZ runs two online brands: TAB and Betcha. Eight other operators in this comparison accept New Zealand customers from overseas, but none of them is licensed under New Zealand law and none of them reaches New Zealand’s harm-minimisation framework. The page works through that choice: what the two lawful brands actually offer on baseball, what the offshore shelf offers the same customer, and what the reader gives up by going outside the monopoly.

Data current as of 26 October 2026; verified against TAB NZ’s published terms and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) guidance.

New Zealand’s baseball-betting law, in plain language

New Zealand’s betting law is short because there is only one possible licensee. The Racing Industry Act 2020 sets TAB NZ as the sole provider of racing and sports betting, and the Racing Industry Amendment Act 2025 added section 74AAA, which took effect on 28 June 2025: no person other than TAB NZ may offer racing betting, sports betting or other racing or sports betting to a person in New Zealand, regardless of where that person lives or where the operator is incorporated. DIA told unlicensed providers serving New Zealand customers to withdraw with immediate effect. There is no licence to apply for and no licence register for betting, because there is only one lawful provider.

What the statute actually says

Section 74AAA closes the door on offshore bookmakers for New Zealand-resident customers. The section applies to fixed-odds and pool (tote) betting on any racing code, on any sport, and on any other product the Racing Industry Act treats as racing or sports betting. TAB NZ’s published fixed-odds and tote products fall inside it. Bets on politics and novelty markets are not established either way, and a New Zealand betting exchange or a spread-betting operation does not exist: a reader looking for one is looking for a product that is not offered here.

The statute targets the operator, not the player. Section 19(4) of the Gambling Act 2003 (inserted in 2025) says an individual cannot be convicted for placing a bet with an offshore operator in breach of section 74AAA, so a punt with a non-licensed brand is not a criminal offence for the person betting. What the offshore operator does carry is DIA’s standing warning: minimal consumer safeguards in the jurisdiction the operator is licensed in, no guarantee unspent credits come back, and large winnings may go unpaid with no New Zealand complaints route. Offshore operators serving New Zealand customers also pay online gambling duty (12% of profits since 1 July 2024, rising to 16% from 1 January 2027), but paying the duty does not make the offer lawful: the duty is not a licence.

What the two lawful brands are

TAB NZ runs both online brands through a single arrangement. The 25-year operating agreement with Entain was signed in 2023 and gives Entain a 50/50 share of gross profits, with at least $150m a year going to TAB NZ for the first five years and a one-off $100m payment to the racing sector. Under that arrangement, TAB (the long-standing retail and online brand) and Betcha (released as an app on 6 August 2024) share the same operator, the same wallet, the same harm-minimisation tools and the same self-exclusion register. They are not rivals. A reader looking at both as competing bookmakers is reading them wrong; the only difference is the surface.

What changed in 2025, and what didn’t

Two things changed on 28 June 2025. First, the offshore shelf stopped being a legal option for the operator side of the transaction. Second, the racing and sports-betting product inside New Zealand stopped being contestable. What did not change is the age rule: betting is 18 in New Zealand, and a TAB NZ or BetCHA account must be opened with a verified New Zealand address and ID. Land-based casino entry is 20, but that is a separate permit under the Gambling Act 2003 and has nothing to do with this page. The Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 licenses online casino gambling only; it does not extend TAB NZ’s betting monopoly and it does not open sports betting to anyone else.

Greyhound racing is closing in stages from 1 August 2026. From that date, offshore operators may not take bets on greyhound races either, because the racing code itself stops being lawful under the Racing Industry Act once the closure is complete. Baseball is unaffected: no baseball race meets the definition, no closure is scheduled.

Safer gambling in New Zealand

TAB NZ’s app carries the standard safer-gambling tools of a regulated bookmaker. Deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion sit inside the app; an exclusion covers both TAB and Betcha because they share the operator and the customer record. The free Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655) and the text line (8006) are listed in the app’s support section, with Safer Gambling Aotearoa as the named counselling provider.

What a self-exclusion actually covers

A TAB NZ self-exclusion takes the customer out of both TAB and Betcha across retail and online. There is no national online-betting exclusion register: the register the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 will require covers online casinos, not betting. A punt who wants a cross-operator exclusion is asking for a product the law does not provide; the only enforcement that reaches every operator that might serve a New Zealand customer is the offshore operator’s criminal exposure under section 74AAA. That is a constraint on the operator, not a tool the customer uses.

What offshore cannot offer the same way

Offshore brands carry their own safer-gambling features, but the New Zealand framework does not reach them. A complaint that ends with the Curaçao Gaming Control Board, the Anjouan licensing authority or the Union of the Comoros has no New Zealand pathway. A problem gambler who has self-excluded from TAB NZ and then opens an offshore account is not protected by the New Zealand exclusion: the exclusion is operator-level. Punters who treat offshore betting as a way around a self-exclusion are treating the symptom, not the cause, and Safer Gambling Aotearoa is the right starting point either way.

Baseball predictions and strategy

“Baseball betting tips”, “baseball bets today” and “best baseball betting strategy” all run on the same promise: a system that beats the bookmaker’s margin. The promise is the marketing. MLB has 2,430 of them a year before the postseason (30 teams, 162 games each), so there is enough data for any system to claim it found something. The honest answer is the arithmetic: the bookmaker’s margin is taken out of every line before the tipster sees it, and a system that finds +EV bets only finds true returns at a price that includes the price of being wrong.

What the numbers actually allow

Two hundred and forty-three regular-season games per team, six divisions of five teams each, six playoff teams per league, one World Series winner out of thirty. Anyone selling a “lock” for tonight’s slate is selling certainty that does not exist; the bookmaker’s vig is taken out of every line on the slate, and the only way a tipster beats the vig is by being right more often than the prices imply, which is what every tipster claims. The record of professional baseball handicappers against closing lines is at best break-even, and most public services lose. A reader who wants a system that wins over a season is asking the bookmaker to charge less than their margin; the bookmaker has no reason to do that.

What a punt can reasonably do

Bankroll discipline beats pick accuracy on a small sample. A flat unit per bet, no chasing losses, a hard stop at a weekly loss limit, no parlays for the sake of parlays: those rules cost nothing and protect the stake. Picking the starting pitcher is the single biggest handle in baseball, because the pitcher controls roughly half of the variance in a game; a model built around pitcher quality, recent form and the bullpen’s rest is closer to the actual edge than a model built on hitting streaks. Run-line betting (the baseball spread, set at 1.5 runs for almost every game) and over/under totals (the most-bet baseball market after the moneyline) are the two products where a sharp reader can find a price that disagrees with their own number. A reader who bets for fun, not for edge, has a different job: keep the stake small enough to lose.

Baseball bet types and odds

Baseball’s bet catalogue is narrower than football’s but wider than casual readers expect. Moneyline, run line and total are the three markets every baseball book takes; the run line is set at 1.5 runs for almost every game, which turns the favourite into a -1.5 bet that pays more than the moneyline and the underdog into a +1.5 bet that wins more often than it looks. Totals (over/under on runs scored) are the second-most-bet market and are the one a baseball reader will see move with the weather, the wind and the park.

What the run line actually does

The run line is baseball’s handicap: every favourite has to win by two runs or more, every underdog has to lose by one run or to win. Set at 1.5 for almost every game, the line flattens the betting public’s habit of backing favourites at short prices. A -200 favourite on the moneyline becomes something closer to even money on the run line, with the trade that the favourite has to win by two. Reading the run line as “the baseball spread” is right; reading it as a market a casual bettor can out-think is the mistake the price is built to punish.

Totals and props

Over/under totals on runs scored (a typical MLB total sits around 8.5 to 9.5) are the second-most-popular market. The price moves with starting-pitcher matchups, ballpark factors and weather. Player props on hits, runs, RBIs and strikeouts are the third shelf, and they are where the longshot market lives. Futures on division winners, league MVPs and the World Series are the fourth shelf; the futures price on a World Series winner in April reflects roughly a 3% chance for the favourite and stretches from there. Same-game multis let the reader stack moneyline, run line and total from the same game into one ticket. They are not a cheaper way to bet; they are a higher-margin way to bet several markets at once.

What an odds format actually shows

TAB NZ publishes odds in decimal form by default, and the rest of this page reads them that way. A $10 stake at odds of 1.90 returns $19 if it wins (a $9 profit). The decimal price is the full return per $1 staked, stake included. Where research or the bookmaker publishes a different format (fractional odds, American odds), the conversion is mechanical but never a guess; the page quotes the decimal figure that the operator’s own page shows. There is no New Zealand rule on odds format: TAB NZ picks decimal, the offshore shelf picks its own.

What the book’s margin does to a price

The bookmaker’s margin is the cut the book takes on every market before the bet is priced. For a two-way market at 1.90 / 1.90, the margin is the slice the bookmaker keeps of every dollar bet on that market. The full formula: payout share = 1 ÷ (1/odds₁ + 1/odds₂) over every outcome of one market; margin = 1 − payout share. For a 1.90 / 1.90 two-way market, the implied probabilities are 1/1.90 and 1/1.90, both about 52.63%, summing to about 105.26%; the payout share is about 95.00%, the margin about 5.00%. As a band, with rounding: the margin of a 1.90/1.90 two-way market sits around 5%, give or take a few basis points either way depending on how the book rounds. That is what the reader pays to bet on that market, on every dollar staked, before the bet is even settled.

The honest summary: a 1.90/1.90 two-way line is a typical baseball price, and the cost of betting it is the 5% the bookmaker keeps. Sharper prices (closer to 1.91/1.91 or 1.92/1.92) are what a serious reader looks for. Softer prices (1.85/1.85 or worse) are what a bookmaker charges a customer it expects to keep.

Sports and tournaments on the baseball calendar

Baseball’s betting calendar is MLB’s, with NPB (Japan), KBO (Korea) and the Caribbean winter leagues as the international shelves. The international body is the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). New Zealand does not run a professional baseball league of any scale; the local baseball community plays amateur and youth leagues, and TAB NZ’s baseball coverage is centred on MLB with NPB and KBO on the side.

MLB structure

Major League Baseball has 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada (the Toronto Blue Jays), split evenly between the National League and the American League. Each team plays 162 regular-season games across six months (April to September). Six teams per league reach the postseason: three division winners and three wild cards. The postseason is a four-round tournament in October, ending with the best-of-seven World Series between the two league champions. The New York Yankees have won the most World Series titles, with 27. The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2025 World Series 4-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays, clinching on 1 November 2025 with a 5-4 win in 11 innings in Game 7; Yoshinobu Yamamoto was MVP.

What a baseball game actually is

A baseball game consists of nine innings, with three outs per half-inning; if the score is tied after nine, extra innings are played until one side leads at the end of a full inning. Three strikes make a strikeout; four balls make a walk; each team has nine players in the field. The reader who bets a moneyline without knowing that a tied game after nine innings continues, rather than ending in a push the way a soccer draw does, has misunderstood the product they are buying. A reader who bets an over/under on a game started by a tired pitcher in a hot, wind-carried ballpark has not done the work the price is paying them to do.

International shelves

NPB (Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball) runs April to October with a similar structure to MLB but a smaller market. KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) runs a 144-game schedule from March to October. The Caribbean winter leagues run from October to January. College baseball (NCAA) in the United States runs February to June. None of these reaches the scale of MLB on New Zealand bookmakers, and TAB NZ’s pre-match depth on anything other than MLB is the shelf a reader checks before laying down a stake.

The ten baseball-betting operators a New Zealand reader will meet

The plan routes ten operators into the ranking. Two are the lawful New Zealand brands, run by the same operator; eight are offshore brands New Zealand readers meet through ads and affiliate sites but are not licensed under New Zealand law. The two groups are not merged, and the offshore group is not called legal, licensed, approved or safe in New Zealand. What each one does on baseball, what its own terms say about offers, and what the reader gives up by going outside the monopoly is the page’s own job.

TAB: the long-standing New Zealand brand

TAB is the long-standing New Zealand brand, run by TAB NZ with Entain operating the platform under a 25-year agreement. The platform covers horse and harness racing, rugby union and rugby league, and other sports, pre-match and live, with Trackside live race streaming, racing form, Blackbook and Jockey Challenge tools, and a simplified wallet for deposits and withdrawals. Baseball sits in the “other sports” shelf and is centred on MLB with NPB and KBO on the side. The app carries a 17+ App Store age rating while stating customers must be 18 or over to bet. Offers are published as “bonus bets” promotions; no working code is printed here.

The verdict: TAB is the only brand a New Zealand reader can lawfully bet baseball with, full stop. The cost is the margin on the baseball markets the platform offers. The price is the safety net the law provides: New Zealand complaints oversight, harm-minimisation tools inside the app, and a regulator (the Department of Internal Affairs) that handles disputes.

Betcha: TAB NZ’s newer brand

Betcha is the newer TAB NZ brand, released as an app on 6 August 2024 and published by Entain New Zealand Limited. The product sits on top of the same TAB NZ wallet and the same TAB NZ harm-minimisation tools, including deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion. The two brands share a self-exclusion register: a customer excluded from TAB is excluded from Betcha and vice versa. The product surface is mobile-first and is aimed at a younger reader than the retail TAB brand.

The verdict: Betcha is the same book as TAB for the purposes of this comparison, with a different skin. A reader who wants the mobile-first surface picks Betcha; a reader who wants the long-standing TAB surface picks TAB. The decision is about which app the reader prefers, not about which operator is safer or better regulated, because they are the same operator.

Spinbara: the crypto-friendly shelf

Spinbara advertises a first-deposit bonus of 100% up to EUR 100 and a sport crypto welcome bonus of 100% up to 200 USDT, alongside a casino welcome bonus of 100% up to EUR 500 plus 200 free spins. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. Spinbara’s licence, where it names one, is in a jurisdiction with minimal consumer safeguards; offshore authorities hold the only power to intervene.

The verdict: Spinbara is a brand New Zealand readers meet through crypto ads and affiliate sites. The product covers baseball through its sportsbook, but the offer structure is a casino-and-sports package with a crypto welcome, and the offer’s terms (wagering requirements, market restrictions, time limits) are the things a reader reads before claiming. The price of betting baseball here is the absence of a complaints pathway if a payout goes wrong.

22Bet: the depth shelf

22Bet offers over 30 market types per event, including 1X2, Double Chance, totals, both teams to score, correct score and HT-FT, plus tennis game, set and handicap markets. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. 22Bet’s licence is Curaçao (8048/JAZ), held by TechSolutions Group N.V.; that licence gives no right to take bets from people in New Zealand. Consumer protection here is strictly limited to the operator’s jurisdiction.

The verdict: 22Bet is the depth shelf on the offshore list. The market count is the strongest of the eight; the licence is a Curaçao licence that gives the operator no right to serve this market. A reader who chooses 22Bet for baseball is choosing market depth over the New Zealand consumer protections that TAB NZ and Betcha carry, and is doing so knowing the operator is in breach of section 74AAA for serving them.

BetNinja: the bonus-led shelf

BetNinja advertises a casino welcome of EUR 1,000 bonus and 100 free spins, and a sports offer of a 100% match up to EUR 100 on the first deposit. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. BetNinja’s licence is from the Union of the Comoros, a jurisdiction with minimal consumer safeguards; oversight is strictly operator-side.

The verdict: BetNinja’s offer is the strongest on the offshore shelf by headline figure. The headline is the marketing plant, but the wagering requirements are the actual cost. A reader who chooses BetNinja for baseball picks a strong headline offer over the protections TAB NZ and Betcha provide, but loses access to New Zealand’s consumer safeguard system.

Winz.io: the multi-licence shelf

Winz.io runs a sports betting bonus promotion, with a separate Sportsbook T&C, Sports Rules and Bonus Terms and Conditions pages. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. Winz.io names Anjouan and Tobique licences, held by Novatrix SRL; those licences give no right to take bets from people in New Zealand.

The verdict: Winz.io is the multi-licence shelf, using two offshore licences rather than one and separating sports-bonus T&Cs from standard terms. A reader who picks Winz.io for baseball accepts the risks of an offshore platform that lacks New Zealand’s regulatory supervision.

Golden Panda: the casino-led shelf

Golden Panda offers a Sports section with a sportsbook, esports and virtual sports, plus casino, live casino, crash games, rewards, cashback, a VIP Club, Golden Goals and Prediction Markets. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. Golden Panda names no licence that applies in New Zealand.

The verdict: Golden Panda is a casino-led sportsbook: the sportsbook is a sidebar to the casino’s headline product. A reader who picks Golden Panda for baseball gets the casino-first experience, but forfeits the recourse available through New Zealand’s consumer framework.

Telbet: the crypto-shelf

Telbet describes itself as a crypto casino and sportsbook, with a welcome offer of 200% up to 1 BTC plus 50 free spins and a 5 USDT free bet on its Russian-language site. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. Telbet names no licence that applies in New Zealand.

The verdict: Telbet is the crypto shelf of the offshore list, offering a welcome package denominated in Bitcoin and USDT. A reader who picks Telbet for baseball chooses a crypto-denominated product, acknowledging that New Zealand’s regulator cannot intervene if a dispute arises.

BigClash: the live-betting shelf

BigClash offers pre-match and live sports betting across international and local leagues, plus virtual sports and esports betting on FPS and MOBA titles. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. BigClash’s licence is Curaçao (8048/JAZ); that licence gives no right to take bets from people in New Zealand.

The verdict: BigClash is the live-betting shelf, with pre-match and live markets across international leagues plus a virtual and esports shelf on the side. A reader who chooses BigClash for baseball picks a brand whose strength is live markets, but forfeits the protection of New Zealand’s consumer complaint framework.

BillyBets: the multi-sport shelf

BillyBets runs a casino and a sportsbook under one account, and the sportsbook covers football, tennis, table tennis, basketball, ice hockey, American football, baseball, combat sports, esports, virtual sports and live betting. The brand is not licensed in New Zealand. BillyBets names no licence that applies in New Zealand. The operator’s own home jurisdiction provides the only possible framework for complaints.

The verdict: BillyBets is the multi-sport shelf, with baseball named explicitly in the sportsbook menu. A reader who chooses BillyBets for baseball takes on the risks of an unlicensed offshore operator with no New Zealand remedy.

Comparison table: the ten operators side by side

The columns below carry only what research backs. A brand without a verified baseball-market figure takes the no-data marker rather than a guess. The “Key terms on baseball” column reads each operator’s own published statements, not an editorial verdict.

The pattern the table makes plain: TAB and Betcha are the only New Zealand-licensed operators, and their published terms describe a working baseball shelf. The eight offshore brands run on licences that give them no right to take New Zealand bets, and the baseball-market depth is unverified for any of them. A reader who wants baseball on the New Zealand shelf picks TAB or Betcha; a reader who wants baseball on the offshore shelf takes the brands’ own terms as the only terms that apply and accepts the absence of a New Zealand complaints route.

The price of a baseball bet on each shelf

The cost of betting baseball is the same thing on every shelf: the bookmaker’s margin. For a two-way market at decimal odds of 1.90/1.90, the implied probabilities are about 52.63% on each side, summing to 105.26%; the payout share is about 95.00%, the margin about 5.00%. A reader who bets $10 at 1.90 and wins gets $19 (a $9 profit); the same reader loses $10 if the bet loses; the book’s expected take on that market over many bets is 5% of turnover.

Why the margin is what it costs

The margin is the only number the bookmaker controls on a market, and the only number the reader pays to bet. A bookmaker quoting 1.90/1.90 keeps 5¢ on every dollar bet on that market, before the bet is even settled. Sharper books quote 1.91/1.91 or 1.92/1.92, which compresses the margin; softer books quote 1.85/1.85 or worse, which widens it. The price a reader sees is the price a reader pays; the only way to pay less is to find the same, better.

What “sharper” means on the New Zealand shelf

TAB NZ’s published baseball lines sit in the typical retail range; the deeper the market and the closer to game time, the sharper the price. A reader who wants the sharpest TAB NZ line checks the platform inside an hour of first pitch. A reader who wants a sharper line than TAB NZ quotes has to leave the New Zealand shelf, which is the choice the law has put in front of every New Zealand reader who bets baseball.

Responsible gambling: where New Zealand readers turn

The right starting point for any New Zealand reader is Safer Gambling Aotearoa and the free Gambling Helpline (0800 654 655, text 8006). Both are listed inside the TAB NZ app’s support section. TAB NZ’s self-exclusion covers both TAB and Betcha. A reader who has self-excluded from TAB NZ and is betting on an offshore brand is treating the symptom; the Gambling Helpline is the service that treats the cause.

What the offshore shelf cannot offer

Offshore brands carry their own self-exclusion and deposit-limit tools, but the New Zealand framework does not reach them. A self-exclusion at Spinbara, 22Bet, BetNinja, Winz.io, Golden Panda, Telbet, BigClash or BillyBets is operator-level only; a punt who opens another offshore account has not excluded themselves at all. The right offshore response for a New Zealand reader who wants to stop is the same as the TAB NZ response: the Gambling Helpline.

The baseball-betting landscape, in summary

The New Zealand shelf is short on purpose. TAB and Betcha are the two lawful brands, run by TAB NZ with Entain operating under a 25-year agreement, and the law makes that a monopoly rather than a competitive market. The offshore shelf offers more brands, deeper markets and stronger welcome offers, and none of them is licensed under New Zealand law. The choice a New Zealand reader faces is the choice the law puts in front of them: TAB NZ and Betcha, with the New Zealand consumer framework behind them, or the offshore shelf, on the brands’ own terms, with DIA’s standing warning about unspent credits and unpaid winnings.

The price of betting baseball is the same thing on either shelf: the margin on the markets the book offers, which is the cost of betting anywhere. The reader’s job is to read the bet the rest of the way: the run line, the total, the starter, the ballpark, the offer’s terms. The bookmaker’s job is to charge the price. The reader who bets baseball for fun keeps the stake small. The reader who bets baseball for edge is reading the price they are paying to bet.

Frequently asked questions about baseball betting in New Zealand

How does baseball betting work?

Baseball betting works on a moneyline (who wins), a run line (who wins by two or more) and a total (runs scored over or under a posted number). The favourite wins less on the moneyline and has to win by two or more on the run line; the underdog loses less on the moneyline and has to keep the game within one on the run line. The bookmaker’s margin is taken out of every line before the bet is priced.

How do I bet on baseball?

To bet on baseball, open an account with a bookmaker, deposit funds, choose a baseball market (moneyline, run line, total or a same-game multi), pick the outcome, set the stake and place the bet. In New Zealand the lawful bookmakers are TAB and Betcha, the two online brands of TAB NZ; an account with either requires a verified New Zealand address and ID, and the customer must be 18 or older.

How do I bet on baseball games?

To bet on baseball games, pick the game from the bookmaker’s baseball schedule, choose the market (moneyline, run line, total, player prop or a future series like the World Series), pick the outcome and set the stake. Pre-match markets open hours before first pitch; live markets update pitch by pitch. In New Zealand only TAB and Betcha offer baseball betting lawfully; the offshore brands in this comparison are not licensed under New Zealand law.

Which bookmaker may lawfully take sports and racing bets in New Zealand?

TAB NZ is the only provider that may lawfully offer racing and sports betting to a person in New Zealand, under section 74AAA of the Racing Industry Act 2020 (in force since 28 June 2025). TAB NZ runs two online brands: TAB (the long-standing retail and online brand) and Betcha (the newer mobile-first brand, released as an app on 6 August 2024). The two share an operator, a wallet and a self-exclusion register.

How is the return on a bet worked out from the stake and the odds?

The return on a winning bet is the stake multiplied by the decimal odds: a $10 stake at odds of 1.90 returns $19 ($10 × 1.90), of which $9 is profit and $10 is the stake returned. For a combination bet the legs multiply into one price: a three-leg multi at 1.90, 1.90 and 1.90 has combined odds of 6.859 ($10 × 6.859 = $68.59 return if all three legs win). The decimal price is the full return per $1 staked, stake included.

What is the bookmaker’s margin and how can it be seen in the odds?

The bookmaker’s margin is the slice of every dollar bet on a market that the book keeps, before the bet is settled. For a two-way market, the margin is calculated from the implied probabilities of every outcome: payout share = 1 ÷ (1/odds₁ + 1/odds₂ + … + 1/oddsₙ); margin = 1 − payout share. For a 1.90/1.90 two-way market, the implied probabilities sum to about 105.26%, so the payout share is about 95.00% and the margin is about 5.00%. Sharper prices (closer to evens) carry a smaller margin; softer prices (further from evens) carry a larger one.

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