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value-betting
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- Fundamentals
Bookmaker margin and the overround, explained
The overround, the margin, the vig: three names for the bookmaker's built-in edge. Here's how to compute it from decimal prices, and why comparing it across books tells you who to bet with.
· 5 min read
- Arbitrage & value betting
Closing line value (CLV), explained with data
Closing line value is the gap between the price you took and the market's closing price, and beating it consistently is the clearest data-driven sign your bets carry an edge.
· 6 min read
- Fundamentals
How to price a bet with odds data
Pricing a bet is four steps: implied probability, remove the overround, derive a fair price, then compare across books. Sharp books and exchanges give the best estimate of the true probability.
· 6 min read
- Fundamentals
Line movement: what odds data shows you
Line movement is how a selection's odds shift as money comes in and information arrives. This is how odds data represents that movement, and what you can honestly read from it.
· 6 min read
- Arbitrage & value betting
Sure bets and why they vanish: a data reality check
Sure bets disappear fast for three reasons: prices move, accounts get limited, and stale feeds show arbs that already closed. Here's the honest picture, and what good data does about it.
· 5 min read
- Arbitrage & value betting
Value betting vs arbitrage: a data view
Arbitrage and value betting look similar from the outside and differ sharply underneath. Here is the comparison from a data angle: different risk profiles, different data needs, one feed that serves both.
· 5 min read
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