I've been asked a few times why even the smallest odds difference matters for me when I gamble. I'm not a professional gambler, nor do I spend a lot on gambling, but when it comes to sports, I feel there is an obvious difference. For me it's just a practical choice to choose the bookie that gives me the most returns, even if I don't gamble much.

So I'm starting a thread to track actual bets I made, comparing odds with what most regard to be the best Bitcoin sportsbook! Since odds can change over time, I thought it would be fair to try make the comparisons at the same time, within 2 minutes of each other. So I will refresh the competitor odds as soon as I place my bet.

I should mention: no intention to beat down any bookie here. I'm also not paid to do this, just want to show in the interest of a bit of gambling discussion.

For each bet, I'll display the odds advantage in percentage (my odds/closest competing odds) with a link to my betslip. I'll also update a running units advantage, based on an assumption that every bet is made with 100 units, to further show why even a small odds advantage can translate to bigger winnings over time.

==>Edit on 22 September 2018. Adding BetKing and NitrogenSports as odds comparisons. Possibly adding BetKing to make bets, as they appear to have better odds on some lines with BitcoinRush.

==>Edit on 11 October 2018. I have been making bets in terms of units, on a starting bankroll of 0.1 BTC, where 1 unit = 0.00001 BTC/1,000 satoshi. Each bet is typically made with 1% of starting bankroll and a personal max of 3%, so you will see they are 100 units (0.001 BTC). At 20% profit or loss, I will adjust the unit rate up or down. [Edit 29 May 2019]. I ended up not adjusting the bets at all and keeping to 1% of original bankroll of 1 mBTC/0.001 BTC/100,000 satoshi. Too difficult to remember and do up decimals to be honest!

==> Most current odds update (September 2020).
Bitcoinrush is dead. Betcoin no longer seems competitive but has the lowest juice. Sportsbet is worthwhile for parlays because of boosts and free insurance. Fairlay still has best ML long odds. FortuneJack has occassional promos related to Football so always worth a punt. Nitrogen no longer features in comparisons as will always have higher margins, while Betking has stopped its sportsbook.

==> Edit 25 June 2019. SEASON 1 has ended with 81.76% profit and all full statistics can be found here. We now reset all stats except running units advantage (done for every season).

==> Edit 12 September 2020. SEASON 2 has ended with 122.9% profit and all full statistics can be found here.

==> Edit 7 August 2021. SEASON 3 has ended with 101.78% profit and all full statistics can be found here.

==> Edit 31 May 2022. SEASON 4 has ended with 0.38% profit and all full statistics can be found here.

==> Edit 16 Aug 2023. SEASON 5 has ended with 0.28% profit and all full statistics can be found here. FortuneJack lines have become terrible after their update. Fairlay continues to have the best longshot odds, however, min bets are now 1mbtc ($30). Completely unsuited to my thread where we use small outlays for big returns.

==> Edit 6 Jun 2024. SEASON 6 has ended with 29.9% loss and all full statistics can be found here. Sportsbet continues to have the best odds on longshots, thanks to price boosts. Fairlay is due for an update so I might return to it next season. Min bets of 1 mbtc ($70) make them unsuited to this thread.


==========This below was the first bet posted on this thread. I was a Noob.====================
1. It will be tennis (US Open) for my opening bet shared: a ML win for Marin Cilic at odds of 1.660. Odds at closest competitor: 1.633

Odds advantage: +1.65%
Units advantage (100 unit bet): +2.7

Thank you for your comments, SyGambler, it means a lot coming from a recognised sports bettor like yourself. I'm generally a loyal consumer when it comes to internet... I stuck to Netscape for a long time, then Firefox even when they got considerably slower and less user friendly, but when it comes to gambling, I switch as soon as I find something better. And nothing speaks to me louder than odds!

Lost yesterday's tennis match (damn you Cilic) but today I thought I'd use a parlay to demonstrate how even tiny odd advantages can really add up. Two football internationals on my parlay, one from the new EUFA Nations League and one from the SAFF championships. On their own, ML single bets aren't worth that much but for what I feel is almost certain victories, a parlay return makes sense.

Game 1 Bhutan vs Nepal, Nepal to win @1.24 - closest competitor odds: 1.239
So that's an odds advantage of +0.08% and a unit advantage of only 0.1

Game 2 Norway vs Cyprus, Norway to win @1.36 - closest competitor odds: 1.354
Odds advantage +0.44% and unit advantage of only 0.6

But on a parlay, my bookie gives me @1.693 - closest competitor: 1.677
Total odds advantage: +0.95%
Total units advantage: +1.6

Running units advantage after 2 bets: +4.3

Thank you for that, and of course, you're right, some people just want to bet big and there are places that cater to high rollers.

I'd love to compare on big bets too but it's really seldom that I place anything greater than 0.01 BTC (Liverpool in big games typically!) so I've never faced these limits.

I highly doubt the mainstream gambler (whose camp I firmly belong to!) will ever regularly want to place a bet higher than that allowed. Bitcoin gambling already typically offers among the highest limits (when compared to fiat).

In that sense, I'd say BCR caters to the mainstream. I must confess, I don't know how they compare to other bookies when it comes to limits. Let's see if sports whales can feed us some insight.

hmm well to be honest I don't think this is a tips thread but sure it can qualify if it has a lot of units won , at the end we are all tipsters and what matters is making profit over a large sample 

the point of this thread as I understood is just to let people know about the great odds of bitcoinrush and how they are leaving money on the table while betting with other sites 

So the bore draw I feared in UEFA Nations League happened in both legs of yesterday's parlay, would have been an incredible return had I actually did both legs on draws. But he who dwelleth on losses may not lose more, so today we go again.

This time, we shift focus to Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt meet Niger, while Morocco plays Malawi. Both Egypt and Morocco are heavy favourites and bookies aren't tipping these to be high scoring games, but let's have a go anyway:

Game 1 Egypt/Niger over 2.5 goals @1.96. Closest competitor odds: 1.945
Odds advantage: + 0.77%, units advantage: +1.5
Game 2 Morocco/Malawi over 2.5 goals @1.98. Closest competitor odds: 1.963
Odds advantage: + 0.87%, units advantage: +1.7

Parlay for 100 units (1 unit = 1,000 satoshi) @3.8846. Competitor parlay @3.818
Total Odds advantage: +1.74%
Total Units advantage: +6.7 units

@Sy, why yes, of course, I completely forgot about cashback. It's small at my level (0.1% Sportsbook bets), so I will now add this 0.1% cashback to units advantage (probably too small to reflect in odds percentage advantage). Maybe amend OP to show that big bettors gain even more if they wager enough. Thanks for that.

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Meanwhile, last night's parlay went well. Egypt made short work of dispatching Niger but we'll thank the 78th-minute 3rd goal by Morocco to give us the win.

We'll go for a mix today of Africa Cup of Nations (Mali vs South Sudan) and the UEFA Nations (France vs Netherlands). Mali should hammer South Sudan for at least 3 goals, so the risk is actually for a snorefest but if the French are up for it, the Dutch are just waiting for a drubbing. So:

Game 1 Mali/S. Sudan over 2.5 goals @1.91. Closest competitor odds: 1.901
Odds advantage: + 0.47%, units advantage: +0.9
Game 2 Netherlands/France over 2.5 goals @1.92. Closest competitor odds: 1.901
Odds advantage: + 1%, units advantage: +1.9

Parlay for 100 units (1 unit = 1,000 satoshi) @3.6606. Competitor parlay @3.614
Total Odds advantage: +1.29%
Total Units advantage: +4.66 units

Syria RIP, though they won't be perturbed by the friendly result, so we lost the parlay yesterday, even if the other 2 legs were covered.

2 games in last night's CONCACAF qualifiers scored 10 goals or more, so I'm tempted to look at today's offerings but my bookie doesn't seem to offer any lines so we'll go for another ML parlay.

Singapore has good odds against Fiji, surprisingly, so I'm taking that one with a Japan victory against Costa Rica. They're all island/coastal football teams, and typically not very good but Singapore and Japan are giants so they'll still play well with reserves.

Game 1 Spore v Fiji, ML Singapore @1.62. Closest competitor odds: 1.611
Odds advantage: + 0.56%, units advantage: +0.9
Game 2 U19 Japan v Costa Rica, ML Japan @1.66. Closest competitor odds: 1.652
Odds advantage: + 0.48%, units advantage: +0.8

Parlay for 100 units (1 unit = 1,000 satoshi) @2.6947. Competitor parlay @2.668
Total Odds advantage: +1%
Total Units advantage: +1.7 units

Syria's last game was a complete joke and costed me around 250 euros , I was expecting a 3 goals difference win by Syria but the game was just horrible
the current coach is still trying new players but he did way so many wrong choices in the last game and people here are saying that the last game was the worst one that Syria played in the last 10 years

we were expecting to see Gabriel Alsomi for the first time with Syria , but the coach decided to never even let him in for few minutes
some rumors are saying that Gabriel is sad now since this is the 4th time that the coach invites him without even letting him participate for few minutes

last game was really bad and people here are really angry , not just because of the loss but because Syria may lost some good young names that won't be participate in the future due to coach treating them bad

anyways glad that you are following Syria , there are tons of money to be made by betting on them
in WC qualification stages I won all my bets on Syria due to bookies really under-estimating the team

Fairly straightforward and easy wins for yesterday's parlay, debutants made all over the teams as new coaches gave youngsters a chance.

We're going to try something a bit unusual today with the UEFA Women's Champions League playoff, with a 3rd leg from the U19 Women's friendlies. Now I'm not going to pretend that I'll watch any of the games or that I understand who the good teams are or not, but I'm going to pick some heavy favourites (below 1.2 to win) and choose Over/Under. Should be high-scoring games either way.

Game 1 FC Barcelona v BIIK Kazygurt Over 3 @1.45. Closest competitor odds: 1.441
Odds advantage: + 0.62%, units advantage: +0.9
Game 2 Rosengard v Ryazan Over 1.75 @1.47. Closest competitor odds: 1.462
Odds advantage: + 0.55%, units advantage: +0.8
Game 3 (U19) Faroe Islands v Estonia Over 2.75 @1.43. Closest competitor odds not found... so I'm going to assume same odds.
Odds advantage: + 0%, units advantage: +0

Parlay for 100 units (1 unit = 1,000 satoshi) @3.0495. Competitor parlay @3.012
Total Odds advantage: +1.25%
Total Units advantage: +3.7 units

Very comfortable win yesterday, let's see if we can get a first win streak with a decent ML bet plus a modest parlay padding.

All eyes will be on the weekend as English teams resume their Premier League campaigns, but we have 1 Championship game. Birmingham have only scored an average of 1 goal per game since the season start but playing home, they might want to take a few risks against West Brom, who currently are the Championship's highest scoring-team with 2.5 goals average per game. Over 2.25 is just shy of 2/1 odds so we'll look to the Ligue 1 to boost that, so tonight's PSG's home game is the parlay pad.

Game 1 Birmingham v West Brom Over 2.25 @1.91. Closest competitor odds not available but based on spreads for Over 2 and Over 2.5, we'll take the lowest spread of 0.08 for 1.902:
Odds advantage: +0.42% Units advantage: +0.8

Game 2 PSG vs St Etienne ML @1.23. Closest competitor odds: 1.218
Odds advantage: +0.99% Units advantage: +1.5

Parlay for 100 units (1 unit = 1,000 satoshi) @2.344. Competitor parlay @2.3166
Total Odds advantage: +1.18%
Total Units advantage: +2.7 units