*self-moderated...obviously[Overview] Sportsbooks odds/margin comparisons (Esports edition)
**Disclaimer: I am not vouching for any of the bookmakers listed in this post. Do your own research before playing in any of these betting sites.*** Comparison tables format are based off of DarkStar_'s Overview of Bitcoin Accepting Sportsbooks thread.
Contents (click to go to that section of the overview)What is MarginTools used for the odds/margins comparisonMarkets usedType of events usedGames usedSportsbooks used and small overview Crypto Sportsbooks & Casinos Esports bookiesMargins comparisonCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveLeague of LegendsDota 2Rocket LeagueOverwatchRainbow Six SiegeStarcraft IIBrood WarValorantHearthstoneWarcraft III-Misc-What is MarginFrom
Wikipedia:
Vigorish (also known as juice, under-juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge or simply the vig) is the fee charged by a bookmaker (or bookie) for accepting a gambler's wager.
Pinnacle also explain what Margin is
here and they also have a very helpful article explaining "
Sports betting profitability and the affect of margins"
TL;DR: lower margins means higher potential profits over time. To maximize your winnings, you want to go to the bookmaker offering the best odds/lower margins.
Tools used for the odds/margins comparisonPinnacle's Margin Calculator https://www.pinnacle.com/en/betting-resources/betting-tools/margin-calculatorMarkets usedThe three most popular markets in Esports betting:
1) Match Winner
2) Map Handicap
3) Total maps
Type of events usedI picked the
highest tier tournament for each Esport that i could find over the last few months. These are the type of tournaments that everyone will be watching and betting on given their importance in the circuit. So, i figure the bookmakers would try to compete with each other to offer the best odds in these tournaments, more especifically, in the Grand Finals of each tourney, so that they can attract more punters, which is why i thought that it the best opportunity to check and compare their margins.
Games usedCurrent games: League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Starcraft II, Starcraft Brood War, Rocket League, Overwatch, Rainbow Six, Valorant, Hearthstone, Warcraft III
May be added in the future: Quake, Fortnite, FIFA, Diabotical, Street Fighter V, Apex, Smash Bros
Sportsbooks used and small overviewI'll be using
two different categories to list all the different bookies that i used in this comparison thread
(click sportsbook logo to go to their website):
1) Crypto sportsbooks & casinosI chose these books because they are some of the most popular and well-established sites in the crypto gambling space. These books offer a wide variety of esports games, decent betting markets and many options to deposit in crypto.
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2) Esports booksI picked these because some of them are among the most popular esports-focused and crypto friendly bookmakers out there, some others have been around in this for a long time. Most of these bookies offer extremely good betting markets in all the big titles like CSGO, LoL and Dota, they also offer many promotions and bonuses focused entirely on esports, and, as you'll see in the table below, most of them have a wider games offering than the
crypto sportsbooks & casinos.Margins comparisonHere's a link to a spreadsheet with all the raw data I used + some notes here and there.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V6kMsB-mhltqh-te0SVcYwA8yayLYSFB3jGHLKVktM0- Blank spaces in the tables mean that the bookmaker did not offer that market.
- If you don't see a bookmaker in a comparison table is because the site either didn't offer the tourney that I used to calculate margins (and i couldn't find another tourney to fill in the blanks) or it doesn't offer that specific game.
- If you see two or more bookies with the exact same odds, it wasn't a typo, some of these bookies use the same odds provider and they'll more often than not offer the same odds in certain lines.
I'll try to update ALL the margins on a monthly basis or whenever there's a top tier tournament ongoing (so you might wanna bookmark this thread in case you're interested in future margins updates). I may use rounding in the next updates rather than using one single match to gather the data.
Continue below... (i had to split the posts because you get a forum error when trying to post too many of tables)
