Bovada: margins and market data
Across 3,268 markets observed in the last 7 days (6 sports, 40 leagues), Bovada's median bookmaker margin was 6.78% — rank #30 of 99 tracked books (lower is better for bettors). Where at least five books priced the same market, Bovada had the single best price 10.6% of the time.
| Market family | Median margin |
|---|---|
| Moneyline / match result | 6.92% |
| Handicaps / spreads | 6.52% |
| Totals | 4.76% |
In the last 90 days, Bovada posted the board-leading price on 275 signals flagged by Omenizer's detection engine.
The margin is the bookmaker's built-in fee: the amount by which its implied probabilities exceed 100%. A 6.78% margin means that, on a typical Bovada market, prices pay out 6.78% less than a fair-value book would. Omenizer's fair prices remove this margin using sharp reference sources — the methodology explains how.
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