BETTING BY SPORT · 14 COVERED
The best bookmaker depends on the sport
No operator prices everything well. We measure margins and market depth sport by sport, so the recommendation on this page changes depending on what you actually bet.
- 14
- sports covered
- 3.4%
- lowest sport margin
- 40
- markets priced monthly
- 6
- sport guides
MAJOR SPORTS
Six sports our readers bet most
Each card names the bookmaker that priced the sport best in our August measurements, not the one with the biggest bonus.
The deepest market lists and the tightest pricing in betting, because it is the most compared. Player props are where the margins hide.
- Avg margin
- 3.4%
- Depth
- 300+ markets a match
- Our picks
- 48 published
- Competitions
- 46 leagues
Premier Division, Liga Primera, Lega Prima, Rhine Liga, Continental Cup and 41 more
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.
Fast lines and heavy in-play volume. Rest days and back-to-backs move prices more than most bettors account for.
- Avg margin
- 4.2%
- Depth
- 120+ markets a game
- Our picks
- 21 published
- Competitions
- 17 leagues
CBL, Basketball Cup, Women’s Basketball League and 14 domestic leagues
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.
Point-by-point in-play is the draw, and retirement rules differ between bookmakers more than in any other sport.
- Avg margin
- 4.5%
- Depth
- 90+ markets a match
- Our picks
- 18 published
- Competitions
- 5 leagues
Continental Tour, Women’s Tour, the majors, Challengers and futures
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.
Spreads and totals are priced very tightly. The value sits in player props and early-week line movement.
- Avg margin
- 4.0%
- Depth
- 160+ markets a game
- Our picks
- 12 published
- Competitions
- 4 leagues
Gridiron League regular season, playoffs, the title game and college
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.
Best odds guaranteed and non-runner rules matter more than the headline price. Terms vary enormously.
- Avg margin
- 4.4%
- Depth
- Full racecards
- Our picks
- 9 published
- Competitions
- 5 countries
UK, Ireland, France, USA and Australia
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.
Small cards, sharp closing lines and thin early markets. Prices move hard on late news.
- Avg margin
- 4.8%
- Depth
- 70+ markets a fight
- Our picks
- 7 published
- Competitions
- 4 promotions
Apex Cage Series, Frontier League, Cage Alliance and regional cards
18+. New customers only. Terms apply.EVERY SPORT WE COVER
All fourteen, with the numbers
Coverage counts how many of the fifteen bookmakers in our guide carry the sport. Margin is our own monthly measurement of that sport's main markets.
Margins measured May — August 2026 across the main markets in each sport. Streaming requires a funded account or a recent bet at every operator that offers it.
WHAT IS ON NEXT
The next six months
SPORT-SPECIFIC GUIDES
Learn the markets for your sport
Markets, rules and where the margin sits in a 300-market list.
Asian handicap for footballQuarter and half lines with worked examples.
CBL spreads and totalsRest, pace and the numbers that actually move a line.
Tennis retirement rulesHow each bookmaker settles an abandoned match.
Each-way betting in racingPlace terms, dead heats and the fifth-of-the-odds trap.
MMA method and round bettingFinish distributions, and why early markets are thin.
HOW COVERAGE IS SCORED
What each column measures
More sports is not a reason to bet on more of them
Fourteen sports and a year-round calendar make it easy to always have something to bet on. Pick the one or two you actually follow, set a deposit limit before you open an account, and treat every stake as spent the moment it is placed.