Hold (also called vig, vigorish, or juice) is the structural margin a sportsbook builds into every market. The lower the hold, the more of every wagered dollar returns to players over the long run. Bink.bet publishes its hold by market type — the only U.S. social-casino sportsbook to do so.
Hold is the overround on a market. A 2-way market with a true 50/50 outcome would pay 2.00 (+100 American) on each side at zero hold. At a typical U.S. book, the same market pays 1.91 (−110) on each side — that's a 4.55% hold. Over time, the book keeps roughly 4.55% of every dollar wagered.
Lower hold = better long-run player return. Bink stays at or below the industry low band for every market type below.
| Market type | Typical hold % | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline (2-way) | ~4.0–4.5% | Standard 2-way win/lose. Hold scales with implied probability — tighter on favorites near pick'em, slightly wider on heavy favorites. |
| Moneyline (3-way, incl. draw) | ~5.0–5.5% | Soccer match-result and similar 3-outcome markets. Wider than 2-way by design. |
| Point spread | ~4.5% | Standard −110/−110 lines (4.55% theoretical). Capped at this level by the SharpAPI feed. |
| Totals (over/under) | ~4.5% | Same baseline as spreads. The most popular bet type at Bink after moneylines. |
| Player props | ~5.5–7.0% | Player-prop hold runs slightly wider across the U.S. sportsbook industry; Bink stays at the low end of this range. |
| Team props | ~5.5% | First-to-score, race-to-X-points, halftime-result, etc. |
| Same-game parlay (SGP) | ~6.0–10.0% | Hold widens with correlation between legs and number of legs. Bink's correlation engine refuses to combine legs whose joint probability would push hold above the published cap. |
| Multi-game parlay (2+ games) | compounds per leg | Multi-leg hold is the product of single-game holds. Bink does not artificially widen parlay margins above the per-leg compounded figure. |
| Futures (season-long, division winners) | ~12.0–18.0% | Futures hold runs wide across the industry because the books carry the position for months. Bink keeps it at the low end of the published range. |
| Tournament outright (golf, tennis) | ~15.0–22.0% | Field-of-many markets are structurally wide. Hold scales with field size. |
| Live in-play (moneyline / spread / totals) | ~5.0–6.0% | Slightly wider than pre-match to compensate for the latency window. Bink's in-play hold is capped at the upstream SharpAPI ceiling. |
DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and Caesars do not publish per-market-type hold. Independent analysis (Pinnacle, NCSG, sports-analytics academic papers) puts typical U.S. retail moneyline hold at 4–6%, spread/totals at 4.5–5%, player props at 6–8%, and parlays at 10–25% depending on legs. Bink's published bands are at the player-friendly end of every one of those ranges.
Bink doesn't render Pinnacle / sharp-book overlays, "+EV" badges, or staleness timestamps to players. The book is the house, not a line-shopping site. The transparency lives here — on a dedicated documentation page — so the player UI stays clean while the operating math is fully disclosed for anyone who wants to verify it.
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