Mansion Sports Exchange

Mansion was a big exchange last year when they were throwing out free money non-stop. Things leveled off when they banned US players. However, looking at them today, Mansion sport book is now offering decent numbers on their baseball lines. The best thing about it is there is no commission charged to buyers and only 1% to sellers.

Some of the lines ended up being better than Matchbook's due to the fact that Matchbook charges commission to its buyers. Betfair charges 5% commission to its buyers (which is a crime, in my opinion).

I highly recommend checking them out for arbing, I even found arbs between matchbook and mansion (although they were fairly small).

Mansion Sport Book

What to do in the off-season

I consider May-August to be the down-time for sportsbook bonus arbitrage. The only American sport you can really bet on is baseball. This is the time to really work through as many of the signup bonuses as possible. In August and September, most of the sites will offer you a nice reload bonus for the upcoming NFL season. Many of the special reloads can be as good (or better) than the signup bonus.

Really focus on sportsbooks that offer dimeline pricing on baseball (ex. -110/+100). You will have a lot of success here since the sportsbooks only have a small gap between prices, it'll be easy to find some solid arbitrage opportunities.

5dimes offers nickel pricing on overnight lines (ex. -105/+100). This is a very good deal if you are looking to get in on a good line early. Otherwise, 5dimes has dimeline moneyline pricing during the day.

But be ready in September, because you are going to get more reload offers than you can even handle. Baseball and football will be in full swing, with hockey and basketball right around the corner. Sharpen your sportsbook bonus arbitrage skills now, so you will be ready when the real fun begins.

Sportsbook Arbitrage- The Basics

I. Arbitrage with Sportsbook Bonuses – The Basics

What is arbitrage?

Basically, sportsbook arbitrage is exploiting price differences in a market in order to guarantee a profit.

Sports betting offers one of the easiest, low-risk way of using arbitrage to guarantee yourself a nice return on investment (ROI). A ROI which can be much higher than can be obtain from investing in the stock market. First, arbitrage opportunities only exist when a book offers a line that differs greatly from that offered at another book. This can occur when the line first comes out, due to the fact that the sports manager at one book disagrees with the linesmaker at another book. More commonly, however, is that the perceived value of a wager, like a stock, is ever changing. Lines are constantly changing, and the books that are slowest to adjust their lines to be with the rest of the market will be most vulnerable to sportsbook arbitrage opportunities. Second, sportsbook arbitrage opportunities do not last long, as there are many people trying to profit from the same mistake. Once a book realizes it is taking too much action on the bad side of a line, it will adjust that line and the sportsbook arbitrage will no longer exist. Lastly, if you are fortunate enough to be able to place a bet on the bad line, you should have no trouble “selling” it by betting on the other side of the event at another book. The greatest part about sportsbook arbitrage is you can take a negative-return arb and still make a nice profit, we will go over this later.

How do you know if an arbitrage exists?

It can be difficult at first to identify which lines at different sites will have a sportsbook arbitrage opportunity. If you are using American odds (as opposed to Decimal or Fractional odds), lines will be portrayed using a plus or minus sign, followed by a number of 100 or higher. A line with a plus sign is used for the underdog. The number that follows indicates how much you will win if you place a $100 bet. For example, a line of +2000 means that for every $100 you wager you will win $200. Similarly, a minus sign is used for the favorite. The number that follows indicates how much you must bet to win $100. For example, a line of –200 means that you must wager $200 to win $100.

A sportsbook arbitrage exists whenever the positive line (on the underdog) is greater than the negative line (on the favorite).

For example, let’s say Detroit plays Chicago and the line for which team is going to win (Known as the Moneyline or ML) at book A is -150 on Detroit and +140 on Chicago. At book B, they have -170 Detroit and +155 Chicago. Therefore, we have a situation where the positive line is greater than the negative one. In this case, -150 with Detroit at book A and +155 with Chicago at book B. If we placed a $500 bet on Detroit (-150) at book A, we would win $333.33. If we place $325 bet on Chicago (+155) at book B, we would win $503.75. Therefore, if Detroit wins we won $333.33 at book A but lost $325 at book B, for a total profit of $8.33. If Chicago wins, we win $503.75 at book B but lost $500 at book A, for a total profit of $3.75. So no matter what the result of the game, we guarantee we make something. Now 3 or 8 dollars doesn’t seem like it would be worth your time? However, we will always be playing with bonus money given to us from the various sportsbooks. We will go over this later, also.

How many sportsbook arbs can be found a day?

Generally, you will be limited by the amount of events available to bet on that day. You will mostly place bets on the larger well-known sports, like baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer (which is a little trickier than the others)

Basically:

• Number of books used
• Experience
• Bankroll size
• Events on given day

Expect to have no troubles finding all the sportsbook arbs you need in a given day. Generally, only your bankroll will be your limiting factor.

What time is best for finding sportsbook arbs?

You can arb nearly 24 hours a day. You are slightly limited during the period of 11pm (Eastern Time) until late morning (Eastern Time). These are the time in which the betting exchanges don’t have as many available bets. Betting exchanges will be a major source of finding arbs.

How many books should I use?

Generally, you will use a couple of main books for covering your sportsbook arbs. These include Matchbook and Pinnacle. After these two, you will be obtaining bonuses from various online sportsbooks. Generally, you will attempt to work 1-3 bonuses, depending on your bankroll size.

How much money do I need to get started?

You could get started with a very small amount, as low as $500. This will allow you to work a lot of the smaller match-play bonuses at a lot of the UK sportsbooks. However, a better figure for getting started would be $5,000. This would allow you to go after bonuses that would require a deposit of a range of $500-$1,000. Once you are comfortable, a better figure to work with would be $10,000-$15,000. Then, you will be able to work off several bonuses for the max bonus amounts at the same time.

How much money can I make and how much time will I need to invest.

This is strongly dependent on bankroll size. At first, it will be slower, because you will be learning and spending more time double checking and being cautious. Once you catch on to the basic concepts, you will find yourself spending less and less time working on sportsbook arbitrage. It will get to the point where you run out of things to do fairly quickly. By the time you get the hang of it, you will rarely invest more than one hour a day and be able to consistently bring in an extra $200-$500 a week. I have seen people make over $3,000 in their first month. This won’t bring in enough to do for a living, but can provide great extra income for those who don’t have a tremendous amount of free time.

Why not just try and pick the winning bets instead?

Sportsbook arbitrage isn’t very exciting because you are never risking any money on the games you bet on, you are basically doing a bunch of simple math problems to place your bets. Most people who try to bet on just one side of an event are rarely successful long-term. The ones that are invest nearly all of their time researching lines and statistics to make their bets. Even they can have losing years.

So, why sportsbook arbitrage over handicapping? The reason is that sportsbook arbitrage gives you a guaranteed profit. While this isn’t as exciting as trying to pick the winner of a game, trust me, it feels good to win money on sports betting week-in and week-out. It is very nice to be able to bet on a game and not even care who wins or loses and yet still make money either way.

Sportsbook Bonuses- Specific Examples

Arbitrage with Sportsbook Bonuses – Specific Concepts and Examples

Basic example of sportsbook arbitrage using a sportsbook bonus

Now that you have the basics, you are ready to start your first bonus. Let’s say you start with Sportsbook A. Sportsbook A is offering a 25 percent cash bonus on a $1,000 deposit. In their terms, it states you must wager your deposit and bonus 4 times before requesting a withdrawal. In this case, you would have to wager ($1,000+$250)*4 equals $5,000 before you can request a withdrawal. You deposit $1,000 and now have $1,250.

You decide to use matchbook for your book to cover your bets with, deposit $1,250 here and get 2 weeks free of commission. Next, bring up the betting menus at each site. Now look for games where the lines are nearly identical. Let’s say the best possible line you find is the NY vs. Cleveland game point spread. You find NY +5 at Sportsbook A with a -110 line. You find Clev -5 with a +109 line at Matchbook. The negative line is larger than the positive line so this is not a positive arb. However, this is still okay if this is the best available bet.

So, let’s wager all $1,250 on NY +5 (-110) at Sportsbook A. You would be wagering $1,250 to win $1,136 ($1,250 divided by 1.1). Now, take whatever value Sportsbook A gives you for the win amount and plug that into the “risk” amount at Matchbook (MB). Risking $1,136 on Clev -5 +109 at MB will win $1,238 ($1,136 multiplied by 1.09).

If NY covers, you would now have $2,386 in Sportsbook A. You lost $1,136 at MB and deposited $1,000 at Sportsbook A for a total of $2,136. $2,386 minus $2,136 equals $250, so you still have the $250 bonus and cleared 25 percent of the rollover requirement. You would then try another arb for your whole balance (if possible because most sites have betting limits) or until you bust out or finish the rollover requirement.

If Cleveland covers, you would now have $2,374 from the winning bet plus the $114 you didn’t use from your deposit in MB for a total of $2,488. You lost $1,000 of your own money at Sportsbook A and deposited $1,250 for a total deposit of $2,250. Therefore, your net gain is $2,488 minus $2,250 equals $238 profit! You busted out all your money at Sportbook A, so you no longer have to finish the rollover requirement and you can withdrawal your money from MB free of charge whenever you wish. You can now move on to a new bonus.

Generally, you don’t want to pay more than -3c for your arb (ex.- +107/-110) because 95 percent of the time you will find something as good or better than -3c. If you can’t find a good arb, maybe wait a couple hours and come back and check again. You could wait around all day to find a +1c arb, but unless you have that kind of time, just place the small negative arb. This way you clear out your bonuses faster and can move on to new ones without this taking up all of your time.

So what books can you use to cover the odds side of your bets from the bonus sportsbooks?

Generally, you will use Matchbook and Pinnacle. Both offer great rates and both have positives and negatives. I highly recommend using both because it almost doubles your chance of finding a good arb.

What bonus sportsbooks should you use?

There are many sportsbook scam sites out there. The most important part of sportsbook bonus arbitrage is to avoid the books that will steal your money. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of sportsbooks online, only about 20 or so are safe and trusted places to play. I have used the recommendations from this site for deciding where to play in the past:

Open to US players and outside US- US Friendly Sportsbooks

Not open to US players- Sportsbook Bonuses

What are my personal recommendations?

I recommend signing up at the following books to get started:

Matchbook

PinnacleSports


If you have a question not covered or are looking for personalized coaching:

You can reach me at bonuscoach@yahoo.com

I do offer help through your first couple of bonuses. In return, I ask that you credit me with the referral with the sportsbooks' refer a friend programs.