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Nordic Bet — real bookmaker margin

We measure the margin Nordic Bet actually builds into its 1X2 football prices — not the one it advertises. 1,778 matches in the last 30 days, every price taken from our own odds snapshots. We have no commercial relationship with Nordic Bet or any other bookmaker.

Last computed:

Margin (30 days) 7.56%
Rank (plain average) 15 of 44

#18 of 44 on the same matches as Pinnacle

vs Pinnacle, same matches +3.44 pts

1,626 shared matches

vs market average −1.23pp

8.80%

What that margin costs you

At a 7.56% margin, every 100 units you stake with Nordic Bet carry an expected cost of 7.03 units before any skill is involved. Someone staking 100 units a month pays roughly 84 units a year in margin alone — 28 units more per year than at the cheapest bookmaker we track (BetAnything, 4.97%).

Margin over the last 90 days

Each point is the average margin of the matches whose last pre-match price we captured that week (weeks with fewer than 10 matches are hidden). The most recent point can still move slightly as late prices arrive.

0.0% 2.6% 5.2% 7.8% 10.4% Pinnacle Week of 29 Jul 2026: 6.91% (n=90) 29 Jul 2026 Week of 3 Aug 2026: 6.83% (n=168) Week of 10 Aug 2026: 6.97% (n=275) Week of 1 Sep 2026: 7.69% (n=298) Week of 7 Sep 2026: 7.49% (n=312) Week of 14 Sep 2026: 7.56% (n=348) Week of 21 Sep 2026: 8.57% (n=46) Week of 28 Sep 2026: 7.82% (n=83) Week of 5 Oct 2026: 7.70% (n=329) Week of 12 Oct 2026: 7.55% (n=426) Week of 19 Oct 2026: 7.63% (n=431) Week of 26 Oct 2026: 7.38% (n=506) 26 Oct 2026

Margin by competition, last 30 days, leagues with at least 20 priced matches. 'Market avg' is the average margin of all bookmakers we track on that league — how Nordic Bet compares to its peers, not just to itself.

Cheapest leagues at Nordic Bet

League Avg. margin Market avg n
UEFA Europa League 4.13% 6.81% 54
UEFA Champions League 4.20% 6.11% 54
Premier League 5.30% 5.80% 50
Championship 5.74% 7.13% 61
Eredivisie 5.79% 7.81% 44

Most expensive leagues at Nordic Bet

League Avg. margin Market avg n
K League 1 10.34% 10.01% 21
Premier Division 9.47% 9.35% 21
2. Bundesliga 9.41% 8.36% 36
3. Liga 9.39% 10.13% 41
J1 League 9.39% 8.69% 48

Frequently asked

What is Nordic Bet's real margin on 1X2 football odds?

Measured from 1,778 matches in the last 30 days, Nordic Bet's average 1X2 margin is 7.56%. That means the implied probabilities of its home/draw/away prices add up to about 107.6% instead of 100%; the excess is the bookmaker's built-in fee.

Is Nordic Bet cheaper or more expensive than the sharp benchmark?

On the 1,626 matches both priced in the last 30 days, Nordic Bet's margin was on average 3.44 percentage points above Pinnacle's, the sharp benchmark. By plain average over all its matches, Nordic Bet's margin is 7.56% and it ranks #15 of the 44 bookmakers we track with enough data; the cheapest by that average is BetAnything at 4.97%.

Which leagues is Nordic Bet most expensive on?

On the matches we priced in the last 30 days, Nordic Bet's highest margins were on K League 1 (10.34%) and its lowest on UEFA Europa League (4.13%). Smaller competitions almost always carry a higher margin at every bookmaker.

How we measure this

For every match, we take each bookmaker's most recent pre-kick-off 1X2 prices from our own odds snapshots (in-play prices are excluded), convert them to implied probabilities (1 divided by the odds) and sum them. A fair market sums to exactly 100%; anything above that is the bookmaker's margin — the built-in fee you pay on every bet. We average that margin across all matches the bookmaker priced in the last 30 days. Nobody pays us for placement and no affiliate deal reorders this table: it is arithmetic on captured prices, recomputed every hour.

Why this matters

TipsAudit has no affiliate, sponsorship or advertising relationship with Nordic Bet or with any bookmaker. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to open an account anywhere; it is a measurement of what the prices cost.

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