Arbitrage betting, also known as arbing, is when a bettor places a wager on both sides of an outcome in order to guarantee profit no matter what the result is.

Understandably, most people hear that something guarantees a profit and immediately roll their eyes and assume it’s a scam, but in this case it’s not. If done properly, arbitrage betting results in a profit 100% of the time.

Every sportsbook sets their odds independently. Books aim to offer as many bets as possible, and sometimes they mess up. These errors, sometimes only 2-3%, compound into a massive advantage for you as the sports bettor.

Each arbitrage bet will make you a small amount of risk-free profit for less than 60 seconds of work. If you consistently take advantage of these opportunities, your profits can compound very quickly!

To be a successful arbitrage bettor, you’ll want to have as many sportsbook accounts as possible so you have more betting opportunities. Sign up for everything you can!

That being said, we've found it can be easier to start by learning the ins and outs of just a couple of sportsbooks to practice placing arbitrage bets quickly. It's easier to arb bet on a book you know well!

For instance, you might start by only hitting arbitrage bets between major bets like FanDuel and Draftkings until you get the hang of it before expanding to other books.
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It all depends on how much time and money you put in. Arbitrage is based on a profit percentage rather than any raw amount of money. For instance, a 1% arb might make you $1 if you bet $100, but would make you $5 if you bet $500.

OddsJam has many users who make over $10,000 a month!

With arbitrage betting, you need to move quick. These are MISTAKES by sportsbooks that do not last forever. Additionally, most sportsbooks have maximum bet sizes of $100-$1,000. Thus, arbitrage is great side hustle for making $100 a day, but you’re not going to get rich overnight. This is a long-term game.

You also need to have access to two specific books that are part of the arb. Don’t worry though, you can filter your arbitrage tool to only show opportunities at sportsbooks you have access to.

The easiest way to identify an arb (with American odds) at a glance is to see whether the positive odds are greater than the absolute value of the negative odds.

For instance, -110 and +120 is an arb, since 120 is larger than 110, while -120 and +110 is NOT an arb.

Although there’s a learning curve to arbitrage betting, it’s pretty easy and you can do it anytime. Just follow the arbitrage calculator which tells you exactly how much to bet on each book & what your risk free profit will be!

Let's look at an example arb straight from our Arbitrage tool

For this arb, we bet on...

1. $500 on Fanatics Sportsbook: Payton Pritchard to get Over 1.5 assists, at -110 odds

2. $420 BetMGM Sportsbook: Payton Pritchard to get Under 1.5 assists, at +125 odds

And we'll profit either $25 or $34 depending on the result, as long as we successfully hit both odds.