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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
James Hicken

What is overround in betting and how to work it out

Overround is one of the fundamentals of bookmaking, and is applied to every event by all UK betting sites. It is how bookies factor in a profit to every market they run and is a vitally important concept to help understand how bookies work.

In this guide, The Standard have looked at how the overround works and how bettors can work out what the overround is on a particular market.

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