loto7 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I'm trying to work out if there's a way to generalise this beyond simply calculating a flat vigorish % and reapplying to the original odds to determine the "fair" odds. For example, if a 2-way market has odds of 1.97 and 1.9, then I sum the implied probabilities, so 1/1.97+1/1.9 = ~1.034, so the house edge is about 3.4%. Then I multiply the original odds by this 1.033 figure to get ~2.04 and ~1.96. In the scenarios where odds are around evens this seems perfectly reasonable. However, we all know that house edge may not be applied equally to all odds. From my research I suspect that it tends to be applied disproportionately to more extreme odds. Let's imagine a 2-way market where the odds are 1.01 and 25. So "fair" odds would be 1.04 and 25.75. I think it's pretty clear that these are likely not the true fair odds for a market like this. So what's going on exactly? How can I make a best guess here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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