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CFB · book juice by market

CFB Hold

The hold (juice) every sportsbook charges on each CFB market — the book’s theoretical margin, devigged from closing two-way prices. Lower is cheaper for you. In the matrix, each market row is shaded green = cheapest → red = priciest across books, so you read a row left-to-right to see who is taking the least on that bet.

Player props run far more expensive than game lines — the same book will take ~4–5% on a spread and 6–12% on a prop. That spread across books is the single biggest cost most bettors never price in. This is what each book charges — shop the cheapest one for the market you actually bet.

CFB · hold % by market × book · closing lines
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MarketDraftKingsFanDuelBetMGMtheScore BetCaesarsBetRiversFanaticsHard RockFliffPrizePicksUnderdogProphetX
Moneyline4.0%4.1%4.3%4.0%4.2%5.0%4.1%4.6%6.3%···
Moneyline (3-way)······8.1%·8.4%···
Spread4.5%4.6%4.5%4.5%4.5%5.0%4.5%4.5%6.4%···
Game Total4.5%4.5%4.6%4.5%4.6%4.9%4.6%4.6%7.3%···
Pass Yards6.5%5.8%6.5%7.0%7.0%6.5%·6.5%8.6%···
Pass TDs6.5%6.1%6.2%6.7%7.0%6.4%·6.4%9.0%···
Pass Attempts·6.2%·7.4%···6.4%9.0%···
Completions·6.3%·7.3%···6.4%9.1%···
Interceptions6.5%···7.2%6.4%·6.3%9.1%···
Rush Yards6.5%5.6%6.5%7.0%7.0%6.4%·6.4%8.8%··8.4%
Rush TDs········9.0%···
Longest Rush·6.2%·7.5%····9.1%···
Receptions·6.1%·6.3%6.5%6.2%·6.4%9.0%···
Rec Yards6.5%5.6%6.5%7.1%7.0%6.4%·6.4%8.9%13.5%13.5%6.8%
Rec TDs········8.8%···
Longest Reception·6.4%·7.3%···6.4%9.1%13.5%··
Rush + Rec Yards·6.2%·7.6%·7.9%·6.4%8.7%···
Pass + Rush Yards·6.1%·7.6%·7.7%··8.6%···
Kicking Points···7.3%···6.4%9.1%···
Field Goals·······6.3%8.8%···
Extra Points···7.3%····9.2%···
Rush Att···7.4%····9.0%···

Hold = (Σ implied − 1) / Σ implied over a market’s complete outcome set, averaged per (book, market) at the closing line, main full-game markets only (alternate ladders and period lines are priced differently by design). A market needs 30+ instances to appear. Pick’em apps (PrizePicks, Underdog) post a fixed payout rather than a quoted two-way price, so their figure is the cost of the pick’em structure itself and is identical on every market. No-vig exchanges (Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket) charge a commission on winnings instead, which this margin does not include.