Sportsbook Hold vs Theoretical Margin: What the Numbers Mean
A practical distinction between realised sportsbook hold, price-derived overround and theoretical margin, with formulas and a reporting review checklist.
Guides to betting odds, casino mechanics, payments and licence checks, with country-specific limits and a separate industry systems library.
Read an accepted bet, understand a casino game, check payment terms or trace a licence claim. These paths organise existing publications; they do not replace local rules or an operator's terms.
Check the scope and original review date on each article. Industry guides are labelled separately. For current records, use Markets, Licences and Companies; for dated events, use News.
Read the price, the accepted ticket and the rules behind a delayed, voided or settled bet.
ScopeObserved revenue versus quoted prices
A practical distinction between realised sportsbook hold, price-derived overround and theoretical margin, with formulas and a reporting review checklist.
Match the holder, permission and domain. A licence in one jurisdiction is not permission to serve every market.
ScopeFinland · staged licensing transition
Gambling Act 10/2026 opens six online gambling forms to licences from 1 July 2027, with applications already under review and a 22% tax rate set in law.
ScopeBrazil · federal authorisation
A practical guide to matching a Brazilian federal authorisation act, legal entity, CNPJ, consumer brand and exact .bet.br domain.
ScopeGermany · federal and state scope
A product-level guide to GGL permissions, the official whitelist, LUGAS, state online casino rules and Germany's product-specific tax bases.
ScopeGreat Britain · remote casino permission
A source-led guide to the legal entity, activity, status, trading-name and hostname checks behind a Great Britain remote casino licence claim.
ScopeMalta · consumer and supply permissions
A practical comparison of Malta Gaming Service and Critical Gaming Supply licences, game types, entity checks and destination-market limits.
ScopeNetherlands · remote gambling permission
A source-led guide to Dutch remote-gambling product scope, operator and website checks, Cruks, the control database and the 2026 tax rate.
ScopeOntario · registration and agreement
A source-led explanation of AGCO registration, iGaming Ontario operating agreements, gaming-site checks and the limits of public market data.
A separate library for operators, suppliers, payment teams and marketers—not instructions or recommendations for players.
ScopePayment infrastructure roles
A functional map of deposits, withdrawals, PSPs, gateways, banks, player ledgers and compliance decisions in iGaming.
ScopeLicensing roles · permissions vary by market
A market-by-market guide to the legal boundary between player-facing gambling operators, software suppliers and casino game hosts.
ScopeOperators, suppliers and service roles
A functional map of games, hosting, account systems, payments, licensed operators and oversight across the iGaming value chain.
ScopeMalta · MGA responsibility matrix
A practical matrix separating MGA key-person approvals from monthly, annual and event-driven reporting duties for gaming licensees.
ScopeOperators · contract and control models
A control-led comparison of white-label casino and turnkey platform models across licensing, player contracts, payments, data and exit rights.
ScopeAcquisition teams · channel measurement
A practical framework for separating iGaming traffic sources from partner relationships, measuring SEO, PPC and affiliates, and applying advertising controls.
ScopePayment teams · Great Britain, Australia, Brazil and US
A network- and regulator-led guide to MCC 7995, US gambling codes 7800–7802, card declines and credit-payment restrictions across four markets.
ScopeMalta · B2B supply permission
A regulator-led guide to the MGA B2B critical-supply boundary, game-provider and back-office scope, fees, capital, application checks and licence verification.
ScopeSportsbook teams · data and risk control
A practical map of sportsbook supply layers, separating price feeds from managed trading, bet acceptance, supplier economics and regulatory accountability.
ScopePlatform teams · integration roles
A practical map of casino content distribution: supplier RGS connections, wallet messages, game enablement and the evidence needed to review an integration.
ScopeIndustry metrics · reporting definitions
A practical guide to gambling revenue definitions, using regulator methodology, real company reports and a worked example of wagers, deductions and margins.
ScopePlatform teams · account infrastructure
A technical map of the account, wallet, ledger, limits, exclusions, audit trails and integrations behind a Player Account Management system.
Browse the complete reporting archive
These are existing guides and explainers, not newly verified claims. Each article retains its original author, evidence and review date. Country labels describe the article's scope; listing a guide does not endorse an operator or extend a local rule to another market.
Read our source policy →