Why SX Bet’s 0% Fees Make It the Most Profitable Place to Bet on Sports
TL;DR: Finding the most profitable place to bet can significantly enhance your betting experience.
- 0% trading fees → best odds → highest payouts
- No bans or limits on winners
- Non-custodial: bet from your wallet; instant on-chain settlement
The Problem With Sportsbooks (Vig = Hidden Fees)
The difference between a profitable sports bettors and losing money often comes down to a couple percentage points. If you want to make money sports betting, it important to know how the industry works, how they make money, and where you can get an edge.
- Vig (vigorish) is the margin baked into sportsbook odds so the house profits long-term.
Example: -110 / -110 on both sides ≈ ~4.76% implied house edge. - Fee exchanges still skim: typical commissions 2–5%, sometimes higher for high-volume winners.
Even when you win, commissions erode ROI. - Net effect: your model can be right and still underperform because the fee structure quietly taxes every edge.
0% Fees on SX Bet → Better Odds → More Profit
Because SX charges 0% on single bets, market makers don’t need to bake the additional fees into their odds.
In other words, SX unlocks the true free market of sports trading:
- Pure P2P price discovery: orders match user-to-user on-chain, so there’s no house commission distorting the line.
- Tighter spreads: market makers don’t need to pad quotes to cover fees → truer prices.
- Your edge compounds: no rake means you keep 100% of any price improvement.
When no one is skimming off the top, competition drives better prices. And better prices mean higher profitability for bettors.
Name Your Price With Limit Orders: Capture Extra Edge and Profit More
There are two ways to execute bets:
- Market order for instant fills. You are taking an offer on on the order book.
- Limit order request the odds you want, and let the market meet it.
Pinnacle is widely regarded as the sharpest sportsbook in the world, offering some of the tightest lines available. But what if you could do even better? Harnessing the power of a betting exchange allows you to profit.
In this example, SX had slightly better odds than Pinnacle, and by using a limit order, we were able to capture even more edge. Say we bet $1,000 on Pacers.
- Pinnacle odds: 1.925 → $1,925 return
- Market order on SX: 1.93 → $1,930 return
- Limit order on SX: 1.97 → $1,970 return
That’s $45 more, just by setting a better price and letting the market meet it.
And here’s where SX really separates itself: you, the bettor, shape the market.
SX Bet vs The Field: Real Odds, Real Profits
What does this all mean for your wallet? Here is another real world example from OddsJam — and why SX Bet is becoming the choice for those looking to make money sports betting.
Let’s say you place a $1,000 bet on the New York Mets:
- SX Bet (2.67) →: $2,670 return
- Pinnacle (2.63) → $2,630 (7.5K wager limit) return
- Stake (2.50) → $2,500 return
With a $1,000 bet, you would have earned up to $180 more based on where you placed your bet. It adds up fast, and profiting an average of 5% more on every winning bet will likely be the determining factor on whether you are a profitable sports bettor.
Blockchain Infrastructure: No Bans, Limits or Custody.
SX Bet is built different. Not just in ethos of creating fairness and transparency, but the technology that facilitates the vision.
- Winners welcome: there’s no centralized risk desk throttling or banning profitable bettors.
- Non-custodial by default: bet directly from your wallet; instant on-chain settlement after results.
- Transparent: orders, fills, and outcomes are auditable on-chain.
Markets are created on-chain (via API or UI) with event details, which generate a unique market hash in the registry. Traders post or accept offers (market or limit), and when a trade matches, both stakes move atomically to an escrow smart contract—no house custody, no withdrawal games, and 0% trading fees. SX runs on SX Network (SX Rollup) and is deployed to Arbitrum and Berachain, so users can place bets directly from their wallets on those chains.
When the events end, outcomes are reported as one of three results—Outcome 1, Outcome 2, or Void. Smart contracts settle instantly to wallets: winners are paid automatically; if the market is Void (e.g., cancellation/postponement/tie), both sides get their stakes back with no fees.
The Vision: Global Liquidity Layer for Sports
“Our mission is to lower the vig in sports betting from ~5% to less than 0.25%.”
SX isn’t just another sportsbook. It’s an open, decentralized protocol aiming to become the global liquidity layer for all sports betting. It leverages the power of blockchain technology to create a fair, transparent and free market for sports betting.
Prices are discovered by traders, trades settle on-chain to your wallet, and fees are 0%. As liquidity grows across chains, spreads tighten and every participant, makers and bettors both benefit, making SX the most profitable place to bet.
Vig (short for vigorish) is the margin sportsbooks take on every bet so they profit regardless of outcome. e.g. -110 / -110 odds on both sides of a point spread = 4.76% vig. Bet $110 to win $100 no matter which side you take. The sportsbook book collects more than it pays out over time.
Betting exchanges like Matchbook charge 2% – 4% fees. For high volume winners, you may even be charged up to 60% in premium fees on Betfair — a massive hit to your ability to profit from sports betting.
With no commission, market makers don’t need to pad quotes. The result is tighter spreads and higher net payouts versus fee venues.
No. SX is a peer-to-peer decentralized exchange — no bans, no limits, and funds stay in your wallet. Some sportsbooks will limit or ban winning players because it will hurt their profit.