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title: 'How to Make Risk-Free Money Sports Betting - Arbitrage Betting Explained'
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date: 2026-07-05
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# How to Make Risk-Free Money Sports Betting - Arbitrage Betting Explained

> Source: [How to Make Risk-Free Money Sports Betting - Arbitrage Betting Explained](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lRD3OV42HDs)

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betting which I know it sounds a little too good to be true but is a strategy that anybody can do this that you can use to make risk-free profits off the sports books so there's a lot of people doing it you look at this guy the ARB
father he started Arbitrage betting in 2023 made over $45,000 so in this video we're kind of going to be breaking down the basics of Arbitrage how to get started how it works why it's possible and I'm also
going to go through some of the FAQ frequently asked questions that come up about Arbitrage betting it's a super lucrative strategy but there's definitely a lot of questions about Arbitrage betting when I started I had a
lot of questions there's a bit of a learning curve so I hope to break the first question is what is arbitrage even a term that's specific to sports betting all that Arbitrage means is if
you can simultaneously buy and sell and make a risk for free profit so a simple example is let's just imagine there's a stock and you can buy it for $10 on E Trade and then your friend will buy it for $11 so you can buy it for 10 sell it
to your friend for 11 you make a risk-free profit of $1 that's Arbitrage now the reason Arbitrage is possible in sports betting is every sports book sets different odds every book sets their own odds their own lines so a simple example
you can see right here is a big discrepancy in Kyrie Irving points Kyrie discrepancy in Kyrie Irving points Kyrie Irving over 212 points is minus 108 odds on Caesar sports book DraftKings is way different they have this line at -135
and then you can see Pinnacle another Sportsbook they have this line all the way up at minus 1556 so all these books have different prices or different odds and that's why Arbitrage betting is possible out of the millions of odds
across Sports books each sports book typically has around 50,000 odds at any given time out of the the millions of odds usually there's a few spots where Sports books are way out of sync with one another and you can bet the over on
one book the under on another book to guarantee a profit so you're essentially just day trading the sports books in this example on Kyrie Irving you'd want to bet his over at- 108 on Caesars and bet his under at plus 1119 on Pinnacle
so I figured we could start out just going through a simple example of an Arbitrage bet so you can see this guy he locked in an Arbitrage bet where he's locked in an Arbitrage bet where he's making a profit of $50 or $66 it doesn't
matter what happens if Josh giddy goes over one and a half threes or Josh giddy goes under one and a half threes he's going to make money no matter what 50 bucks or 66 so let's kind of go through the math you can see on ESPN so the
sports books he's using are ESPN and FanDuel so with Arbitrage betting you're hedging for a profit so you're always placing two bets on two different sports books capitalizing on inefficiencies in the market so you can see on ESPN he bet
the market so you can see on ESPN he bet Josh giddy under 1 and 123s atus 150 Josh giddy under 1 and 123s atus 150 odds for 475 bucks now on FanDuel he bet Josh gidy over 1 and 1 half threes that's the same as two plus 3s two plus
threes over one and a half they're the same thing and he played this for 250 at plus 210 odds on FanDuel so he's betting a total of $725 right he has $475 on giddy's under on ESPN and then he has 250 on giddy
over 1 and half threes or two plus made 3es on FanDuel at plus 210 odds so let's break down the math so let's say giddy has a good game he has two or more made 3s so if he has two or more made 3s the bet on ESPN is going to lose right under
one and a half made threes we're going to lose 475 bucks but on FanDuel we bet 250 at plus 210 odds so we're going to be up 525 in profit so the net profit
be up 525 in profit so the net profit lose 475 on ESPN win 525 on FanDuel the net profit is going to be 50 bucks now on the other hand let's say he goes under right he has zero or one made three in that case the bet on ESPN is
going to win 31667 in profit 31667 in profit $475 bet at minus 150 odds but we're going to lose 250 on FanDuel for a net profit of
6667 so you can see it doesn't matter if giddy goes over or if he goes under we make a risk-free profit no matter what of 50 bucks or 6667 so another way you can think about Arbitrage is by looking at your total
stake versus your payout so for example on FanDuel he bet 2250 and then on ESPN he bet $475 so that's a combined amount of $725 and you're going to see if you look at FanDuel right you're betting 250 to
win 775 so the total payout if gidy has two plus made 3es is 775 bucks so you're betting 725 and if giddy goes over you're getting back 775 so the net
profit is going to be $50 you're turning a stake of 725 total into 775 on the other hand if giddy goes under and you look at ESPN the payout is $ look at ESPN the payout is $ 79166 so you bet 725 total you turned it
in to 79166 your net profit is going to be 66 67 just like we went through previously kind of breaking down the math so we good Arbitrage bet but now we can get
into some of the FAQs and one question that comes up all the time is well how many Arbitrage plays are there on a daily basis are we talking about 5 10 100 and it really depends right it depends how many sports books you're
using I've used over 50 Sports books I recommend for every new sports better sign up for all the books that are legal in your location the more books you're using the more Arbitrage plays there's going to be right sometimes FanDuel is
there's a ton of Arbitrage bets on FanDuel other days it's Caesars or fliff most of these books have pretty lucrative sign up bonuses and promos
when you first register anyways sign up for the books that are legal in your sense of which books have the most Arbitrage opportunities on a daily basis the second thing is it depends how much time you put in right nobody knows when
these Market inefficiencies when these Arbitrage plays are going to occur so profits Arbitrage betting they're putting in time right they're not just checking for Arbitrage plays one minute a day a lot of these people are putting
in a couple hours who are making thousands of dollars a day Arbitrage betting the final thing to mention is it depends on the sports calendar right if only MLB is going on in June and it's the heart of Summer and there's not a
lot of sports going on there's not going to be a lot of Arbitrage plays whereas in October and November when you have football basketball all the major sports going on there's usually a fair amount of opportunity so long story short
make sure you're signed up for as many sports books as possible and then just when these market and efficiencies are going to occur so the more you're looking the more Arbitrage plays you're going to find so really briefly I'll
show you how I Arbitrage bet odds Jam has a betting tool for Arbitrage and the first step is just select the state you're located in every state has different sports books so depending on where you're located you can obviously
books but you'll see different Arbitrage plays so the first play we can see right here is between bada and FanDuel again the more books you're using the more it's a really simple to do you can see
there's a huge discrepancy in Jabari Smith total points so all you want to do right this is a 4.55% risk risk-free return we're earning today right that's what's crazy about Arbitrage is if you could earn even just 2% a day on your
Arbitrage place since you're betting on games that day there's 30 days in a month so if you're earning 2% risk-free on your money a day that's 60% a month because there's 30 days in a month but anyways all you want to do is go right
here click into the Arbitrage calculator let's say you want to bet 250 on bada this is going to tell you to hedge so you just put in your stake what you want to bet on one sports book it'll tell you hey bet 275 on FanDuel as your hedge bet
and you'll make a risk-free profit of 25 bucks and obviously you can tailor this I started out when I was first Arbitrage betting betting about a hundred bucks on betting betting about a hundred bucks on each side so if you put a $100 on bada
it'll tell you bet 110 on FanDuel and you make $10 in risk-free profit right which is crazy so then after you place this Arbitrage bet what you can do is go to the next Arbitrage play and lock it in I used to get home from work and just
lock in as many Arbitrage plays as I could on a daily basis get some easy free money and all that odds Jam is doing is these Sports books have so many lines available I mean you can see for just one NBA game on FanDuel there's so
much possible stuff you can bet so odd sham is just reading in all this data all the odds on Sports books they're all setting their own odds and lines and pointing out the rare few opportunities where Arbitrage exists and two sports
books are super out of sync so much so that you can bet on equal and opposite outcomes and guarantee a profit so we can get into some more Arbitrage FAQ and one question that comes up all the time is when do the best Arbitrage bets occur
and often times it's after injury news or lineup changes so you can imagine if LeBron James gets injured in practice the day before game and he's not going to be able to play in the upcoming Lakers game that's going to massively
not only the money line the total and the point spread but also it's going to move around other player props right if LeBron's out Anthony Davis will probably take more of the scoring load and his line and odds will have to change and
again all these books are setting and managing their own odds so whenever there's new news in the market like an injury like a lineup change the market gets out of sync and there's usually some pretty good Arbitrage plays so now
frequently asked questions questions and one question that comes up all the time is what if the books end up changing their odds right as we try to place our Arbitrage bet obviously Arbitrage is a market inefficiency you're taking
advantage of huge discrepancies and the odds between books and sometimes the book May notice and try to adjust their odds before you can place your Arbitrage bet so obviously if you haven't placed either bet yet just move on to the next
Arbitrage play and try to move a little bit quicker odds Jam actually recently introduced a feature called oneclick bet it only works for certain Sports books like FanDuel but it will automatically link you to the bet on the sports book
to try to make Arbitrage betting faster so you're able to get more plays down so my second tip is start small right when you're Arbitrage betting there's a bit of a learning curve getting a sense of how quickly will books move their odds
may see your first play and want to slam it for $11,000 to make $100 in profit showed a little earlier but what I recommend is start out Arbitrage betting
recommend is start out Arbitrage betting $10 even $1 just to get a sense of the books how quickly they're moving their lines because obviously the worst thing that can happen is if you place one side of your Arbitrage bet you lock in one
play and then the second book changes their odds before you can lock in the second play so what I typically recommend doing is get a sense of which books move odds quickest you'll also get a sense of which book books allow full
cash out right so typically what I do when I'm Arbitrage betting is I place my first bet on a book that has full cash out and what I mean by that is let's say I'm trying to place an Arbitrage bet I put $100 down and then the second Play
Moves there are some books that will let you cash out your bet so if the second bet moves we can just cash out our initial wager for $100 and just get that money back so long story short a lot of your problems are going to be solved by
just start out small I don't know all the sports books you know where you're Arbitrage betting on but start out with lower bet sizes as you get a sense of the sports books which books move odds quickest which books have full cash out
help you gain confidence and then you can ramp up your bet size and start to make bigger profits so another question that comes up a lot is limits what if you place one side of your Arbitrage bet you're trying to bet $500 on the second
play and the sports book says hey you can only bet 300 right sports betting markets they're not super liquid or active enough where you can bet $10,000 on whatever you want most of these books have lower Max betting sizes so again I
recommend starting small start out betting 10 Dollar on each Arbitrage play Then ramp up to 25 50 100 as you're growing your bank roll and you'll get a sense of what the max bet size is on each sports book just start out betting
a little smaller so another question that comes up some frequently is Will Arbitrage betting get your accounts limited so there are some sports books that are pretty aggressive against sharper or profitable customers and
they'll cut down your max bet size so for example this Sportsbook prize picks earlier in the year I was able to bet $500 on whatever I wanted but once I started making money on prize picks they cut down my Max bet size to
$25 which absolutely sucks but that's just kind of part of the game there are certain Sports books like B MGM bet rivers and points bet which are known to have more aggressive limits on sharper profitable customers and that's why you
want to use as many books as possible some books just have more aggressive limits but this has nothing to do with Arbitrage betting this has everything to do with being profitable and making money so if you want to have unlimited
limits and be able to bet $110,000 on every single sports book then here's my recommendation for you lose a lot of money then these Sports books will take all of your action it doesn't have anything to do with Arbitrage betting
these Sports books aren't the CIA comparing bets of particular users that's not how it works however there are certain things you can do to preserve the longevity of your accounts so the first thing is when you're
Arbitrage betting round your bet sizes so you'll sometimes notice on the Arbitrage calculator if you put in a stake of let's say $1,000 it may tell you to hedge and bet like $337 bucks 42 on the second sports book
what I always recommend doing is just round your bet sizes to the nearest five so instead of betting like 33734 bet 335 or 340 it's not really going to affect your profit longterm but rounding your bet sizes will help you
out the second thing is don't slam very Niche markets for abnormal amounts of Niche markets for abnormal amounts of money so Arbitrage bets on NBA money lines main mark maret like money line spreads and totals your Arbitrage plays
can be a bit bigger but for the more Niche markets like Russian ping pong or Niche markets like Russian ping pong or KHL or NBA player Points Plus rebounds I recommend keeping your Arbitrage bet sizes just a little bit lower in the
hundreds don't go into the thousands and that'll help you preserve limits on your accounts a bit longer but again if you're making money in any way it doesn't matter if you're middle betting if you're Arbitrage betting positive EV
betting if you're crushing these books and taking a lot of money from them your bet sizes at least by a bit that's just kind of how it goes that's part of the game so the next question that comes up a lot is is live Arbitrage profitable
betting on games with Arbitrage as they're currently going on and the answer is yes books have a really hard time managing their lines well games are going on so there's often times some really good Arbitrage plays what's hard
about live betting though is things move really fast right if you're trying to bet and get an Arbitrage bet down while an NBA game is going on and these players are running up and down the court it's going to be hard lines move
quickly so what I recommend doing when you're live Arbitrage betting is looking for plays at quarter breaks timeouts halftime when the game is currently paused CU usually that will give you a bit more time to get your bets down
before the odds end up changing so I hope you found this video on Arbitrage questions feel free to comment them below we'll be happy to answer Arbitrage is a great strategy it's the strategy I used when I started out sports betting
it's a way that you know literally once you understand it you can grow your bankroll risk-free which is incredible I mean where else can you sit at home and just Place some bets and make risk-free money it's absolutely insane so if you
have any questions feel free to reach out to me I'll also include my email in out to me I'll also include my email in the description let's make some money