Operator Vig and Fee Index
The median published figure in the Operator Vig and Fee Index is 6 percent across 2 sources' own pages (range 2 to 10 percent), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 25 named sources read in full publish a figure; 23 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is up 4 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 2 percent across 1).
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| PredictIt | 10% | 2026-10-12 |
| Matchbook commission explained (independent) | 2% | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (2)
- PredictIt, read 2026-10-12:
Fee on profits 10%, unchanged
- Matchbook commission explained (independent), read 2026-10-12:
UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man: 2% from net winnings
Read in full, publishes no figure
23 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Polymarket fee schedule, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Polymarket, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Polymarket documentation, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Kalshi: how prediction markets are regulated, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Kalshi regulatory, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Kalshi help centre, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Kalshi: CFTC approval for exchange to trade event contracts, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Kalshi fee schedule page, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Novig, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Novig about, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Novig FAQ, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- ProphetX, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- PredictIt support FAQs, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- PredictIt support FAQ, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Betdaq, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Manifold Markets, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Limitless Exchange, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Circa Sports house rules, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Circa Sports, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Hard Rock Bet, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- FanDuel, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- the operator universe, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Pinnacle Odds Dropper: market limits and vigs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 25 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 23 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 9 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 99 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per operator per market type: the explicit fee where the operator publishes one (Polymarket's taker and maker table, Kalshi's fee formula, an exchange's commission percentage, PredictIt's profit and withdrawal fees) and - for every sportsbook, none of which publishes a margin - the OVERROUND computed from that operator's own posted prices on identical markets, which is the only way the number exists at all.
The derivation nobody publishes: the vig by operator, sport and market type side by side with the fee, restated as one comparable cost of taking a position, and the fair no-vig probability our calculator returns beside the operator's implied one; plus the measured share of operators that publish any cost figure at all, which this harvest already answers - of the operators read, the CFTC-regulated venues and the exchanges publish a fee schedule and not one traditional sportsbook publishes a margin
99 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (34)
- Polymarket fee schedule(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Polymarket(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Polymarket documentation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi: about(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi: how prediction markets are regulated(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi regulatory(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi help centre(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi: CFTC approval for exchange to trade event contracts(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi fee schedule (PDF)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kalshi fee schedule page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Novig(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Novig about(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Novig FAQ(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ProphetX(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PredictIt(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PredictIt support FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PredictIt support FAQ(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Betdaq(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Manifold Markets(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Limitless Exchange(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Circa Sports house rules(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Circa Sports(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hard Rock Bet(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FanDuel(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FanDuel rules(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DraftKings house rules(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- bet365 rules(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pinnacle: learn more about Pinnacle's margins(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Betfair Exchange charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Smarkets commission(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Matchbook commission(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- the operator universe(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Matchbook commission explained (independent)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Pinnacle Odds Dropper: market limits and vigs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Operator Vig and Fee Index is 6 percent across 2 sources' own pages (range 2 to 10 percent), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 25 named sources read in full publish a figure; 23 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is up 4 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 2 percent across 1).
Cite as: "Fair Odds Calculator Operator Vig and Fee Index", updated 2026-10-21, https://fairoddscalculator.com/datasets/operator-vig-and-fee-index/.
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