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Notes on cashback affiliate models, sportsbook economics, and lessons we've picked up building BackBet.
Reduced Juice vs Cashback vs Rakeback: What Saves You More?
Reduced juice, cashback, and rakeback all cut the cost of betting — in different places. One bettor, 1,000 bets, all three mechanisms, worked out in real arithmetic.
Read →Rakeback in Sports Betting: What It Is and Where to Actually Get It
Rakeback started in poker, but sports bettors keep searching for it. What rakeback means in sports betting, why books like MyBookie don't offer it, and the mechanism that gets you the same result.
Read →Best Cashback Sportsbooks 2026 (Ranked)
The best cashback sportsbooks of 2026, ranked — which books pay you back on every bet, what each one does best, and the honest trade-offs of each.
Read →Sportsbook Cashback: How It Works and How Much You Get Back
Sportsbook cashback pays a slice of every bet back to you — win or lose, monthly. Here's how sportsbook cashback works, where the money comes from, and how much you actually get back.
Read →Reduced Juice Sportsbooks 2026 — Which Books Offer It (And the Math)
Reduced juice sportsbooks charge -105 instead of the standard -110 — a smaller cut on every bet you place. Here's which books actually offer it in 2026, and the math on what it saves you.
Read →World Cup 2026 Odds — Where the Money Is Going
A look at the pre-match prices across the 2026 World Cup, how to read them, and where bettors are putting their money this tournament.
Read →Why BackBet is sports-only
Sports betting, poker, and online casino sit in very different regulatory buckets. BackBet stays in just one of them.
Read →NGR vs turnover: how your cashback is calculated
Cashback figures look big until you understand the denominator. A short walkthrough of how turnover, margin and commission interact.
Read →What is cashback affiliate and why it matters
Sportsbook affiliates earn a share of book revenue from players they refer. Cashback affiliates share a portion of that revenue back to the player.
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