What better way to make up your mind than comparing pay per head service providers? We have decided to do the hard work for you and visited the top PPH sportsbook services out there and put together these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites.

Some of the most important factors considered when choosing a new home for you and your players:

• Sportsbook design and usability (front-end)
• Lines mover adjustment tool
• Juice/Vigorish Setup
• Max moneyline setup
• Performance reports
• Pricing

These reviews of the best pay per head bookie sportsbook service have been written by visiting the provider’s website and using one of their publicly available Demo accounts.

The reader needs to know that since some features may be disabled by default on those demo accounts, it’s always better to contact the PPH Sportsbook provider directly and verify the information with them. With that said, we believe this article will be useful as it will compare, head to head, the providers within the same factors. You can then verify the information written here by contacting them directly.

*Note for providers: If you feel we missed something and will like us to update some information, simply send us an email, provide us with a demo username and password (that includes the feature you want us to update these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites for), and our writing team will visit your site, verify the information and update this article accordingly.

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Sportsbook design and usability (front-end)

Aceperhead.com

The first provider we will discuss as part of these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites is Aceperhead

This PPH sportsbook features an extensive betting board, with plenty of lines for your players to choose from. If you are looking for the sports bookie software with most lines available to offer to your players, Aceperhead.com is definitely a great option to go for.

There is no lack of betting options within the Aceperhead pay per head sportsbook

It also features a convenient search tool that allows players to easily type the name of the team they are looking for and will filter games that include such names.

Once in soccer, typing “Manchester” will filter all games containing this word.

As mentioned, this payperhead is worthy of commendation for the number of lines they have. In terms of line quantity, it is only rivaled by BookiePPH.com and Idsca.com. One downside is that their sportsbook design and the interface look outdated when compared to other PPH Sportsbooks that have implemented more modern interfaces that make the process of entering a ticket faster, easier, and more enjoyable for your players. In these cases, the whole process is completed within the same screen, without having the player go through multiple screens to enter a simple ticket.

3 out of 4 screens a player needs to go through to enter a single straight bet.

pphsportsbook.net

This online bookie software offers to you and your players, one of the most modern sportsbook interfaces. With a one-page experience and modern bet-slip functionality, your players will feel right at home.

Entering tickets is done within seconds. However, by still asking the player to confirm the bet by first entering their password, we ensure no complaints about mistakenly entered tickets from players.

There may be hundreds of games available on the board at any time. Instead of your players having to browse to the sport, then to the league, and then look for the specific game; the filter functionality allows them to simply type part of the team's name, hit enter, and the board will update to show only the games that include the characters typed.

Start typing the name of one of the teams. Hit enter and the board will update to show only games that contain such teams.

Similar to other price per head service providers, PPHSportsbook.net has a daily figures screen (also called "weekly figures"), which allow players to keep a note of their performance per day of the week without having to contact the agents.

By clicking on each day's number, all tickets placed that day to make up for that figure will be displayed below, along with their corresponding timestamp, wager type, description, and results. This helps your players filter the tickets placed by day.

Clicking the $182.82 figure for Monday, December 23rd, all tickets that make up for this amount will be listed below.

Besides the Weekly figures screen, which breaks down the action per day of the week, players using this pay per head sportsbook can also easily track their balance using the "transaction" screen.

The "transaction" screen shows the date, the type of transaction (wager won/loss, balance adjustment, etc.), the corresponding balance on that date, and the updated balance after that amount.

Players can easily keep track of their performance by day. This helps increase your book's credibility and player’s trust.

At any moment, players can look up final scores by simply clicking the corresponding option at the top sportsbook agent sites menu.

Players can look up game scores right from within the price per head sportsbook software.

PPHSportsbook.net provides two types of customization available to your players.

Skins

Skins are different sportsbook layouts. These skins change the colors, fonts, icons, graphics, and the overall look and feel of the sportsbook, with one click.

There are two types of skins, the general skins and the team-based skins:

Currently pphsportsbook.net provides 4 different general-purpose skins:

• Gray
• White
• Stadium
• Plain

The “Gray” skin brings a lighter background, changing colors and adding a 3d background image.

Team-based Skins

Another option to personalize the price per head sportsbook software is to choose one of the team-based skins. These are grouped by league (NFL, NBA, MLB or NCAA).

Selecting any of these will cause the header's colors and background image to reflect those of the selected team

Available options include all major teams from the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA. Each selection will not only match the colors of the team selected but also include a corresponding background image.

There are customized skins for almost every team of the major sports leagues.

The Denver Broncos skins change the colors and the background image to match those of the player’s favorite team.

Further customization includes:

• Odds display, which the player can use to change between American, Decimal, and Fractional odds display.
• Bet style, which can be used to switch from the bet-slip interface to the traditional (multi-screen) betting experience.
• *if the bet-slip tool is still displayed after changing to “standard,” the player must contact his agent since this option can be set and lock by the agent from his backend.
• The “Time” settings allow players to switch between time zones.
• Rotation / Logo display controls whether the rotation number or the team logos are displays on the mainboard.
• Language switches the sportsbook language to any other language available:
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Vietnamese

As you can see, we, at PPHSportsbook.net, pay special attention to make sure the sportsbook is fully customizable to your players’ likings. And that allows them to make it their own and feel right at home by changing skins, favorite team background, etc.

Realbookies.com

The next pph service we will discuss in these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites comes with plenty of lines for your players to choose from. It also has a clean look along with a multi-page classic layout and attention to detail.

The layout, though, may look outdated for some players. Nowadays, almost every major post-up sportsbook uses a bet-slip functionality, which allows players to enter multiple tickets and combinations without having to browse through multiple screens and without leaving the main sportsbook board, so there is no reason for pay per head website services to lack behind and, at least, offer the option for a bet-slip experience to your players.

Realbookies.com PPH sportsbook is clean and shows attention to detail. Unfortunately, some players may find it cumbersome having to navigate through 6 different screens to enter a simple straight bet.

Realbookies also has useful search functionality that allows players to search, first by the league (e.g., “English premier league”) and later by the team itself (e.g., “Manchester united”). This should be a welcomed addition by players, especially when making their way through the various betting lines offered by this pay per head software provider.

Searching for “manchester” will return all games which contain such name.

In regards to the reports and options available to the player, Realbookies comes with the standard weekly balances report, which allows players to see their performance per week.

Your players will be able to track their action back to previous weeks.

In regards to customization options from the player side, they will be able to choose the sportsbook language from English to Spanish; select one of many time zones options; decide between American, decimal, or fractional odds styles; and finally, font size.

We believe there is also an option to change the sportsbook color palette. However, that is likely done either from the agents back-end or by requesting it to the PPH sportsbook’s customer service department, since there was no setting for this from the player side.

Some solid yet basic customization options are available to your players when choosing Realbookies.com as your online bookie service.

Realpriceperhead.com

This bookie website software has a nice layout that is easy on the eye and is also mobile responsive (the layout adapts to whatever device your player is using). All sports are shown throughout the board. Unfortunately, similarly to Aceperhead and Realbookies, the sports are displayed all over the board, without some proper navigation structure and a dropdown menu that could make it easier for players to find the sport they are looking for.

We commend Realpriceperhead.com for investing in a more modern look on their sportsbook. Unfortunately, behind some nice colors and fonts, all sports betting lines are spread out throughout the board, in no particular order, making it harder and more time-consuming for players to get to the game they are interested in.

Additionally, this price per head bookie sportsbook layout has a more modern look and feel. Still, it requires players to go through a tedious multi-page process to enter their tickets.

Select the sport and league, click “continue,” find the game and select the line, click “continue,” enter the wager win or risk amount, click “continue,” type the password, and click “continue.” You are done!

Realpriceperhead.com also has a search tool for quick filtering. Unfortunately, it seems to filter by league instead of by the team. So, for instance, searching for “Manchester” will return all leagues where a team name includes the word “Manchester.” This means, this search also returns all other teams that do not include such a word, but that play within the same league as the name of the team entered.

Realpriceperhead.com’s search tool filers at the league level rather than at the game-level. This causes a lot of non-desired results to be included in the results.

The standard player weekly figures and wagers history reports are also available to the player. Even though there is no cash flow or balance tracker for the players, they will still be able to check past and open tickets from the bookie software program reports.

Players will be able to check their action back to previous weeks.

In regards to sportsbook customization, players can change their password, time zone, and odds display (American, Decimal, and Fractional).

Don’t expect much more than the default and minimum customization options.

IDSca.com

Idsca pay per head bookie service offers a modern and nice looking sportsbook interface. Plenty of lines and a smooth experience will keep your players coming back for more.

All the process of entering the tickets is done within a single screen, thanks to a handy bet-slip functionality.

A nice and modern sportsbook with bet-slip is what your players will enjoy when using Idsca.com as your pay per head (PPH) sportsbook provider.

Currently, there is no search tool available for players to quickly find the games they are looking for. This would be a welcomed addition considering Idsca offers action on plenty of markets, and the lack of such functionality makes it difficult for players to quickly find the game they want to place their tickets on.

Pending wagers, Daily or weekly figures, and Transactions - which show a cash flow of the player balance after each transaction (wagers, credits, etc.) - are available to the player.

Player reports (sportsbook) at IDSCA.com price per head bookie software.

Other than changing the betting line format from American to Decimal, and changing the language to English or Spanish, there are no further customizations available for players. Nothing against the default layout and colors used by the Idsca pay per head service, but a little bit more options allowing players to make it their own would’ve been a welcomed addition.

Lines mover adjustment tool

As an agent, one key component of having your own sportsbook is having the option to move and adjust your lines and odds. This is the next feature we will discuss in these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites.

The way this feature works is similar on almost every PPH sportsbook:

1. Login to your agent backend panel
2. Access the Lines mover / Odds adjustment tool
3. Look for the game which line and odds you want to adjust
4. Enter the new line and/or juice
5. Choose between to continue following the provider’s main line changes (this is often called “soft shade”) or make the newly adjusted line fixed to your newly set values, meaning, even if the main line changes, yours will not (“hard shade”).

*Because of the nature of the business, the odds can change at any moment due to several factors, such as injuries, market perception, etc. Hence, it is recommended to always set your lines to “soft shade,” so it follows future changes.

Aceperhead.com

This provider, among the other pay per head sites, uses the standard DGS lines mover tool. It does get the job done, even though with some setbacks. To ACE’s credit, their implementation of the tool loads faster than what we have seen with other PPH Sportsbooks. So props to their engineering team, which have paid attention to make it load as fast as possible.

That aside, there is no way around the fact that the standard DGS’s lines adjustment tool is not easy on the eyes. From the colors, fonts, and overall layout. It leaves a lot to be desired.

The default DGS lines mover is limited to do that, move lines. It’s not pretty on the eyes but gets the job done.

Based on our reviews of the best pay per head bookie sportsbook service, when we look at the functioning of this Lines Mover feature provided by Aceperhead.com, we concluded the tool comes off as very outdated.

For instance, say you want to adjust your sports bookie software lines based on the action you are receiving. With the current setup in most pay per head service providers, you will need to open multiple reports to first understand the action your sportsbook is receiving and then go back to this tool and make the actual line adjustment. This workflow complicates the entire process.

The process would go like this:

Open the “Exposure” report on one browser tab. This report shows you the risk amount on each game, broken down by wager type (straight, parlay, etc.) and bet type (spread, moneyline, total).

Have one browser tab open with the exposure report and another tab with the lines mover.

When compared to other price per head services out there, at the time of writing these reviews of the best pay per head bookie sportsbook services we noticed a couple of issues with this report:

1. It doesn’t show the “to win” amount, which is sometimes more important than the risk amount because it is what you will have to pay out in case your players win.
2. It doesn’t show the quantity of bets received on each game displayed. Sometimes you may want to move the line only when you are receiving a certain amount of tickets, based on the number of bets a given side is receiving, not only by risk amount. In other words, one player may have a single bet risking $500, and other times you may have 10 players betting $50 each. You will want to know the difference to be able to make an informed decision of when and for how much to move the game’s betting line.

Payperhead.com

Payperhead.com uses the same, previously mentioned default DGS lines mover tool. Same cons and pros. You can read about this version of the tool here.

Payperhead.com uses, as Aceperhead does, the default DGS lines tool without any enhancements to the default setup.

Realpriceperhead.com

Realpriceperhead.com uses the same, previously mentioned default DGS lines mover tool. Same cons and pros. You can read about this version of the tool here.

Realpriceperhead pph sportsbook uses the default DGS tool.

PPHSportsbook

This payperhead sportsbook’s lines mover (named “game admin”), just as the name implies, is much more than a simple betting line and odds adjustment tool. It is the perfect tool for bookmakers to monitor their online bookie software sportsbook exposure and as well adjust the odds offered.

From the same screen, they will be able to see:

• How much volume (quantity of bets) is the book receiving for a game
• How much risk (exposure) is the book getting for a game
• How much to-win (exposure) is the book receiving for a particular game

The Game Admin page is much more than a line mover tool. It allows you to monitor the action your pay per head sportsbook is receiving and adjust your lines accordingly, all from within the same screen.

1. (Y, T, F): Switch between Yesterday games, Today games, or entire board (Full board)
2. “Games to Show:” Enable/Disable “Active games,” “Games off the board,” and “graded” games.
3. Switch between Sports and leagues
4. The options “$,” “R,” and “#” will switch the exposure amount between “To win,” “Risk,” and the number of bets (Volume) currently at hand on the selected game.
5. Hide (“X”) or unhide (“+”) all spreads, moneylines, totals or team totals across all games shown.
6. Apply stricter wager limits (“Circle Game”) per game.
7. Explore the wagers that make up for that exposure amount
8. Click the line you want to adjust

Clicking on the exposure number will reveal all wagers that make up for the exposure amount:

All wagers that make up the total action on the game.

Agents can click on the player row. A new window will appear showing all open tickets for the given player.

This can give clear insights into the player betting patterns. Clicking on each of the bets will reveal more details about it.

A list of all bets placed by the player clicked from within the game admin’s wager list window.

If the agent notices massive action on a given game, he may choose to apply stricter wager limits on such games. This is called a "circled game." Imposing stricter limits is the quickest way agents can limit their price per head service sportsbook’s exposure without affecting other games. From this window, it's also possible to disallow parlays, which include the selected game.

Using the “circle game” option you can quickly apply specific limits per game.

And of course, agents are also able to adjust the line. They can choose either to “hard shade” the line (move the line and don’t accept the main line’s movements), or “soft shade” (move the line and follow main line changes).

From this screen you can also remove the previous shade setting or remove the line altogether:

Simply enter the favorite’s line, the system will automatically calculate the comeback. Choose if you want to follow the main line’s changes after your adjustment (“soft shade”) or keep your line fixed regardless of future changes (“hard shade”). From this screen you can also hide the game’s line altogether.

You can also switch the game admin screen into the advanced mode. This mode allows you to move multiple lines at the same time, while showing the volume of action received on each game.

The "advanced" mode allows you to move multiple lines at the same time. Click the "save" button to apply the changes.

Once you apply the changes, the cells edited are indicated by the new orange color.

As you can see, PPHSportsbook.net’s Game admin screen is more than a simple “lines mover” tool, making it agents’ go-to screen if they like to monitor the exposure of their sportsbook and slightly adjust the lines as the action comes in.

Idsca.com

Idsca’s line mover (“Line Entry” screen) is several steps above the majority of pay per head sportsbook providers. It fulfils its purpose rather well, allowing agents to edit multiple lines at once, soft or hard shading them or removing them completely.

You will have no problems adjusting your game’s lines with IDSca.com pay per head sportsbook's lines mover tool.

Unfortunately, it suffers from some of the same issues as with the previous versions. It doesn’t allow agents to see the volume of bets (nor the risk or to-win) received on the particular games shown. For this, you agents need to open the “agent position” report (which only indicates risk amount, not to-win or amount of bets), and based on this, edit betting lines and odds.

Juice and Max moneyline setup

Let’s consider the following example. An agent wants to offer odds on quarter periods (On NBA, for example, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters are available), but only at 40 cents line (-120). Quarters are usually at a 30 cents line by default (-115). One option would be to call the provider’s customer service and have them set it up for you. But what if you want to set it yourself right from within your pay per head sportsbook management backend, maybe set it up on a per-player basis, and experiment with your possibilities without having to contact the sportsbook agent sites provider everytime?

Another thing agents may want to do (and it’s highly recommended, especially if they are working with a smaller bankroll to cover player’s winnings) is to not offer action on games whose moneylines include heavy favorites. The reason for this is that players, especially those with a big bankroll, are willing to bet high on these favorites since the outcome it’s almost guaranteed (think of those NCAA college basketball games).

In these cases, the “max moneyline” option allows agents to configure their price per head sportsbook software so it automatically hides any moneyline that is higher than the threshold entered.

In this section of our reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites, we will discuss these two features and compare different providers in their implementation for this setting.

Aceperhead.com

There doesn’t seem to be an option for the bookie to create these profiles, line types (vigorish / juice setup), and max moneylines by himself. So we are guessing these need to be requested to the Realbookies.com customer service.

Moreover, there was no option to change these profiles in bulk (selecting a group of players and assigning the limits profile to all of them). Again, you will need to request such a change to their customer support.

Payperhead.com

This online bookie service allows agents to choose from preset profiles with multiple line variations – from a 10 cent (-105) line and higher.

These preset profiles also allow for max moneylines setups. From 500 to 1000, we are sure you can request any juice and max moneyline combination and then assign it to each player or have the PPH Sportsbook’s office assign them to a group of players in bulk.

Unfortunately, it seems there is no option for the bookie to adjust the juice and max moneyline by himself manually. He will have to contact the office to have it done, which is not bad, but takes away the flexibility and control that some agents like to have in their pph bookie sportsbook.

Also, we could not identify a dedicated screen that allows agents to apply different juice and max moneylines to a group of players (instead of the one-by-one basis). Again, you will have to contact the pay per head website customer service.

Bookies can call the payperhead.com office and request any juice/max moneyline combination. Changes will immediately take effect on their online bookie software agent backend.

Realbookies.com

Similar to payperhead.com, Realbookies allow you to choose from a preset assortment of juice and profiles.

Choose from the preset list of juice and limit profiles. Additional configuration can be requested by calling the PPH Sportsbook directly.

There doesn’t seem to be an option for the bookie to create these profiles, line types (juice setup), and max moneylines by himself. So we are guessing these need to be requested from the Realbookies.com customer service.

Moreover, there was no option to change these profiles in bulk, which means selecting a group of players and assigning to all of them a given line or limits profile. Again, you will need to request such a change to their customer support.

Realpriceperhead.com

Other than changing each game juice individually using their lines mover adjustment tool, this pay per head software provider doesn’t seem to offer an option to adjust the vigorish (juice) per entire sport or league/period. In other words, agents can only change it in a game-by-game basis.

As regards setting a max moneyline, this bookie website software has a nice little feature that takes care of that - even though there are some limitations with their current implementation.

The “Manage Max Moneylines” screen displays a table showing all sports:

You will be able to set a max moneyline allowed per sport. Unfortunately, there is no way to be more specific as to which leagues or periods this will apply to.

The issue with this implementation is that it doesn’t allow the agent to choose a specific max moneyline to be offered on a per league or per period basis. For example, agents can set the max moneyline across all NFL, but not for NFL first halves, NFL game props, NFL alternate lines, etc. You get the idea. This may come up as a huge letdown since moneylines on game lines are higher than those for halves and quarters.

So, for example, say you want to set the max NFL moneyline on the game to -/+500 and -/+300 on halves and -/+300 on quarters. With the current implementation by Realpriceperhead.com, you would not be able to apply such a setup.

Nevertheless, having at least some variation of the max moneyline option online and available for agents is a plus, and we commend Realpriceperhead.com for it.

Idsca.com

Similar to other providers, IDSca allows you to select from a predefined set of betting line types, each of them with their corresponding juice or vigorish.

We are guessing that, as with other providers, you can request any custom line by calling their customer support department.

Even though IDSCA.com pay per head service doesn’t have a dedicated tool to configure juice and max betting moneylines, they provide a preset list of line types options. Additional line types can be requested by calling the provider directly.

PPHSportsbook.net

PPHSportsbook.net has a dedicated screen to allow agents to not only change the juice per sport+league+bet_type (spread, totals, etc) combination but also to decide what the maximum betting moneyline you want to be available in your book.

The juice on any sport, any period/league, and any bet type (spread, moneyline (comeback), total), can be customized using this pay per head service

Simply select a sport from the top menu. Identify the league/period for which you want to set the max moneyline. You can also use the copy/paste option to quickly apply the same configuration to multiple leagues or periods.

For example, let’s say you don’t want to allow moneylines over -400 on Martial Arts (UFC, Bellator, K1, etc.).

Before the setup, UFC 246’s Modaferri vs. Barber moneyline line is Barber’s -990.

Back on the “Vig Setup” tool, simply select “Martial Arts,” select the league or event (UFC 246 for this example), and set the max moneyline to -400. Click the “save” button.”

Setting a max moneyline of -400 will hide all moneylines higher than that number.

As a result, all moneylines higher than the entered amount will not be shown.

All lines with moneylines higher than -400 are now hidden.

Setting up the juice is very similar. You access the “vig setup” screen, select the sport, and identify the league/period you want to change juice for. (Optionally, you can use the copy/paste option to apply the same juice configuration for multiple leagues or periods).

Offering a 30 cents juice (-115) is typical of quarters. You can make this even bigger (or smaller) with just a few clicks.

Performance reports

For agents, understanding their player performance is a must when trying to improve their business’ profit margins and maintain a profitable price per head bookie sportsbook. Identifying the best and worst players can provide agents the information they need to apply the adjustments necessary to increase the bottom line.

Different PPH Sportsbook providers offer different levels of reporting. Agents, at least, would want to know the top and worst players by hold percentage (Total amount risked by player related to the amount kept by the agent)

But going deeper than that does pay off. Some bookie agents stick to taking action from players who continuously maintain a negative weekly balance. But that may be shooting themselves in the foot because you will soon realize players will stop referring to other players if they continue to get cut after a few weeks of positive figures.

Instead, identifying in which sports, periods, wager types (straights, parlays, teasers, etc.) and bet types (spread, total, moneyline) players are the most and least profitable and applying slight adjustments to your setup (e.g., max moneylines, juice setup, early lines limits, max parlay payout, parlay odds, etc.) can be just what’s necessary to turn a player’s “luck” around.

In the current section of these reviews of the best pay per head bookie sportsbook services out there, we will discuss how the different bookie software programs providers measure up when it comes to their sportsbook and player reporting capabilities available to the bookie agents.

Aceperhead.com

Aceperhead has some useful reports that allow agents to dig deeper into players' activity and patterns. This pay per head bookie service’s "Player Analysis" report enables agents to quickly identify in which sports, periods, or wager types players are the most profitable. With this information, they can decide to take action and apply changes such as increasing the juice or tidying up the limits on certain betting markets.

The “Player Analysis” report available i Aceperhead.com's pay per head service breaks down the win/loss amount per sport, period and or wager type, showing the agent’s final hold percentage.

Furthermore, the “Player Totals” report allows agents to view the performance of any player by a given date range.

The volume (quantity) of bets, total win, lose, Net (win-lose), and current balance will be displayed for all players listed.

The Player Totals report is a great starting point for further analysis.

The only downside with this report is that it doesn’t break down the numbers by bet type (spread, moneyline, total, etc.). It would have been useful to be able to say: “Okay, PlayerX plays a lot of spreads and totals, he is pretty good at spreads and horrible at totals, so let me increase his juice on spreads so when he loses, he loses more, and when he wins, he wins less amount (since the juice is higher he needs to pay higher to bet). Unfortunately, the current report doesn’t Aceperhead “Player Analysis” report setup does not provide the possibility to research at the bet-type level.

Nevertheless, the Player Totals report is still a great resource to get a bird's eye view of your best and worst players and later take this newly gained knowledge and research individual player, using the “Player Analysis” report to identify in which sports, periods and wager types (straights, parlays, teasers, etc.) the player performs the best (and worst).

Payperhead.com

Payperhead.com various performance reports allow the bookie to see his book’s numbers by time (day/week/month/ year), agent or player and see the total volume (number of wagers). Additionally, some of these reports breakdown the win/lose by business unit (sports, casino, horses, etc.).

Unfortunately the level of depth is not what we would’ve hoped to see. For example, the “Betting Statistics” report shows volume (amount of bets) per wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, etc.), but there is no way to see the win/lose ratio for these same wager type areas. In other words, with this report, you can answer the question of “which player plays more parlays?” But you cannot answer the question: “which is the worst parlay player and for how much?”

Payperhead.com's online bookie service gives agents access to the Betting Statistics report. It shows a breakdown volume of each player performance by business unit and wager type.

Another promising report is the “Summary & Lifetime” report. This shows the win/loss by “business unit” (sports, casino, horses, etc.). This is a helpful report to understand the overall book’s performance in these areas. Unfortunately, it doesn’t answer the question, “which sports/periods/ leagues, etc., are the most and least profitable ones.” Again, the lack of depth is a setback. We couldn’t find such a report within the Demo account accessed.

Even though knowing the win/loss per business unit is useful, that’s only a small step in the right direction. We want to break down sports data into smaller categories, such as per-sport, periods, leagues, wager types (straight, parlay, etc.) and bet types (spread, moneyline, etc.).

As far as our research goes, there is no way to find out which leagues and periods (NFL 1st half, NBA Game props, etc.), wager types, and bet types (spread, moneyline, total, etc.) tend to make the agent the most and least money.

Realbookies.com

This pay per head service provider also offers a “Player analysis” report. It functions similarly to Aceperhead’s player analysis report (these two providers utilize the same DGS framework, after all. Therefore, they share some of the same strengths and weaknesses when it comes to this report).

A nice breakdown per sport, league, periods and wager types is displayed using Realbookie.com’s player analysis report. Unfortunately there is no way to filter wager type performance per sport or league.

As mentioned earlier, with this report, you can select a player and view the breakdown of his performance by sport, period, and wager type. The limitation of this report is twofold:

1. You cannot see wager type performance per sport or period. For example, say you want to break down, by wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, etc.), how a particular player is doing in the NFL. Because this report aggregates wager types regardless of sport and period, this is impossible to find out.
   

   There is no breakdown by sport (much less by period) on the “wager types” table, nor is there any way to filter the report by sport or period.

2. Likewise, it’s impossible to analyze player performance by bet type (spread, moneyline, total, etc.). As mentioned before, the 3 types of breakdown available are by sport, by period or league, and by wager type (aggregated).

Realpriceperhead.com

This pay per head sites provider offers the “hold percentage” report. It is an excellent starting point on your research, since it shows, by “sport”+ “wager type” combination, the win/loss amount. Unfortunately, a major setback with this report is that it doesn’t allow the agent to filter by player. You will be able to identify how your overall book is going on, say, NBA straight bets, but not how “PlayerX” is doing on the betting market.

Realpriceperhead's sports bookie software provides the “Hold Percentage” report. This report is a good starting point to understand your sportsbook’s performance.

We were not able to identify any report within this sports bookie software demo account that breaks down player activity by sport + period. So it will not be possible for bookies to find out the performance of their players by period or league (only by sport).

Another useful report available is the “action by player” report. This breaks down the player win/loss amount by wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, reverse, as well as casino and horses). It’s a pretty neat report to quickly identify how each player performs in each of these categories. If a player is too good at parlays, you can, for example, request the parlay payouts to be decreased (e.g., Instead of a 2 team parlay paying the default of 2.6, you can make this, for example 2.1).

The “action by player” report breaks down player win/loss by wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, reverse, etc).

The problem with this report is that it shows the wager types in aggregates. In other words, you are not able to see the sports (much less periods or bet types (spread/moneyline/totals, etc)) these numbers correspond to. Therefore, this report is useful to see how a given player is doing on spreads, parlays, etc., but not to see which sports, leagues, or bet types these numbers correspond to.

IDSca.com

Unfortunately, IDSca.com finds itself lacking a little bit when it comes to player analysis/performance reports. The only report we identified which provides player-level data was the previously discussed “action by player” report.

This report is identical to that previously discussed in the realpriceperhead.com section. For each player, it breaks down his action by wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, etc.), and also his total (all wager types aggregated).

The action by player report breaks down your players’ activity by wager type. Unfortunately there is no way to further break down this activity by sport, period or bet type (spread, moneyline, totals, etc).

It’s useful because it allows you to answer the question “in what wager type is X player more (and least) profitable, but there is no way to further breakdown these figures by sport, period or league, and bet type. The main reason why this is a setback is that besides making adjustments by wager type (straight, parlays, teasers, etc.), there is also a wide selection of changes you can make on a per-sport, per-league (or period) and per-bet type (spread, moneyline, etc.). You will leave all these possibilities out if you only focus on a per-wager type dimension.

PPHSportsbook.net

When it comes to analyzing the pay per head sportsbook and players' performance, the best way to get started is at the “Customer Performance” report level.

The “customer performance” report is the best entry-point in the analysis of your players. You can easily spot top and worst performers.

With this report, you can easily see which players are performing well or poorly. A red “net” means that they are negative, meaning they are losing more than what they are winning. A green number means they have a net positive, meaning winning more than they are losing.

After you identify this information, then you can plug each of these players, (or as a group) into the “Sports Performance” report to really understand in which sports, leagues/periods, wager types, and bet types they are over and underperforming.

The sports performance report shows an in-depth breakdown that includes, either by player or group of players (agents): sport, league or period, wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, etc), and bet type (spread, moneyline, etc).

Generally, there are two ways to use this report:

1. See the entire payperhead sportsbook’s performance. To do this, don’t filter by any player. (Previous image).
2. Player-specific data. Use the “Pick a player” filter and choose any player you want to study further.

As you can see, an excellent breakdown by wager type (straight, parlay, teaser, etc.), Sport (Football, Basketball, Baseball, etc.), League (NFL, NBA, Italy Cup, etc.), Period (Game, 1st half, etc.), and bet type (spread, moneyline, total points, etc.), is shown.

Pricing

It’s advisable to not base your decision for pay per head service provider solely on price. Available tools, customer service, user experience, and performance are all critical in this business. Nevertheless, pricing is also a key factor to consider when making your final decision.

We have left this pricing section to the end of these reviews of the best pay per head sportsbook sites because of this reason. At this point, you should know how the different Pay-per-head (PPH) sportsbook providers differ from one another in terms of features. So now it’s a great time to put the final nail in the coffin: Pricing.

This pricing section focuses on the cost for the base PPH Sportsbook + (Digital) Casino + Horsebook. The dynamic live betting feature is indeed a highly sought-after add-on, but not all players will likely be using it, nor all agents like to offer it, therefore we have left it out.

Most online bookie software providers charge a rate of +$5 for the dynamic live betting service, so in most cases, you only need to add this rate to the prices listed in this section.

*Please consider that this section is based on the pricing each provider has listed on their respective websites. Depending on the number of players you handle, it may be possible to get a few dollars subtracted from this rate. So we recommend you always call the provider and ask them directly.

Aceperhead.com

This PPH Sportsbook provider starts with $10 per active player. Phone wagering is also included at no additional cost.

Payperhead.com

Payperhead.com starts with $11 per player. This includes online access only. They also offer a $13 rate which covers phone wagering and dynamic live. But we are not sure if paying a higher fee for something not all of your players will be using is a good idea.

Realbookies.com

Realbookie.com offers a rate of $10 (all customizations and leagues included). This rate only includes online access. Access to phone wagering will cost you an additional +$5 per player.

Realpriceperhead.com

Realpriceperhead.com starts with a $7 per head rate. Phone and online wagering are included at no extra cost.

IDSca.com

This price per head service provider offers their classic interface at $10 per head or their modern (seen in this article) interface for $15. Phone and online access are included.

PPHSportsbook.net

At PPHSportsbook.net, you can get started for $9 per head. You can enjoy the most feature-rich PPH sportsbook backend management software, the most insightful player and sportsbook reports, a fast and knowledgeable customer service, and a modern state-of-the-art front end sportsbook for your players.

Closing Comments

We hope you found the content written on the page useful. In these reviews of the best pay per head bookie sportsbook service, we worked hard to put together a truthful, unbiased comparison of the factors we consider most crucial when running a private sportsbook.

Based on powerful tools (juice setup, max moneylines, lines adjustment, and many more), a modern sportsbook front-end interface that your players find themselves comfortable with and it’s easy to navigate, insightful agent backend performance reports, and a fair and competitive pricing, we consider PPHSportsbook.net a great option.

If you are interested in getting started, simply request a free demo account today.