Overtime Markets in 2026: the 2% fee, parlays, and speed cuts

The trading guidelines call Overtime Markets a decentralized sportsbook. Prices come from Chainlink nodes and named providers, including OpticOdds. A change to feeds or contract logic has to pass an OIP vote by OVER holders.

Data from that pipeline is the settlement authority. If a newspaper disagrees with the node, the node wins. That is their sentence, not an audit we ran.

How two bettors get matched is a back-and-lay book. This product is an automated market maker. You hit a pool, and the pool can stop offering a side when its risk limit is full.

A plain start on sports prices is the wider idea. The sports betting topic is the hub. The offshore book is a cashier account, not this contract.

Two-way markets include extra time by default. Three-way markets count regulation unless a note says otherwise. We did not place a ticket.

The AMM page says implied probabilities come from global odds providers and are brought on-chain through Chainlink. On top of those odds, the protocol fee is currently 2%, and it funds the fee pool.

The page does not say whether 2% is of the stake, of the payout, or of the margin inside the price. A dollar line is not printed. Dollar example 1 is arithmetic, not a ticket we settled.

If 2% is read as a charge on a $100 stake, the fee is $2. If it is read as a charge on a $100 profit, the fee is also $2.

The page does not pick a base. Do not budget $2 until the quote on the ticket shows the cut.

Half of the protocol fees from partner-driven trading is redirected to the integrator wallet. That share is not a discount for the bettor.

A bettor who uses OVER as collateral, instead of USDC or ETH, gets a reduced margin by design. The percent of that reduction is not on the AMM page.

Each market has a risk limit. When one side is full, the AMM stops offering more of that side until the other side trades. A price on the screen is not a promise the next click still fits.

The Overtime Markets parlay page says parlays incur an additional fee of 3%, plus the normal safebox fee of 3%. Buy-in minimum is 3 USD.

A parlay is limited to 15 positions, and it is buys only. The same team, player, or fighter cannot appear twice, even on another date.

The page also says the minimum price quote is 200 combined quote. It does not define the unit in that sentence.

Combined quotes in the worked lines are decimals multiplied together, such as 0.70 times 0.10. Treat 200 as their printed token until the ticket explains it.

Dollar example 2 stays labeled. If both 3% fees apply to a $3 minimum buy-in, 6% is $0.18.

The page does not say the percents are of the buy-in. The $0.18 is arithmetic, not a receipt.

If one market in the parlay is cancelled, that quote is removed and the collateral applies to the legs that remain. A four-leg ticket can become a three-leg ticket without a new stake. A combined ticket at a sportsbook is the house version of the same shape.

The sports AMM page's 2% and this page's normal 3% safebox are not the same sentence. Keep both. Do not average them into one commission.

Overtime Markets speed tickets are up or down on ETH or BTC, from 1 minute to 24 hours. The strike is the price at the moment you buy, so the page says the implied chance is 50:50. A win is a 2x payout minus the quoted LP fee and a fixed 2% safebox fee.

The parameter list also says an LP fee that changes with strike time and a protocol fee of 2%. The LP table we saved prints X for 1 minute through 4 minutes 59 seconds, and X again for 5 minutes through 9 minutes 59 seconds.

From 10 minutes to 14 minutes 59 seconds the LP fee is 15%. From 15 minutes to 59 minutes 59 seconds it is 13%.

From 60 minutes to 119 minutes 59 seconds it is 12%. From 120 minutes to 24 hours it is 10%.

Minimum buy-in is 3 USD and the maximum is 200 USD. The treasury is the sole liquidity provider. Parameters change by OIP, and the page said it was updated 21 days before 20 October 2026.

Dollar example 3 uses a $10 buy-in only as far as the page allows. A win is described as 2x before the cuts, so the gross is $20.

The page does not print the dollar size of the LP fee or the 2% safebox on that $20. The net is not published as one number.

X is not zero. A short strike with an unpublished LP fee is a blank, not a free trade.

If a draw price is listed and the match draws, both team selections lose. If no draw option exists and the match draws, bets are void.

That pair of sentences is easy to mix up. Read which market you bought.

A pre-game forfeit or no-contest voids bets on the fixture, with a note that some exceptions may apply. A retirement after the start is a moneyline loss for the retiring side. Other bets void unless they are already mathematically decided.

If no official resumption is known within 24 hours of the advertised start, unsettled full-game markets may be voided. A match that finishes late is not void only because it finished late. Sport-specific rules still apply.

A licence number is not on these pages. A minimum age is not on them either.

Where a state permit exists will not list this contract as a state book. The margin a book keeps is the house version of a fee that here is itemized instead.

US filers can read IRS Topic 419. Gambling winnings, including sports bets, are taxable even without a Form W-2G.

How a US filer reports a win follows that topic. This is not tax advice.

Support timing and a help address were not on the fee pages we opened. Those cells are not published.

The comparison below is numerical and narrow. Two $50 Coinflip stakes make a $100 pot, the fee is $5, and the winner is paid $95.

Four $50 Jackpot entries make a $200 pot, the fee is $10, and the winner is paid $190.

A $2 figure appears only if someone reads the printed 2% as 2% of a $100 stake. Overtime Markets does not print that worked line. The $5 pot fee is a different bet: you play another person, the cut is on the pot, and there is no parlay leg and no oracle.

Player pots on sports is the idea of facing another bettor. A named exchange that posts its own commission is a third shape. Do not paste that commission onto this protocol fee.

Coinflip shows the 5% cut before you match. Fairness checks the seed.

Roulette is 33 slots, Purple and Silver pay 2x, and Green pays 14x. About 7.88% is the Purple or Silver edge after the fee, and Slott takes 10% of a winning pot. Those figures are in the terms.

Read the Overtime Markets quote on the ticket. The docs below were opened on 20 October 2026, and a live quote wins if it disagrees.

• [ ] Sports AMM protocol fee is printed at 2%, and the base of that 2% is not printed.
• [ ] Parlays add 3% plus a 3% safebox fee, minimum 3 USD, buys only, 15 positions.
• [ ] Speed markets subtract an LP fee and a 2% safebox fee from a 2x payout.
• [ ] LP rows under 10 minutes print X, which is not a percent I can budget.
• [ ] The 10% to 15% LP rows are the longer strikes, not every strike.
• [ ] A cancelled parlay leg leaves the collateral on the remaining legs.
• [ ] OVER collateral is a reduced margin without a printed percent.
• [ ] A draw with a draw price listed loses both team selections.
• [ ] A licence number and a minimum age are not on these pages.
• [ ] 1-800-GAMBLER is saved, and the responsible-gambling page is open.

Three cons should slow a trade. The fee is three different sentences depending on the product, so a single commission number would be a fiction.

Short speed markets hide the LP fee behind X. There is no licence number on the pages that explain the rules, and the other side can be the pool rather than a person.

Who should stay out: anyone who needs a lay, anyone who needs a state licence, anyone who will treat X as zero, anyone chasing, and anyone under the age their own law requires. If this stops being a read, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

Responsible gambling belongs open before the next ticket. A void is not a win, and a 2x banner is not the amount after the safebox fee.