Latest insights on sports betting APIs, odds data, and real-time integrations
Bet365 has no public API. How to get its pre-match boards, in-play prices, price history and closing lines through the Odds-API.io v3 API, with a working Python example.
James Whitfield
6 days ago
Three ways to keep in-play odds fresh on the v3 API: polling /odds and /odds/multi, delta polls with /odds/updated, and the WebSocket stream, with the reconnect logic that keeps state intact.
James Whitfield
14 Sept 2026
Pull +EV bets from the v3 value-bets endpoint, size stakes with Kelly, log every bet and grade it against the closing line in Python.
James Whitfield
7 Sept 2026
Pull prices from up to 30 bookmakers in one v3 call, group by market and line before comparing, and keep the table live over WebSocket.
James Whitfield
31 Aug 2026
How Asian handicap lines reach you through the Spread market and the hdp field, with curl, quarter-goal parsing and live WebSocket updates.
James Whitfield
24 Aug 2026
What esports betting markets mean, from map handicaps and total maps to first blood, and how each one appears in an odds API.
James Whitfield
17 Aug 2026
Stream live esports scores and match status over WebSocket: channels, message shapes, map period keys and instant settlement.
James Whitfield
14 Aug 2026
The 15 esports titles worth covering in 2026, the tournaments that drive volume, the markets that price up, and how to pull each one.
James Whitfield
12 Aug 2026
A developer guide to building an esports betting app: live CS2, LoL and Dota 2 odds, WebSocket scores and status, and clean settlement.
James Whitfield
3 Aug 2026
The best sports odds APIs in 2026 compared: Odds-API.io, The Odds API, OpticOdds, SportsDataIO and BetsAPI, with honest tradeoffs.
James Whitfield
24 Jul 2026
Build a Python arbitrage bot with the arbitrage-bets endpoint: stake splitting, deduplication, Telegram alerts and honest real-world caveats.
James Whitfield
24 Jul 2026
Kelly criterion explained simply, why fractional Kelly wins in practice, and a Python calculator that sizes stakes from live odds.
James Whitfield
24 Jul 2026
Most free odds APIs are trials in disguise. Odds-API.io gives you 100 requests/hour, pre-match odds across 50+ sports and a 3-day WebSocket trial. Free forever.
James Whitfield
1 May 2026
Connect Claude to live sports betting odds in under a minute. Download the free Claude extension, enter your API key, and start finding value bets instantly
James Whitfield
12 Apr 2026
OddsNotifier and OddsHub run on the same real-time feed you get with the API.
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