Pinnacle Shut Down Their API. Here's What We Did About It.
James Whitfield
In July 2025, Pinnacle shut down public API access. They're now only serving "select high value bettors & commercial partnerships," and even those arrangements might not last forever.
For years, Pinnacle was the go-to fair odds benchmark for sports betting APIs. Sharp lines, low margins, and reliable data made them the standard. Some large API providers still have access, but for how long? More are reportedly losing access each day.
The problem isn't just losing one data source. It's losing the sharp benchmark that most odds comparison tools, arbitrage platforms, and trading systems were built around. If you're looking for Pinnacle alternatives that actually deliver sharp data, here's what we did about it.
The Real Problem With Losing Pinnacle
Pinnacle wasn't just another bookmaker in our feed. They were the reference point.
When you're building odds comparison tools or arbitrage software, you need a sharp baseline to compare against. Pinnacle's closing lines were that baseline for closing line value analysis. Lose Pinnacle, and suddenly you're comparing recreational books against each other, which doesn't tell you much.
The other issue is that sharp bettors and traders need sharp data. If you're building a betting system that relies on accurate pricing, you can't just replace Pinnacle with Bet365 or a US recreational book and call it solved.
We needed actual sharp alternatives. Not more soft books. Not recreational operators with wide margins. We needed the sharpest sportsbooks available, ones that price accurately, don't limit profitable traders, and move lines based on real information.
What We Added: Betfair Exchange
Betfair isn't a traditional sportsbook. It's a betting exchange, and that makes it one of the sharpest pricing sources available.
How exchanges work: Users bet against each other, not against the house. Betfair just facilitates the market and takes a commission. Prices are set by supply and demand, not by a bookmaker's trading team.
Why that makes it sharp: Exchange prices reflect what the market actually thinks, not what one bookmaker thinks. There's no house bias, no artificially wide margins, no trading desk protecting positions. Just real money from real bettors on both sides of a market.
When there's liquidity, Betfair prices are as close to "true odds" as you're going to get. That's why professional traders and sharp bettors have always watched exchange prices alongside traditional bookmakers.
For API users building comparison tools or trading systems, Betfair Exchange gives you market-driven pricing with no bookmaker games. It's a legitimate sharp reference that fills the gap Pinnacle left.
Betfair coverage is particularly strong on soccer, tennis, and cricket. For those sports, exchange prices are now one of our core benchmarks.
What We Added: SingBet
SingBet is a major Asian bookmaker known for aggressive pricing and high-volume capacity. For traders who need a sharp book that doesn't limit winners, SingBet is one of the strongest Pinnacle alternatives available.
High limits. SingBet accepts large wagers that most bookmakers won't touch. If you're building tools for traders who need to track where serious money can actually be placed, SingBet shows you those levels.
Low margins. Margins as low as 2% on top football leagues. Their pricing is tight and competitive, particularly on Asian handicap markets.
Strong football coverage. SingBet covers football leagues at every level with generous limits and strong Asian handicap markets. They often post early lines that influence the broader market.
For API users who need football and tennis data from high-limit Asian markets, SingBet provides competitive odds across European and Asian leagues.
What We Added: Polymarket and Kalshi
Prediction markets aren't traditional sportsbooks, but they've become essential pricing references. We already have them in Odds-API.
They're handling serious volume. Kalshi and Polymarket combined for over $44 billion in trading volume in 2025. These aren't experimental platforms anymore. They're processing real money with real liquidity. More than $2 billion is now traded every week on Kalshi.
They offer a different pricing signal. Prediction markets operate on two-sided liquidity. Prices aren't set by a bookmaker's model. They're set by traders putting real money on both sides. Research has found that betting exchanges provide more accurate predictions of a given event than bookmakers. When there's volume, prediction market prices can react faster to breaking news than traditional books or polls, making them a useful reference point alongside sharp bookmaker odds.
Arbitrage opportunities exist. Academic research from IMDEA Networks Institute analysed 86 million bets across Polymarket between April 2024 and April 2025. They found approximately $40 million USD of profit was extracted through arbitrage during the measurement period. The researchers identified two distinct types of arbitrage trade: those that occur within a single market, and those that span multiple markets. Cross-platform opportunities between prediction markets and traditional sportsbooks add another layer for sophisticated traders.
We give you everything you need. Our prediction market data includes top-of-book prices with depth, so you know how much liquidity sits at each price level. You get back and lay odds on every market, plus native platform IDs (Kalshi event IDs like KXEPLGAME-26JAN31LEEARS and Polymarket market IDs like 170912) so you can route directly to their execution APIs.
For developers building arbitrage systems, market-making bots, or odds comparison tools, prediction market data adds another dimension to your pricing toolkit. It's already in Odds-API, included in all pricing plans.
What We Added: FanDuel for US Props
For US player props, Pinnacle isn't the benchmark. They outsource their prop lines and hang low limits. There's no single sharp book for props the way there is for main markets.
FanDuel has shown the strongest price discovery for MLB and NBA props. Research shows other books consistently move toward FanDuel's lines rather than the other way around.
FanDuel and DraftKings are already in Odds-API. For developers building props-focused tools for US sports, they provide useful pricing references alongside traditional sharp books.
The Best Pinnacle Alternatives for Sharp Bettors
Here's how each Pinnacle alternative stacks up:
Betfair Exchange: Market-driven pricing with no bookmaker bias. Best for soccer, tennis, and cricket. True "fair odds benchmark" based on two-sided liquidity.
SingBet: High limits, 2% margins on football, strong Asian handicap coverage. One of the few sharp books that doesn't limit profitable traders.
Polymarket & Kalshi: Prediction market pricing with $44B+ in 2025 volume. Different pricing signal that reacts faster to breaking news than traditional books.
FanDuel: Strongest price discovery for US player props (MLB, NBA). Other books consistently move toward FanDuel's lines.
Together, these give you multiple sharp benchmarks instead of relying on a single source. Better coverage, better redundancy, and closing line value analysis that's just as sharp as Pinnacle ever was.
Why We Moved Fast
Reports indicate that Pinnacle is restricting API access for odds data providers. Some providers are trying to replace Pinnacle with soft books and hoping developers don't notice. Others are just absorbing the loss and offering less sharp data.
We took a different approach. We went looking for actual sharp alternatives before this became a crisis.
What This Means for Developers
If you're building odds comparison tools, arbitrage systems, or trading platforms, you need sharp data. Losing Pinnacle hurt, but it doesn't have to kill your product. Read our complete guide to choosing a sports betting API for a full breakdown of what to look for.
Betfair Exchange gives you market-driven odds with real liquidity. SingBet gives you high limits and tight margins. Polymarket and Kalshi give you prediction market pricing that's already proving itself with billions in volume. For US player props, FanDuel has shown the strongest price discovery for MLB and NBA, with other books consistently moving toward their lines.
All available through Odds-API. Same fast, reliable infrastructure. Same 5,000 requests/hour on paid plans. We just replaced Pinnacle with alternatives that actually work for sharp bettors and traders.
We're Ready. Are You?
Pinnacle's API shutdown was the end of an era. But sharp data didn't disappear. It just moved to different sources.
We moved with it. Betfair Exchange, SingBet, Polymarket, and Kalshi are live now. Multiple sharp benchmarks instead of one. Better coverage, better redundancy, and pricing that's just as sharp as Pinnacle ever was.
Other API services are playing catch-up. We're already there.
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