Collect live and pre-match betting odds from 100+ bookmakers worldwide. Track line movements from open to close, identify arbitrage opportunities, and monitor margin trends across sports markets โ delivered with sub-30-second latency.
Betting odds scraping is the continuous automated collection of price data published by bookmakers for sporting events, political markets, financial outcomes, and other bet types. When a bookmaker prices a match, they publish odds across hundreds or thousands of individual markets simultaneously โ match result, handicap, total goals, first scorer, correct score, and many more. Odds scraping captures this data programmatically, tracking every movement from the initial opening line through to the closing price at the start of the event.
In betting markets, data latency is measured in money. Professional trading desks and algorithmic systems need odds data updated within seconds โ not minutes. A 60-second delay can mean the difference between identifying a sharp movement early and acting on stale prices. DataFlirt's betting odds infrastructure is engineered specifically for this latency-sensitive environment: our polling architecture updates in-play odds within 30 seconds on major markets, with sub-10-second delivery available for premium tier clients.
Beyond simple price collection, our odds scraping enriches the raw data with derived intelligence: margin calculations per event, best available odds across all bookmakers, line movement tracking with timestamped history, steam move detection, and arbitrage opportunity flagging. This transforms raw bookmaker data into actionable trading intelligence.
Regulatory context matters. Odds data is publicly available information published by licensed operators. The collection and aggregation of public pricing data for comparison, research, or trading purposes is widely practiced across the industry. We recommend that clients review applicable laws in their specific jurisdiction for their particular use case.
Comprehensive extraction built for reliability, accuracy, and scale.
Full line movement history from opening to closing odds for every event, with timestamped change records and movement velocity.
Real-time in-play odds as markets update during live events โ critical for live trading and in-play betting tools.
Side-by-side odds from Bet365, William Hill, Betfair, Pinnacle, DraftKings, FanDuel, and 100+ other licensed operators globally.
Full market depth across match result, handicap, totals, and hundreds of player prop and special markets per event.
Real-time flagging of positive expected value situations and true arbitrage opportunities across covered bookmakers.
Automated margin calculation per event and bookmaker, tracking margin trends over time for strategic insights.
Every field you need, structured and ready to use downstream.
A proven process that turns any source into clean structured data โ reliably.
{ "status": "success", "event_id": "epl_mci_ars_20250511", "event": "Man City vs Arsenal", "sport": "football", "market": "match_result", "in_play": false, "scraped_at": "2025-05-11T14:32:00Z", "bookmakers": [ { "name": "Bet365", "home_win": 1.75, "draw": 3.50, "away_win": 4.80, "margin": "4.2%" }, { "name": "Pinnacle", "home_win": 1.82, "draw": 3.61, "away_win": 4.95, "margin": "2.1%" } ], "best_odds": { "home": { "odds": 1.82, "bookie": "Pinnacle" } } }
Built on proven open-source tools and cloud infrastructure โ no vendor lock-in.
Sub-minute polling intervals for major sports markets during peak activity periods, with dynamic frequency scaling.
Bookmaker-specific proxy strategies to handle rate limiting and bot detection while maintaining consistent coverage.
Time-series optimised storage for odds history enables fast queries over full line movement histories at any resolution.
JavaScript-rendered bookmaker sites handled via Playwright, capturing client-side price updates without missing ticks.
Real-time streaming delivery via WebSocket for the lowest-latency data access possible for live trading applications.
Odds formats normalised across bookmakers (decimal, fractional, American) into unified schema with converted equivalents.
From solo analysts to enterprise data teams โ here's how organizations use this data.
In sports betting markets, data latency is measured in money. A second of advantage in detecting a sharp movement or an arbitrage window can determine profitability. DataFlirt gives traders, comparison platforms, and researchers the fastest, most comprehensive odds data available โ delivered the moment markets move, stored with complete historical fidelity, and enriched with derived intelligence that turns raw prices into actionable signals.
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