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7/17/2026
How to Get Real-Time Sports Betting Odds from an API

How to Get Real-Time Sports Betting Odds from an API

Short summary

A technical guide on obtaining real-time sports betting odds via aggregator APIs, covering American/decimal odds conversion, vig removal, expected value calculation, and arbitrage detection with Python code examples. Since major sportsbooks don't offer public APIs, the guide recommends aggregators like SharpAPI that normalize 45+ books into one schema. It includes runnable functions for computing fair prices, +EV bets, and arb opportunities.

  • •Major US sportsbooks have no public API; developers must scrape or use aggregators like SharpAPI
  • •The guide covers vig removal, expected value, and arbitrage detection with Python code
  • •Real-time odds require low-latency polling since arbitrage windows close fast

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