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exchange-lay
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- Arbitrage & value bettingGuide
Arbitrage betting data, explained: how live arb works
Arbitrage is a relationship between prices across books and the exchange, not a single number. Here is the data behind it, how a real arb is detected, and why most of the signal is noise.
· 7 min read
- Exchange & lay data
Back and lay odds, explained for builders
Backing bets for an outcome; laying bets against it, and only an exchange lets you take that side. Here is the plain version, plus the back/lay data pair a matched feed hands you ready to use.
· 5 min read
- bet365 odds data
bet365 odds for arbitrage: what the data has to do
An arb involving bet365 is a relationship between its price and the best opposing price, so you need both sides, fresh, with real liquidity. Here's what makes the data usable, and why matched beats raw.
· 5 min read
- Exchange & lay dataGuide
Exchange and lay coverage: the other half of every matched bet
A bookmaker back price is only half of a matched bet. This is the other half: what exchange and lay coverage is, the three exchanges we match against, and why the paired lay decides the opportunity.
· 6 min read
- Exchange & lay data
How to get Betfair lay odds (and the alternatives)
Betfair has a real public API, so you can pull its lay odds directly. This is how that route works, where it costs you, and the alternative that delivers lay already matched across three exchanges.
· 5 min read
- Exchange & lay data
The Betfair API 5-second delay, explained
Betfair delays data on a delayed application key; live, undelayed prices need a live key that meets Betfair's requirements. Here's what that means for your build, and when it matters.
· 5 min read
- Matched betting & oddsmatcherGuide
The complete guide to matched-betting odds data
Matched betting runs on one thing: a bookmaker back price paired with the current exchange lay price, with a rating and qualifying loss attached. This is the complete picture of that data layer, and how to ship it without building the matcher.
· 7 min read
- bet365 odds data
Using bet365 odds for matched betting: the data you need
Matched betting on bet365 isn't about the back price alone. Here's the data an oddsmatcher actually needs: the bet365 back paired with a live exchange lay, with rating and qualifying loss attached.
· 5 min read
- Exchange & lay data
What is a betting exchange? A data primer
A betting exchange lets bettors bet against each other, backing or laying, with the exchange taking commission. Its lay prices are the other half of every matched and arbitrage pair.
· 5 min read
- Arbitrage & value betting
What makes an arbitrage data feed actually usable
Most arb feeds look fine in a demo and fall apart in production. Here are the four things that actually decide whether a feed is usable, plus the exchange-lay side that back/lay arbs live or die on.
· 6 min read
- Exchange & lay data
Why lay liquidity matters in matched and arb data
A great lay price with no money behind it is a phantom. Here's what lay liquidity is, why a matched feed carries a liquidity figure on every row, and how to gate opportunities by it.
· 5 min read
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