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The data layer behind matched betting: what oddsmatcher-ready means, and what it takes to ship an oddsmatcher without building a matcher first.
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Best odds guaranteed pays the larger of the price you took and the starting price. That single rule changes how a BOG bet has to be matched, and why the feed carries it as its own type.
· 5 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Racing is where each-way and extra-place matched betting lives, and it is the most demanding odds data to model. Here is what makes it hard and what a matched feed delivers for it.
· 5 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Building an oddsmatcher means building two things: the data that feeds it, and the product around it. This is how to tell them apart, and which one is worth your engineering time.
· 6 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
An oddsmatcher finds the best back/lay pairs across books and exchanges. Here is the data behind it: each back price matched to an exchange lay price, with a rating that shows how close the two are.
· 6 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Two fields decide whether a matched bet is worth placing: the rating and the qualifying loss. Here is what each one means, conceptually and honestly, and how a matched feed computes them for you.
· 5 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
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
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Each-way and extra-place offers can't be expressed as a single back/lay pair. Here is the extra data they need, and how an each-way feed carries the place terms and the two-part matched calculation.
· 6 min read
Matched betting & oddsmatcher
Oddsmatcher-ready data arrives already matched, with the exchange lay price, rating and qualifying loss attached, so you render rows instead of building a matcher. Here is exactly what the term removes from your build.
· 6 min read
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