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How does oddschecker work?

compaqlaptop1 · 2010-07-18 08:13:52

Anyone here know how oddschecker gets all the odds for every bookmaker? Do they have a business relationship with the bookie where they get supplied with the data? Or do they screen scrape off all the bookmakers sites? Do you reckon it would be difficult to write a application similar to oddschecker? I noticed this site -…

18-07-2010 8:13am

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Anyone here know how oddschecker gets all the odds for every bookmaker? Do they have a business relationship with the bookie where they get supplied with the data? Or do they screen scrape off all the bookmakers sites?

Do you reckon it would be difficult to write a application similar to oddschecker?

I noticed this site - http://www.tip-ex.com/v2/0/services.pro.html - could a subscription to this site provide you with all the data necessary to make an oddschecker clone?

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#2 19-07-2010 11:31am

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I take it they're just on a direct feed from the bookmakers' sites so when they change,oddschecker's odds change too.

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#3 19-07-2010 11:53am

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I think it would be a lot easier if you were able to buy the data from the bookies from something like tip-ex. Trying to stay on top of all the XML feeds would probably be a lot of work and would require constant tweaking given how often layouts and match names change on betting sites.

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