At a glance
ProviderThe Odds API
TypeLive Odds
CategoryPolitics & Elections
Real-timeNo — request/response
AuthAPI key
PricingFree tier (500 credits/mo); paid from $30/mo — Starter: Free, 500 credits/mo, all sports/markets + historical, 20K: $30/mo, 20,000 credits, 100K: $59/mo, 100,000 credits, 5M: $119/mo, 5,000,000 credits (15M tier $249/mo)
What data it provides
- Sport key politics_us_presidential_election_winner with outright (winner) odds per candidate
- Bookmaker odds across us, us2, uk, eu and au regions
- Decimal or American odds format (oddsFormat param) for implied-probability math
- Per-bookmaker odds from 40+ books (DraftKings, FanDuel, Pinnacle, Betfair, etc.)
- Historical odds snapshots back to June 2020 (5-min intervals from Sep 2022)
- Event/commence times and last-update timestamps in ISO or Unix
Features
- Credit-based quotas: GET /odds costs 1 credit per region per market; /sports and /events are free; historical odds cost 10x
- Rate-limit/usage headers: x-requests-remaining, x-requests-used, x-requests-last; 429 on quota exhaustion
- Continuously refreshed live odds; update cadence varies by sport and bookmaker
- Historical odds API from June 2020 (10-min then 5-min snapshots)
- JSON REST API plus Google Sheets and Excel add-on integrations
- Multi-region coverage (us/us2/uk/eu/au) for cross-book outright pricing
Links
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