Read-only Services
  • Using the Read-only Services, you can create programs that:

    • Retrieve reference information for a games market
    • Retrieve the market prices
    • Retrieve your current bets on an event
    • Retrieve information on settled bets
    • Retrieve your account statement information
    • Use this information to calculate and display your own data
  • For example, you can:

    • Build a spreadsheet that monitors your position on a specific market, calculating the average effective price achieved on each selection taking into account offsetting back and lay bets
    • Build a program which will record games data as history in to a local database
Transactional Services
  • Using the Transactional Services, you can create programs that also:

    • Place bets on a games market
    • Cancel existing unmatched bets
    • Modify existing unmatched bets
    • Transfer money from/to your Exchange Games account
  • For example, you can:

    • Build an application that places bets when certain market conditions are met
    • Build an application that can place offsetting bets conditional on other bets getting matched
    • Build an application to automate your betting strategy

For further information:

Please note: Even if you are not a developer, you could still take advantage of the Betfair Exchange Games API. You may choose to use an off-the-shelf application already developed by a Betfair-licensed Software Vendor, via the Solutions Directory; or you could arrange for a licensed Vendor to do the development for you, via the Find-A-Developer portal.
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