SBOBET API for Odds

The Problem: No Public SBOBET API

How SharpAPI Solves It

What SBOBET coverage actually gives you

SBOBET is an Asian-market operator rather than a state-by-state US one, and SharpAPI classes it as a sharp book: its prices are set against a different pool of money than the American books and move on that market's information rather than on US ticket flow. That independence is the reason it is worth pulling — when a US book drifts, an Asian price is a useful second opinion on whether the move is real or local.

The important limitation is player props. SharpAPI carries SBOBET moneyline, spread and totals markets with live in-play updates, but this book does not expose player prop pricing, so a props model needs to pair it with a major US book such as DraftKings or FanDuel.

Where it fits in a stack: SBOBET is gated behind the Sharp plan, alongside Pinnacle, Circa and Betfair, so it is not part of a Hobby or Pro build. If you are already on Sharp for Pinnacle, SBOBET is a second non-US reference you are paying for and quite possibly not querying. The missing prop coverage is the thing to design around rather than a reason to skip the book, because the moneyline and totals disagreement against a US operator is usually where the interesting discrepancy shows up anyway.

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More Than Just SBOBET

SharpAPI delivers every major sportsbook in one API, not just SBOBET. Compare every betting market, spot +EV opportunities (value betting), and detect arbitrage across all of them.

Plus 8+ additional books. All normalized to the same schema.

How to Access SBOBET Odds via API

SBOBET doesn't offer a public API. The fastest way to get SBOBET odds programmatically is SharpAPI. Here's how to get started in under 5 minutes:

1. 1Create a free SharpAPI account, no credit card required.
2. 2Copy your API key from thedashboard.
3. 3Install the SDK: npm install @sharp-api/client
4. 4Query SBOBET odds using the code examples below.

import { SharpAPI } from '@sharp-api/client';

const sharp = new SharpAPI({
  apiKey: 'sk_live_your_key'
});

// Get NBA odds from all books
const odds = await sharp.odds.get({
  league: 'NBA',
  sportsbook: 'sbobet'
});

odds.data.forEach(event => {
  console.log(event.event_name);
  console.log(event.odds_american);
  console.log(`EV: ${event.ev_percent}%`);
});

// Real-time SBOBET odds via SSE
const url = 'https://api.sharpapi.io'
  + '/api/v1/stream'
  + '?channel=odds&league=NBA'
  + '&sportsbook=sbobet'
  + '&api_key=sk_live_your_key';

const es = new EventSource(url);

es.addEventListener('odds:update', (e) => {
  const data = JSON.parse(e.data);
  // Fires instantly when SBOBET
  // lines move
  console.log(data.event_name);
  console.log(data.odds_american);
});

Full TypeScript SDK with IntelliSense. npm install @sharp-api/client

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