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by m-i-l·10y ago·view on hn ↗
I would think the betting odds should very quickly reflect the match results.

In actual fact, the betting odds are sometimes updated before the broadcast results, thanks to bookmakers employing courtsiders[0] to transmit scores direct.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtsiding

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Yes, much like the stock market responds to news, mostly faster than msnbc can discuss these. The issue this app solves is the ephemeral nature of the betting data. A simple scheduling feature allowed me to have historical data easily. Otherwise, go deal with a server, scheduled jobs, etc. Not impossible, just discouraging for many people that can develop, but don't want to deal with the overhead for every little application.