GET Last Updated Odds

Returns the pre-match odds updated in the last 10 seconds.

Base URL

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/odds/pre-match/latest

Example Response

Field Description

Note this endpoint returns the pre-match odds which were updated in the last 10 seconds.

Query Parameters

Name	Required?	Description
api_token	YES Another option is to provide the API token in the header.	Your unique API token. Ex. ?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN
include	NO	Enrich the API response with more data by using includes. Ex. &include=participants;events
select	NO	Select specific fields on the base entity. Read how to select fields in our tutorial.
filters	NO	Filter the API response on multiple related entities. There are static filters and dynamic filters.​ Please find the possibilities in the Static and Dynamic Filter tab.
locale	NO	Translate name fields of the API Response in your selected language. Find more information and which languages are available on our translations page.

Static Filters

Dynamic Filters

Definition of “Latest Updated”

This endpoint returns every fixture whose odds data has changed in the last 10 seconds. The odds data fields include market_id, bookmaker_id, value, name, market_description, probability, winning, stopped, created_at, updated_at, and latest_bookmaker_update. The 10-second update window is fixed and cannot be changed.

A change in any of these fields during the last 10 seconds means that the fixture is included in the response:

• market_id

  • Change means the fixture moved to a different betting market.

• bookmaker_id

  • Change means a different bookmaker provided or updated the odds.

• value

  • Change means the numeric odd value (for example, 1.48) was adjusted.

• name

  • Change means the label name (for example “Home” or “Away”) was modified.

• market_description

  • Change means the description of the market (for example “Match Winner”) was edited.

• probability

  • Change means the implied probability (for example “67.57%”) was recalculated.

• winning

  • Change means the boolean flag indicating if this odd is the current winning outcome was toggled.

• stopped

  • Change means the boolean flag indicating if this odd is no longer available was toggled.

• created_at

  • Change means a new odd entry was created within the last 10 seconds.

• updated_at

  • Change means the timestamp of the last update to this odd entry was modified.

• latest_bookmaker_update

  • Change means the bookmaker’s own timestamp for their last update was modified.

Frequency of updates & no-change responses

Any fixture with at least one of the above fields changed in the last 10 seconds will appear on each API call. If no fixture changed during that window, the API returns HTTP 200 with an empty data array. An empty array means there is nothing new to process.

Polling frequency & rate limits

• Poll every 10 seconds to match the fixed update window exactly (360 calls per hour).

• Optionally poll every 5 to 8 seconds to reduce end-to-end latency, provided your rate limits allow the extra calls.

• Monitor for network jitter and clock skew to avoid missing updates or sending duplicate requests.

Caching strategy & best practices

• Cache all returned fields per fixture in your local store.

• On each response, compare each fixture’s new payload against the cache.

• Discard fixtures with no actual differences.

• Update the cache with only the changed fixtures.

• Cache rarely changing lookup data (such as bookmaker names and market descriptions) locally.

• If you observe long runs of empty responses, temporarily reduce your polling frequency to minimise unnecessary calls.

Filters

More information on how to use filters can be found on our tutorials on how to filter. If you want more information on which filters to use you can check out the following endpoint:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/my/filters/entity?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Pagination

NO

Include depth

You can use a total of 1 nested includes on this endpoint

Include options

market bookmaker fixture

Related entities

Odd

Postman

We also offer detailed postman documentation with examples and a complete up-to-date version of all our endpoints. Below is a button that lets your fork the collection or import it.

Code Example

Ruby

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/odds/pre-match/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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