Identify a Market

Betradar Unified Odds uses markets and market lines. Each market is a bet type identified with a unique ID and within a market, multiple different lines are often provided

Each of these lines is uniquely identified by additional specifiers (e.g. Total Goals 2.5 is the same market as Total Goals 1.5, but it is two different market lines. The market ID for both are the same, but the first one has a specifier ((goals=2.5)) and the other one has a specifier ((goals=1.5)) that uniquely identifies them).

XML example of the same market with 2 different market lines.

XML example

<market name="Total" id="18" specifiers="total=3.5" status="1">
    <outcome name="over 3.5" active="1" id="12" odds="2.3"/>
    <outcome name="under 3.5" active="1" id="13" odds="1.55"/>
</market>
 
 
<market name="Total" id="18" specifiers="total=2.75" status="1">
    <outcome name="under 2.5" active="1" id="13" odds="2.1"/>
    <outcome name="over 2.5" active="1" id="12" odds="1.65"/>
</market>

The market lifetime for a sport event typically begins when Betradar provides pre-match odds – often well before the match starts (and the same market continues to live). If Betradar does not cover a sport event live or the market for some reason, is not suitable live, and the market is closed once the match starts.

In general, markets in the Unified Odds model span pre-match and live. They also use the same IDs and specifiers if the sport event; hasn't started yet, is live, or has ended.