# Player Markets

### **What are Player Markets?** <a href="#uofplayermarkets-whatareplayermarkets" id="uofplayermarkets-whatareplayermarkets"></a>

Player Markets allow bettors to place bets on individual professional players' specific outcomes or performance measures

* Also known as 'Player Props' or 'Prop Betting' (short for proposition)
* Are not directly tied to the final score or match outcome
* Can be offered both Pre-Match (before the match starts) and Live/In-Play (during the match)
* Popular in Soccer and US Sports (Basketball, Baseball, Football & Ice Hockey)
* Fan engaging betting markets provide interest and excitement to the matchday bettor experience

### **Pre-Match Player Markets** <a href="#uofplayermarkets-pre-matchplayermarkets" id="uofplayermarkets-pre-matchplayermarkets"></a>

* Our Pre-Match player markets product enables our customers to offer player specific outcomes to their customers (bettors) before the start of a match
* Odds data is distributed to our customers via XML using our Unified Odds Feed and betting markets are customisable using our CTRL odds product
* We currently offer 5 sports and 20 global tournaments, offering 56 markets overall resulting in up to 600 player focused betting opportunities per match – with plans to continue increasing coverage!
* Player Markets offer two bet types - **“at least”** and **“x total"**

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Refer to the [Third-Party Odds Coverage](/uof/introduction/market-overview-uof-and-cb.md) section for more information
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