Kalshi Sports Event Markets Scraper

Extract live sports prediction market contracts from Kalshi — the only regulated US prediction market for sports events after CFTC approval in March 2026. Returns yes/no bid and ask prices, last traded price, 24-hour volume, and open interest for every open market across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, UFC, golf, and World Cup events.

Kalshi Sports Markets Scraper Features

• Extract all open Sports prediction markets from the Kalshi public API
• Get yes bid, yes ask, and last traded price in cents (0-100 scale)
• 24-hour volume and open interest per market
• Filter by specific series ticker (KXWCGAME, KXNFL, KXNBA, KXMLB, KXUFC, etc.)
• Filter by market status: open, closed, or settled
• Paginated cursor traversal — fetches all pages automatically up to your maxItems cap
• No authentication required — Kalshi's public API is open for read-only access
• No proxy needed — direct API access, no rate limiting observed

Who Uses Kalshi Sports Market Data and Why

• Sports bettors and arbitrageurs — compare Kalshi prices to sportsbooks and Polymarket to surface pricing inefficiencies across platforms
• Quantitative analysts — track market liquidity, bid-ask spreads, and price discovery dynamics on regulated prediction markets
• Financial journalists and researchers — monitor real-time probability estimates on sports events from the first regulated US sports prediction market
• Developers building sports analytics tools — integrate live prediction market data as a probability signal alongside traditional stats

What Data Is Returned

Each record contains:

Field	Description
market_ticker	Unique Kalshi market identifier (e.g. KXWCGAME-26JUN27JORARG-JOR)
market_title	Human-readable market description ("Jordan vs Argentina Winner?")
event_ticker	Parent event identifier
series_ticker	Series grouping (e.g. KXWCGAME, KXNFL, KXUFC)
status	Market status: active, closed, or settled
yes_bid	Best bid on the Yes outcome (cents, 0-100)
yes_ask	Best ask on the Yes outcome (cents, 0-100)
last_price	Last traded price (cents, 0-100)
volume_24h	Number of contracts traded in last 24 hours
open_interest	Total open contracts outstanding
expiration_time	ISO-8601 expiration timestamp
source	Direct link to the market on kalshi.com

Input Options

Parameter	Default	Description
maxItems	required	Maximum number of market records to return
seriesTicker	none	Filter to a specific series (e.g. KXWCGAME for World Cup)
status	open	Market status filter: open, closed, or settled

Example Use Cases

Get all open World Cup 2026 markets

{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "seriesTicker": "KXWCGAME"
}

Snapshot all open Sports markets for an arbitrage scan

{
  "maxItems": 2000
}

Pull settled NFL markets for historical analysis

{
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "seriesTicker": "KXNFL",
  "status": "settled"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-event pricing at approximately $0.001 per market record at standard tiers. A full snapshot of all open Sports markets (typically 500-2000 markets) costs under $0.20.

About Kalshi

Kalshi is a regulated prediction market exchange operating under CFTC oversight. In March 2026, the CFTC approved Kalshi's sports event contracts — making it the only federally regulated US venue for trading sports prediction contracts. Markets cover NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, UFC, golf, tennis, soccer/football (including World Cup 2026), and more.

Data from this scraper reflects the public Kalshi trade API and is subject to Kalshi's terms of service.