Sportsbet.com.au Scraper

🎯 What does Sportsbet Scraper do

Sportsbet Scraper helps you extract comprehensive betting data from Sportsbet.com.au, Australia's leading online sports betting platform. You can extract detailed racing schedules, sports betting odds, event information, and market data from the website.

Sportsbet Scraper supports REST API which gives you access to the extracted dataset, enables you to download it in various formats and use it in other applications.

📊 What data can I extract from Sportsbet with a web scraper

With this web scraping tool, you can extract the following data from Sportsbet:

🏇 Racing schedules	⚽ Sports events
💰 Betting odds	🏆 Competition names
⏰ Event times	👥 Participant information
📊 Market data	🏷️ Betting markets
🔢 Race numbers	📍 Event locations

🚀 Why scrape Sportsbet.com.au

Sportsbet.com.au is one of Australia's most popular online betting platforms, offering comprehensive coverage of racing and sports events. Scraping Sportsbet.com.au can help you:

• Track betting odds and market movements
• Monitor racing schedules and event times
• Analyze betting patterns and market trends
• Research competitor odds and pricing strategies
• Make informed betting decisions
• Monitor new events and popular markets
• Understand regional betting preferences in Australia

🛠️ How to use Sportsbet Scraper

Sportsbet Scraper is designed for easy and fast start even if you've never extracted data from websites before. Here's how you can extract data from Sportsbet:

1. Create a free Apify account using your email
2. Open Sportsbet Scraper on the Apify platform
3. Click on the Try for free button
4. Enter your start URLs for racing or sports pages
5. Click on the Start button and wait for the data to be extracted
6. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML

⚙️ Input

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

• startUrls (array) - Array of URLs to start scraping from

Example:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.sportsbet.com.au/racing-schedule"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/football"
    }
  ]
}

URL Classification

The actor automatically classifies URLs:

• Racing URLs: URLs containing racing-schedule → Uses racing handler
• Sports URLs: All other URLs → Uses sports betting handler

📤 Output

The scraped data will be saved as a dataset. Each item will represent either a racing event or a sports betting event. You can download your data in various formats: JSON, JSONL, HTML table, CSV, Excel spreadsheet, or NDJSON.

Racing Data Output

For racing pages, the output contains structured table data:

{
  "url": "https://www.sportsbet.com.au/racing-schedule/horse/today",
  "label": "racing",
  "total": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Sandown Australia",
      "r1": "00:00",
      "r2": "00:35",
      "r3": "01:10",
      "r4": "01:45",
      "r5": "02:20",
      "r6": "02:55",
      "r7": "03:30",
      "r8": "04:05"
    }
  ]
}

Racing Data Structure:

• name: Race name (first column, split by uppercase letters for readability)
• r1, r2, r3, etc.: Subsequent non-empty columns from the table

Sports Betting Data Output

For sports betting pages, the output contains detailed event and odds data:

{
  "url": "https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/football",
  "category": "betting",
  "total": 22,
  "results": [
    {
      "eventTime": "21:21",
      "competition": "NFL",
      "numMarkets": "238 Markets",
      "participants": [
        {
          "name": "Dallas Cowboys",
          "data": [
            {
              "label": "Match Betting",
              "value": "3.42"
            },
            {
              "label": "Handicap",
              "value": "(+6.5)1.99"
            },
            {
              "label": "Total Match Points",
              "value": "Over (+46.5)1.95"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Philadelphia Eagles",
          "data": [
            {
              "label": "Match Betting",
              "value": "1.34"
            },
            {
              "label": "Handicap",
              "value": "(-6.5)1.82"
            },
            {
              "label": "Total Match Points",
              "value": "Under (+46.5)1.86"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Sports Data Structure:

• eventTime: Scheduled time of the event
• competition: Competition/league name
• numMarkets: Number of betting markets available
• participants: Array of teams/participants with their odds data
  • name: Participant name
  • data: Array of betting markets and odds
    • label: Market name (e.g., "Match Winner", "Over/Under 2.5")
    • value: Odds value

🏇 Supported Page Types

Racing Pages

• Racing schedule pages with tabular data
• Extracts race times, names, and betting information
• Handles various table formats and structures

Sports Betting Pages

• Multi-market coupon events: Pages with multiple betting markets per event
• Featured events: Pages with simplified event layouts
• Extracts comprehensive odds data across different market types

⚠️ Notes and Limitations

• The actor relies on the structure of the Sportsbet website. If the website structure changes, the actor may need to be updated
• Ensure you comply with the terms of service of Sportsbet.com.au when using this actor
• For large-scale scraping, use Apify's proxy services to avoid IP blocking
• The scraper uses residential proxies for enhanced reliability
• Respect rate limits to avoid overwhelming the website
• The actor automatically handles both racing and sports betting pages

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🛠️ Want something custom-built

This Sportsbet Scraper doesn't exactly do what you need? You can always build your own! Lexis Solutions is a certified Apify Partner. We can help you with custom solutions or data extraction projects.

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