# Pinnacle Odds Scraper: Sharp Lines, No-Vig Fair Odds & Limits (`sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds`) Actor

Pinnacle odds for NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, soccer, tennis, MMA and esports: moneyline, spread, total and team totals for every period, with no-vig fair probabilities, the bookmaker margin and the maximum stake. The sharp reference line for value betting and closing line value. No proxy, no account.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds.md
- **Developed by:** [Min Maxxxer](https://apify.com/sports-odds-lab) (community)
- **Categories:** Sports, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 games

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Pinnacle Odds Scraper: Sharp Lines, No-Vig Fair Odds & Limits

> 💰 **$4 per 1,000 games** — every main market of a game in one row. Press **Start**: the prefilled input returns today's and tomorrow's **NBA** games in a few seconds.

**Pinnacle** is the sharpest bookmaker in the world: low margins, high limits, and the line the market moves to. Bettors use its prices as the **fair reference** for **value betting (+EV)** and **closing line value (CLV)**. This Actor gives you Pinnacle's current lines for **NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, soccer (Premier League, Champions League and 100+ leagues), tennis, MMA/UFC and esports** — clean JSON, CSV or Excel, no proxy and no account.

### What you get for each game

- **Moneyline** (home / away, and **draw** for soccer — 1X2)
- **Spread / handicap** and **total (over/under)** — the main line, optionally **every alternate line**
- **Team totals** for each side
- **Halves, quarters, hockey periods, first 5 innings, sets** (optional)
- For every market: **decimal and American odds**, **no-vig fair probability** of each side, the **margin %** and Pinnacle's **maximum stake** (how much they let you bet — high limits mean a confident line)
- League, country, start time (UTC), teams, live flag and Pinnacle's matchup ID

### Example input

```json
{
  "sports": ["basketball", "soccer"],
  "leagues": ["NBA", "England - Premier League", "Champions League"],
  "hoursAhead": 48,
  "includePeriods": true
}
```

### Example output (shortened)

```json
{
  "league": "NBA",
  "startTime": "2026-10-22T23:10:00Z",
  "homeTeam": "Philadelphia 76ers",
  "awayTeam": "Cleveland Cavaliers",
  "moneyline": {"home": {"odds": 1.775, "american": -129, "fairProb": 0.5523},
                "away": {"odds": 2.19, "american": 119, "fairProb": 0.4477}, "marginPct": 1.99, "maxStake": 30000},
  "spread": {"line": -2.0, "home": {"odds": 1.909, "american": -110, "fairProb": 0.5116},
             "away": {"odds": 2.0, "american": -100, "fairProb": 0.4884}, "marginPct": 2.38, "maxStake": 30000},
  "total": {"line": 236.5, "over": {"odds": 1.917, "american": -109, "fairProb": 0.5069},
            "under": {"odds": 1.971, "american": -103, "fairProb": 0.4931}, "marginPct": 2.89, "maxStake": 10000},
  "teamTotal": {"home": {"line": 118.5, "over": {"odds": 1.917}, "under": {"odds": 1.952}}},
  "periods": {"1st half": {"moneyline": {}, "spread": {}, "total": {}}}
}
```

### How people use it

- **Value betting / +EV**: compare your bookmaker's price with Pinnacle's **no-vig fair probability** — a price above it is a value bet
- **Closing line value**: run it just before the start (e.g. on a schedule) and keep Pinnacle's **closing lines** to measure your bets
- **Models and dashboards**: the sharpest market probability for every NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, soccer and tennis game
- **Limits as a signal**: a rising maximum stake shows Pinnacle is confident in its line

### Options

- **Sports**: basketball, soccer, hockey, american football, baseball, tennis, mma, esports, golf, handball, volleyball, darts, cricket, rugby, snooker, formula 1 (aliases nba, nfl, nhl, mlb, ufc)
- **Leagues**: as written on Pinnacle (`NBA`, `England - Premier League`, `UEFA - Champions League`) or just the part after the country (`Premier League` = every country's Premier League)
- **Teams**: part of a team's or player's name
- **Hours ahead**, **live games**, **team totals**, **periods**, **alternate lines**, **max games**

### Pricing

**$4 per 1,000 games** (pay per event: one game = one row with all its markets). No proxy and no separate platform usage to pay for.

### Notes

- Player props (points, rebounds, yards, shots on goal) with the same fair probabilities: [NBA & NFL Player Props Odds](https://apify.com/sports-odds-lab/player-props-odds).
- Current lines only: for past games use our [NBA, NFL, MLB & NHL odds](https://apify.com/sports-odds-lab/nba-nfl-mlb-nhl-odds) and [Soccer odds](https://apify.com/sports-odds-lab/football-odds-results) Actors (opening and closing odds of 25-40 bookmakers since 2005).
- Data from Pinnacle's public website feed; not affiliated with Pinnacle. Odds change all the time — the `scrapedAt` field says when they were read.

# Actor input Schema

## `sports` (type: `array`):

basketball (NBA, Euroleague…), soccer, hockey, american football, baseball, tennis, mma, esports, golf, handball, volleyball, darts, cricket, rugby league, rugby union, snooker, formula 1. Aliases: nba, nfl, nhl, mlb, ufc.

## `leagues` (type: `array`):

Only these leagues: a name as on Pinnacle (NBA, Premier League, England - Premier League, Champions League, NHL…) or a Pinnacle league ID. Empty = every league of the chosen sports.

## `teams` (type: `array`):

Only games of these teams or players (part of the name is enough, e.g. Lakers).

## `hoursAhead` (type: `integer`):

Only games starting within this many hours. 0 = every listed game.

## `includeLive` (type: `boolean`):

Games already in play (Pinnacle's live lines).

## `includeTeamTotals` (type: `boolean`):

Each team's own points/goals total.

## `includePeriods` (type: `boolean`):

The same markets for every period Pinnacle lists (1st half, quarters, hockey periods, first 5 innings, sets).

## `includeAlternateLines` (type: `boolean`):

Every alternate spread and total, not only the main line.

## `maxMatchups` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many games (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sports": [
    "basketball"
  ],
  "leagues": [
    "NBA"
  ],
  "hoursAhead": 48,
  "includeLive": false,
  "includeTeamTotals": true,
  "includePeriods": false,
  "includeAlternateLines": false,
  "maxMatchups": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `games` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sports": [
        "basketball"
    ],
    "leagues": [
        "NBA"
    ],
    "hoursAhead": 48
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sports": ["basketball"],
    "leagues": ["NBA"],
    "hoursAhead": 48,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sports": [
    "basketball"
  ],
  "leagues": [
    "NBA"
  ],
  "hoursAhead": 48
}' |
apify call sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sports-odds-lab/pinnacle-odds"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XgrddMJx0bLZxbnPs/builds/Ykp4O3cdSdFNXdmBF/openapi.json