Betr Picks API

Betr Picks API for real-time Betr Picks pick’em lines with each line’s variant, set next to sportsbook player props on one player id.

Betr Picks is the fantasy pick'em product inside the Betr app, where you pick More or Less on player stats and choose how strict your entry is. Its help center describes two entry styles, Perfect Play and Flex Play, plus a set of adjusted picks that make a line easier or harder in exchange for a smaller or larger multiplier. For developers and analysts working with a Betr Picks API, Betr's board is one more independent set of player projections to compare against sportsbook props and other pick'em apps. For anyone modeling entries, its structure is a good case study in how all-or-nothing and partial-credit payout schedules differ.

Multipliers in the examples below are illustrative. Betr's payouts depend on entry size, pick types and state, and can change, so confirm current figures in the app.

#Does Betr Picks have a public API?

No. Betr does not offer a public odds API for developers, and its help center does not document a projections feed. PreciseAPI collects Betr Picks player lines and normalizes them into the same schema as sportsbooks, exchanges and other DFS apps. This is our own collection, not an official or partner integration.

Betr's app also includes other products, such as social games. The PreciseAPI source, betr_picks, covers the Betr Picks pick'em lines only.

So a Betr Picks API in the sense most developers mean, a documented Betr Picks odds feed with stable ids, comes from a third party. PreciseAPI's Betr Picks odds data uses the same schema as every sportsbook, which is what people usually want when they search for a Betr Picks odds API.

#What Betr Picks data is included

According to Betr's help center, a Betr Picks lineup combines players from at least two teams, and you pick More or Less on each player's projection. In PreciseAPI each projection is a player prop market:

Betr's source-native classes remain distinct. In addition to standard, the verified classes are anchor, boosted, boosted_4, edge_1, edge_2, edge_3, edge_4, free_pick, mini_boosted, nuke, special and super_boosted. These values are accepted only for betr_picks with payout_model: "entry_dependent", variant_scope: "projection" and the matching uppercase source_odds_type. Unknown classes are withheld. The feed preserves the actual line, class and offered direction; it does not translate Edge or Boost into another app's goblin/demon terminology.

Betr outcomes keep price: null and do not invent a per-pick payout multiplier or an opposite side. Entry-dependent picks are excluded from best cash-price comparisons. Source projection ids and native pricing metadata remain available for auditing; the entry rules determine actual lineup payouts.

#Betr Picks lines by league

Availability depends on the current source board and supported stat and period combinations. Lines are withheld after a scheduled start unless the source supplies complete, verified live state. Unsupported statistics and non-head-to-head tournaments are not relabeled as supported markets.

#NFL

Yardage and reception lines are the core. Comparing Betr's number with sportsbook lines for the same player after inactives are announced is the most common workflow. See NFL odds API.

#NBA

Combined stats such as points-rebounds-assists move with minutes projections, which change quickly on injury news. See NBA odds API.

#WNBA

A smaller sportsbook prop market makes cross-app comparisons relatively more useful. See WNBA odds API.

#MLB

Total bases and strikeouts reward a count-based model; half a base or one strikeout is a large probability shift. See MLB odds API.

#NHL

Shots on goal and points. Goalie and line combinations drive the numbers. See NHL odds API.

#Perfect Play and Flex Play: reading the payout schedules

Betr's help center explains the difference simply: Perfect Play pays only if every pick wins, while Flex Play pays a smaller top prize but still pays when one or two picks miss, depending on entry size. The two schedules are easiest to compare as plain numbers.

Take an illustrative five-pick lineup:

A 20x payout on five picks corresponds to a per-pick probability of 54.93% (the fifth root of 1/20), about -122 in American odds. That is a convenient way to put a pick'em multiplier on the same scale as a sportsbook's posted price on the same prop: a sportsbook over at -115 implies 53.49%, and one at -130 implies 56.52%. Flex has no single equivalent, because it pays at several hit counts.

The schedules also differ in how often they pay anything. Of the six possible hit counts, Perfect Play pays on one; Flex Play spreads smaller payouts across three. Whatever probabilities a model assigns to each pick, the Flex schedule returns something more often and the Perfect schedule concentrates everything in the five-for-five result. Payouts vary by entry size, pick types and state, so read the current schedule from the app before running any numbers.

#How voided picks change the math

Betr's help center states that when a pick is voided or ties, the lineup drops to the next size down, so a five-pick Flex is graded as a four-pick Flex, and a three-pick Flex becomes a two-pick Perfect. If you simulate entries, apply that rule rather than treating a void as a loss. Late scratches are common enough in the NBA and MLB that ignoring it skews the results.

#Adjusted picks as line differences

Betr's help center also lists Discount Picks, where the projection is lowered but the multiplier stays the same, and Anchor Picks, which add very little to the multiplier but are likely to hit. In the data, both are easiest to read as line differences: compare the adjusted line with Betr's standard line and with the sportsbook props on the same player. A lower line at an unchanged multiplier is simply an easier pick for the same multiplier on the More side, while an anchor trades multiplier for a line that is more likely to clear.

#Where the comparison prices come from

The comparison side is the same prop at several sportsbooks, pulled from /v1/props with the same player id. The implied probability of each posted price puts the books on one scale, the no-vig guide shows how a single book's margin is built into its two prices, and the post on pick'em lines vs sportsbook props explains how to handle cases where the pick'em line and the sportsbook line differ. Any estimates beyond that come from your own model; PreciseAPI delivers the posted lines and prices.

#How to use the Betr Picks API

Pull Betr's lines together with sportsbook props for the same players:

curl -s "https://api.preciseapi.com/v1/props?league=nba&markets=player_pra,player_points&books=betr_picks,pinnacle,fanduel" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRECISEAPI_KEY"

The Python below lines up each Betr projection with the sportsbook lines and over prices for the same player and stat:

import os, requests
from collections import defaultdict

def implied(american):
    return 100 / (american + 100) if american > 0 else -american / (-american + 100)

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.preciseapi.com/v1/props",
    params={"league": "nba", "markets": "player_pra,player_points", "books": "betr_picks,pinnacle,fanduel"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PRECISEAPI_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
resp.raise_for_status()

for event in resp.json()["data"]:
    lines = defaultdict(dict)  # (player, stat) -> {book: (line, over price)}
    for book in event["bookmakers"]:
        for m in book["markets"]:
            if m.get("variant", "standard") != "standard":
                continue
            over = next((o for o in m["outcomes"] if o["side"] == "over"), None)
            lines[(m["player"]["name"], m["key"])][book["id"]] = (m["line"], over["price"] if over else None)
    for (player, stat), books in lines.items():
        if "betr_picks" not in books:
            continue
        others = [f"{b} {line} o{price} ({implied(price):.1%})" for b, (line, price) in books.items() if b != "betr_picks" and price is not None]
        print(player, stat, "Betr", books["betr_picks"][0], "|", ", ".join(others))

The props endpoint costs 3 credits per call and returns up to 25 events. All parameters, including player for a name search, are in the props reference. On the Syndicate plan, the WebSocket stream sends a snapshot and then only changed markets, batched every 250 ms with sequence numbers; see streaming. Markets that stop updating are flagged suspended and omitted by default, so a stale Betr line will not appear current.

Used this way, the props endpoint is a Betr Picks player props API, and the rest of the sports odds API covers the sportsbook context around it. For anyone after Betr Picks live odds, the feed is current and timestamped through a real-time odds API, but the pick'em lines in it are pre-game.

#Why not scrape Betr Picks?

Searches for "scrape Betr Picks odds" usually come from people who need the data on a schedule. A scraper tends to cost more than it saves:

• App updates change layouts and data flows, and each change breaks collection quietly.
• Automated access can be rate-limited or blocked, and the operator's terms of use govern how its app and site may be used. Respect them.
• Betr's labels, stat names and player names have to be mapped to market keys and player ids before any comparison is possible.
• A self-built poller adds delay and needs its own logic to detect lines that have stopped updating.

A normalized feed gives you timestamps, stable ids and suspension flags from the start.

#Getting started

The free Sandbox is the easiest way to look at Betr Picks lines. It includes 50 credits for the Sandbox chat in your dashboard and needs no card: ask about Betr player lines in plain English and it answers from live odds. API access starts on Edge; when you are ready to build, see pricing or get access.

Betr and Betr Picks are trademarks of their owner and are used here for identification only. PreciseAPI is not affiliated with or endorsed by Betr.

#Frequently asked questions

#Does Betr Picks have an API?

Betr does not offer a public odds API for developers. PreciseAPI collects Betr Picks player lines and delivers them as a documented Betr Picks API, normalized with sportsbooks and other DFS apps.

#How do Betr's Edge and Boost picks appear in the feed?

They retain their native source classes, such as edge_1, edge_4, boosted and super_boosted. The source class appears in source_odds_type, with variant_scope: "projection". Different classes remain separate even when player, stat and line match. Only explicitly offered More/Less directions are returned.

#How fast do Betr Picks odds update?

Betr Picks lines refresh each time the board is collected. Every line carries its updated_at time, a source whose last collection has gone stale is marked suspended rather than served as a fresh board, and /v1/sportsbooks shows each source's live status.

#Does the feed include Betr's Perfect and Flex payouts?

The feed carries lines, outcomes, players and variant tags. Payout schedules depend on entry size, pick types and state, so read the current multipliers from the app.

#Which leagues are covered for Betr Picks?

Coverage follows active source projections and supported catalog combinations, including supported team-sport and tennis/UFC head-to-head props. The source status and returned markets show current availability; unsupported stats, periods, leagues and tournaments are withheld.

#Is there a free trial?

Yes. The Sandbox plan is free, includes 50 credits for the Sandbox chat in your dashboard, where you can ask about Betr Picks lines in plain English, and does not require a card. API keys start on the Edge plan.