Odds Script Cost?

[Frost]

Hi, I am just curious what kind of maintenance are you guys have to do on the scripts? I have had a few running for coming up on 3 years and I haven't updated them once.

[smartface]

For a good odds comparison on most of bettypes, sportleagues/sportevents and bookmakers you have to calculate at least $20K. Frankly said I estimate the price at a lot more. And you must be lucky that the softwaredesigner is really good. Otherwise you will have to reinvest again and again to get the software updated.
And don't forget the server costs. A virtual server won't do it for such a project.

[slambert]

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[leporello]

Not sure where you guys are getting 20k from? Not that complex a coding job, just requires parsing XML files and displaying the data in a comparison table.

What exactly do you think you're getting for 20k?

[Mike]

just requires parsing XML files and displaying the data in a comparison table.

Obv you've never attempted this before.

parsing xml is the easy part, but the comparison table gets tricky. Each book has a different feed, different layout, and different names for almost every team.

New York Giants
NY Giants
N.Y. Giants
Giants

And that's just a simple example of one American football team, don't even get me started on soccer. You have to go through each feed, line by line, to pick out these subtle differences.

Sure, some books have the same ROT, but not all of them and not for all sports. It's a very tedious, time consuming job and if you want it done correctly, it's going to cost.

[Frost]

Mike, you beat me to it. Each sportsbook is different in some way so you have to do a lot of testing and work with what they are offering. Also some book have restrictions on what you can access and how often and some books don't even use ROT numbers so matching them up is no simple task.