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Material is mostly the founder's own launch posts plus one user using it for an arb tool and praising its sharp-book coverage versus The Odds API. Repos are few; sample data, R client and MCP server exist.", "sentiment": "insufficient", "topics": ["coverage", "alternatives", "pricing"], "pros": ["Covers sharp books beyond what The Odds API offers"], "cons": [], "evidence": ["https://www.reddit.com/r/sportsbetting/comments/1uff94u/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799866", "https://github.com/APIs-guru/openapi-directory/issues/2455", "https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/issues/22300", "https://github.com/JacobiusMakes/odds-api-benchmarks"]}, "discussions_list": [{"platform": "hn", "title": "Show HN: SharpAPI – Real-time sports odds API with +EV and arbitrage detection", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799866", "date": "2026-01-28", "score": 3.0, "where": null}, {"platform": "reddit", "title": "I built a real-time sports odds API: 20+ sportsbooks in one API call. +EV built in. 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