ljk1072911239 / each-way-matcher

Automatically places bets on profitable each way horse races, can also lay arbitrage bets using Betfair

Each Way Matcher

Sporting Index finally clocked on, banned :(

• Scrapes OddsMonkey for profitable each way horse races, then automatically places bets on Sporting Index.
• Lays arbitrage bets on Sporting Index and Betfair.

Install

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m matcher --setup

Running headless

sudo apt install xvfb chromium-browser -y

Install the appropiate chromedriver at default program location (/usr/bin/chromedriver for linux)

Login variables

Create API keys + certificates

• client-2048.crt/key connected to the betfair api (put in git root directory)
• APP_KEY
• RAPID_API_KEY - sign up for free subsciption

Create environmental variables

• Copy .env.template to .env:
• Sporting index: S_INDEX_USER S_INDEX_PASS
• Oddsmonkey (premium account): ODD_M_USER ODD_M_PASS
• Betfair: BETFAIR_USR BETFAIR_PASS APP_KEY
• Horse results API key: RAPID_API_KEY

Modify filters

Create a (premium) OddsMonkey account and go to each way matcher

• Each Way Rating: 98 to 200
• SNR Rating, Normal Arb Rating, Back Odds: 0 to 200
• Event Start Time: Now to 7 days
• Sports: Horse Racing
• Markets: Horse Racing - Winner
• Bookmakers: Sporting Index only
• Exchanges: Betfair and Smarkets
• Select "Hide matches where one withdrawal will change places paid" box
• Click save
• Go to settings, change betfair comission to 2%

Run

python3 -m matcher -rplsg

or

• Run with run.sh - uses xvfb to run selenium headless on a virtual screen and logs output (recommended)
  • Can be run as a cron job

  0 7 * * * [path to run.sh]
  @reboot [path to run.sh]
  

  • or manually with

  nohup ./run.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 &

You can view the help menu with

python3 -m matcher -h