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Build a Sports Betting Platform from Scratch

This guide walks through the full architecture of a betting platform: odds ingestion, bet placement, balance management, and automatic settlement.

What You’ll Use

Every major endpoint group:

Architecture Overview

Never expose your API key in frontend code. All FieldFunded API calls should go through your backend. The frontend calls your backend, and your backend calls FieldFunded.

Step 1: Sports Navigation

Step 2: Event Listing

Step 3: Bet Placement

The golden rule: lock odds at time of placement, not at time of display.

Step 4: Settlement (the magic)

This is where FieldFunded saves you weeks of development. See the dedicated Settlement Engine guide for the full implementation. The short version:

Step 5: Live Scores

Use getScores() for efficient live score polling:

Tech Stack Summary

MVP Timeline

Settlement Engine Guide

Deep dive into automatic settlement →

SDK Reference

All 25 SDK methods →

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