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Pinnacle odds guides: lines, feeds and drops
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How to read Pinnacle lines
Decimal odds, moneyline, spread and total, handicaps from the home side, period ids, quarter lines, the no-vig price and what the max stake tells you.
ArchitecturePolling vs push odds feeds
REST polling with since cursors, SSE alerts and raw WebSocket compared on latency, cost and complexity, and when each one fits.
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The Pinnacle API shutdown
What closed on 23 July 2025, who kept access, and what to do now.
Archived documentation and 2026 mapping
Every old endpoint and what replaces it today.
Pinnacle API alternatives compared
Seven services on focus, transports, drops, trials and pricing.
Pricing explained
The live plan table and which plan fits which workload.
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