Ladbrokes Odds API
Get Ladbrokes pre-match football odds as clean, structured data, on its own or lined up against other UK bookmakers in one schema, using code UO017.
bookmaker_codes=UO017 Bookmaker code UO017 identifies Ladbrokes across our odds endpoints, so you can pull it alone or alongside other UK bookmakers.
Why structured Ladbrokes odds
Ladbrokes is one of the biggest names in UK football betting, which is exactly why builders search for a Ladbrokes API in the first place. The problem is that Ladbrokes does not publish a public developer API for pre-match football odds, so there is no official feed to plug into. Anyone building an odds comparison site, a price alert tool, or a tipster product still needs Ladbrokes odds in a reliable, structured format. That gap is why third-party odds data providers exist, turning bookmaker pages into something a product can actually consume.
Show Ladbrokes odds next to other UK bookmakers so users can see who is offering the best price on a match result, BTTS, or over/under market. This is the single most common reason people look for Ladbrokes odds as data.
Trigger notifications when Ladbrokes odds move on a fixture or market you are tracking. Structured data makes it possible to watch odds changes automatically instead of refreshing a betting site by hand.
Reference live Ladbrokes odds in tips, previews, or affiliate content without manually checking and updating prices. This keeps published odds accurate as the market moves.
Pull Ladbrokes odds alongside other bookmakers to study pricing patterns, margins, or market efficiency over time. Consistent structured data is what makes this kind of analysis practical at scale.
The DIY trap
Scraping Ladbrokes directly seems like the obvious workaround when there is no public API, but it breaks down fast in a real product. Odds on the site are often rendered client-side and refresh constantly, so a scraper has to fight timing issues on top of parsing HTML that changes shape without warning. Bookmakers also actively rate-limit and block scraping traffic, which means brittle code, IP bans, and maintenance work every time the page layout shifts. None of that is sustainable if your product needs Ladbrokes odds to be accurate and available every day.
Layouts and XHR payloads change without notice. Proxies, CAPTCHAs, and rate limits add cost and downtime.
Automated extraction is typically prohibited. For a commercial product, a managed feed is the cleaner path. See legal risks of scraping.
The simple path
UK Odds API gives you Ladbrokes odds through a normal REST API instead of a scraper, with Ladbrokes identified by the stable code UO017. You can pull Ladbrokes odds on their own, or filter them alongside other UK bookmakers in the same response schema, so comparison and alert tools do not need separate logic per bookmaker. Coverage is pre-match UK football odds, kept in one consistent format regardless of which bookmaker you are reading.
Some products only need Ladbrokes: a dedicated Ladbrokes odds widget, a price tracker, or a content feed built around one bookmaker. Others need Ladbrokes as one entry in a wider comparison, sitting next to other UK bookmakers on the same market and fixture. Both patterns run on the same underlying data, so you can start with Ladbrokes alone and expand into full market comparison later without redesigning how your product consumes odds.
Most customers run on Pro (£149/mo, 7-day trial): 34 UK bookmakers, advanced markets including player props, historical odds. Start with a trial, then call the endpoints below.
How to integrate
Once you have an API key, the flow is the same for every UK bookmaker: list fixtures, request odds, optionally filter to Ladbrokes.
List events for a date and select an event_id.
Fetch odds and filter to Ladbrokes via bookmaker_codes=UO017.
Copy-paste these requests.
GET /v1/football/events?schedule_date=YYYY-MM-DD&has_odds=true&upcoming=true&per_page=10
GET /v1/football/events/EVENT_ID/odds/best?odds_format=decimal&bookmaker_codes=UO017Replace EVENT_ID with an event_id returned by the events endpoint.
A compact example response (shape is normalised across bookmakers).
{
"event_id": "evt_123",
"odds_format": "decimal",
"bookmakers": [
{ "code": "UO017", "name": "Ladbrokes" }
],
"markets": [
{
"key": "1x2",
"outcomes": [
{ "name": "Home", "odds": 2.05, "bookmaker_code": "UO017" },
{ "name": "Draw", "odds": 3.40, "bookmaker_code": "UO017" },
{ "name": "Away", "odds": 3.75, "bookmaker_code": "UO017" }
]
}
]
}Realtime data
Structured, consistent Ladbrokes football odds, ready for comparison tools, alerts, and tipster products.
Bookmakers covered
Ladbrokes odds alongside other major UK football bookmakers, in one schema
Pricing
Straightforward plans for accessing Ladbrokes odds data, scaled to how much football coverage and how many requests your product needs.
£79/month
Billed today · no trial
For prototypes and early builds
£149/month
7 days free · £0 due today
For production apps and dashboards
£359/month
Billed today · no trial
For arbitrage tools and revenue-generating systems
FAQ
Ladbrokes does not publish a public developer API for pulling pre-match football odds into your own product. Teams usually either scrape the website (fragile and against typical Terms of Service) or use a bookmaker odds API such as UK Odds API.
You can try, but scrapers break when the site changes, hit anti-bot controls, and usually violate Terms of Service. For production apps, a managed odds API is simpler and lower risk than maintaining a Ladbrokes HTML parser.
Call fixtures with /v1/football/events, then odds with bookmaker_codes=UO017. Remove the filter to compare Ladbrokes against the wider UK market.
UK Odds API is a UK-first REST API for pre-match football odds across major UK bookmakers and exchanges - one OpenAPI contract, stable UO### codes, best-odds helpers, and advanced markets (including player props) on Pro.
Most production apps use Pro (£149/month, 7-day Pro trial): 34 UK bookmakers, core + advanced markets, historical odds. Arbitrage endpoints are on Business.
Yes. Start a 7-day Pro trial at ukoddsapi.com/sign-up, then try endpoints in the OpenAPI playground at api.ukoddsapi.com/docs.