Why Do I Have To Login To Betfair?

Question

Why do I have to login to Betfair to use the Lightspeed Software?

Answer

A requirement from Betfair for having access to Betfair's official odds and historical data is that Lightspeed Stats must ask users to login to Betfair when using the software.


Further explanation

  • The Betfair authorisation uses industry-standard OAuth 2.0. There’s a good explanation of this here.
  • Essentially, it allows you to perform actions in our software via your Betfair account (like viewing live prices, viewing your balance, placing bets) without actually sharing any of that information (or any of your login details) with us.
  • We cannot see any of the data in your Betfair account and you’re not submitting your Betfair username and password to us. If you look at the address bar during the Betfair login flow, you’ll notice that you’re on a betfair.com domain (see image below).
  • If you use any Betfair trading software like BetAngel, BetfairBotManager, Geeks Toy, etc, they all use the same mechanism to allow their apps to function.
  • Hopefully that helps but feel free to reach out with any questions!

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