Shane Golden

Sports-market research & software

Better sports-market research begins with structured, reliable data.

I build and operate private software that uses authorized data interfaces to study sports-market structure, normalize fixtures and markets, and measure how pricing, availability, and settlement states change over time.

Research approach

Structured analysis, with clear data boundaries.

The software is designed to use operator-authorized APIs responsibly, request only the fields needed for defined research, and keep sports-market data separate from personal, payment, and visitor account information.

01

Retrieve

Request current sports, leagues, fixtures, markets, prices, and status changes through authorized data interfaces.

02

Normalize

Standardize participants, start times, periods, lines, outcomes, currencies, and market states so records can be compared consistently.

03

Analyze

Measure data quality, availability, update behaviour, and settlement consistency using timestamped internal research records.

Research scope

Studying how sports markets are structured and maintained.

The research focuses on data quality and market mechanics: how operators identify events, express equivalent markets, publish updates, and apply their documented rules when an event changes or settles.

Reproducible internal analysis

Source observations are timestamped and retained with their collection method so later analysis can distinguish a live observation from an assumption or historical record.

  • Catalogue research covers sports, competitions, seasons, fixtures, markets, selections, and lifecycle states.
  • Data-quality research examines availability, completeness, schema consistency, update cadence, and stale or withdrawn records.
  • Rule research documents periods, overtime, pushes, voids, postponements, cancellations, and resettlement conventions.
  • Internal models, evaluation methods, account information, and operational dashboards are not publicly exposed.

Sportsbook data integration

Proposed read-only access through an official API.

Within the scope an operator approves, a proposed integration would use the operator's official API to retrieve sports and leagues, fixtures, pregame and live odds, delta updates, market availability, settled fixtures, and available line or limit metadata for internal quantitative research.

Independent operation

This website and research practice are independently operated and are not sponsored, endorsed, or approved by any sportsbook operator.

  • The website does not ask visitors to connect a sportsbook account or provide sportsbook credentials.
  • The website does not accept deposits, process payments, place wagers, or provide a public betting interface.
  • Any integration is limited to access expressly authorized by the relevant operator and will follow documented rate and IP controls.
  • The research environment will not scrape sportsbook websites or publicly redistribute or resell operator data.

Contact

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Shane Golden operates this independent research practice from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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