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configuring the time between each call meaning how often the scraper fetches/collects the data right?

That's fine, if he is using the Pinnacle API, but it' different if he is scraping a site....

Sorry, I missed a few words out of my post. I meant to say I am not a programmer myself (but contract a couple to write applications for me).

So whilst I have experience and understanding of some...

I contract a couple of programmers to write/maintain applications for me, and so I don't specifically understand what you mean by that.

However SBO's odds are very dynamic, very fast. To...

I would hazard a guess that he wants the data faster/more regularly than that, which is of course the challenge with writing a scraper.

In reference to local bookies, what country are you in?

Erm, no, because then it would be able to predict the future. So you would be better off getting next weeks lotto results than lines off SBO.

If you mean does a scraper alert you to line...