---
updatedAt: 2025-09-18T19:10:07.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/odds/v1/llms.txt
---

# Categories

Returns a list of categories where outrights exist.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  300s Time To Live / Cache
</Callout>

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## Data Points

<Accordion title="Sport & Category" icon="fa-light fa-chart-simple-horizontal">
  | Attribute      | Parent Element | Type    | Description                                                                |
  | -------------- | -------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `country_code` | `category`     | String  | Country code of a sport category<br /><br />ex. `USA` (USA, MLB)           |
  | `id`           | `category`     | GUID    | Unique ID of a sport category<br /><br />ex. `sr:category:16` (MLB)        |
  | `name`         | `category`     | String  | Name of a sport category<br /><br />ex. `USA`                              |
  | `outrights`    | `category`     | Boolean | Signifies a sport category has outrights when `true`                       |
  | `sport_id`     | `category`     | GUID    | Unique sport ID of a sport category<br /><br />ex. `sr:sport:3` (Baseball) |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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  ],
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            "description": "Odds package type, with configured bookmakers prominent in either the US or global markets<br><br>`us` (United States), `row` (Rest of World)",
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                            "type": "string",
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                          },
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```