Why I Built MyBets.gg: The Death of the Sports Betting Spreadsheet

If you are reading this, I already know something about you.

You take sports betting seriously. You aren't just throwing $5 on a Sunday game for fun. You are tracking lines, looking for value, and treating this like an investment.

But I also know the secret pain that comes with taking betting seriously. It’s the dirty little secret that none of the "pro" bettors on Twitter talk about.

It’s the 11:00 PM spreadsheet grind.

It's having fifteen tabs open—DraftKings, FanDuel, Bet365—trying to remember if you logged that last live bet. It's the typo you made last Tuesday that messed up your entire ROI calculation for the month. It's the realization that you are spending more time playing "data entry clerk" than actually analyzing games.

I know this pain because I lived it. And I built MyBets.gg to kill it once and for all.

This is the story of why the sports betting spreadsheet is obsolete, and how we are fixing the biggest bottleneck in profitable betting.

The Arbitrage Grind: Where Spreadsheets Go to Die

My journey didn't start with wanting to build a SaaS company. It started with trying to make money through sports arbitrage.

For the uninitiated, arbitrage involves exploiting pricing discrepancies between different sportsbooks to guarantee a profit regardless of the outcome. It’s not gambling; it’s math.

But arbitrage has a catch: Volume and Speed.

To make real money, you need to place dozens, sometimes hundreds, of bets a week across ten different bookmakers. The margins are thin, so accuracy is paramount. If you mis-log a single entry, you don't know if you are up or down.

My Daily Nightmare

My routine used to look like this:

1. An alert pops up for an arbitrage opportunity between BetMGM and Caesars.

2. I frantically log into both sites.

3. I place the Bet A on BetMGM.

4. I place the hedge Bet B on Caesars.

5. The dreaded step: I open my massive, 50MB Excel file that took 30 seconds to load.

6. I manually type the date, the sport, the league, the teams, the odds, the stake, and the bookie for Bet A.

7. I repeat the exact same process for Bet B.

I was doing this 30 to 50 times a day.

I was spending hours every week just typing numbers into boxes. The friction was unbearable. I missed live betting opportunities because I was too busy logging previous bets. I made data entry errors that skewed my perceived edge.

I looked around for solutions. The existing tools were either expensive enterprise software for syndicates, or clunky mobile apps that still required too much manual input.

I realized that the sports betting industry had advanced incredibly fast—live streaming, micro-betting, instant cashouts—but the tracking technology was stuck in 2005.

The "Aha!" Moment: Why Are We Still Typing?

I am a developer by trade. In my day job, if I have to do a repetitive digital task more than three times, I write a script to automate it.

Yet, here I was, manually transcribing data from a digital screen (the sportsbook) to another digital screen (my spreadsheet) like a medieval scribe copying a scroll. It was absurd.

The data was right there on the bet slip confirmation screen. Why couldn't I just "grab" it?

That was the genesis of MyBets.gg.

I decided to stop betting and start coding. The mission was simple, but incredibly difficult to execute: Create a zero-touch bet tracking experience.

I didn't want a "better spreadsheet." I wanted the spreadsheet to become invisible.

Introducing MyBets.gg: The End of Data Entry

After months of development, caffeine, and analyzing thousands of different bet slip formats across every major sportsbook, we finally launched.

MyBets.gg is not just another tracker. It is a layer of automation that sits between you and the sportsbooks.

Here is how we solved the manual entry crisis, and why it’s different from the Excel template you bought for $20 five years ago.

1. The Chrome Extension: Your New Best Friend

This is the game-changer. This is what separates MyBets from 90% of the tools out there.

If you bet on a desktop or laptop, manual tracking is now optional. We built a lightweight Chrome Extension that recognizes when you have placed a bet on major platforms like DraftKings, FanDuel, Bet365, and others.

How it works: You place the bet. The bookie shows you the "Bet Confirmed" slip. Our extension reads that slip instantly, extracts the crucial data (Teams, Odds, Stake, Type, Sportsbook), and sends it securely to your MyBets dashboard.

That’s it. You don't click anything extra. You don't open a new tab. You just bet, and it’s logged.

2. The AI Bet Slip Scanner: For the Mobile Bettor

We know that sometimes you bet on your phone, or maybe you have screenshots of old bets you haven't logged yet.

We couldn't rely solely on the extension. We needed a way to turn an image of a bet into structured data.

We integrated advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and AI models trained specifically on sports betting terminology. You can upload a screenshot of almost any bet slip, and our AI will parse it in seconds.

It’s not perfect yet—handwritten tickets from a Vegas counter are still tough—but for digital screenshots, it’s magic. It turns a folder full of messy screenshots into clean, actionable data.

3. The Dashboard: From Data Entry to Data Analysis

The goal of automating entry wasn't just to save time; it was to free up mental energy for analysis.

Once the data flows in automatically, you stop asking "Did I log that?" and start asking better questions:

• "What is my actual ROI on NBA player props versus NFL spreads?"

• "Am I bleeding money on parlays over 3 legs?"

• "Which sportsbook am I actually profitable on after factoring in their specific odds?"

The MyBets dashboard is designed to answer these questions instantly. It’s the professional-grade analytics suite that your betting deserves, powered by data you didn't have to type.

Who Is MyBets.gg For? (And Who It Isn't For)

We were very intentional about who we built this for, and our pricing reflects that.

MyBets.gg is probably NOT for you if:

• You only bet $10 a week during football season just to make the games interesting. (Honestly, a free app or a piece of paper is fine for that).

• You are looking for "guaranteed locks" or betting tips. We don't sell picks. We provide the infrastructure for you to make your own disciplined decisions.

MyBets.gg IS built for you if:

• You are an arbitrage or +EV bettor: Volume is your lifeblood, and manual entry is your bottleneck.

• You value your time: You realize that spending 5 hours a week typing into Excel is a terrible use of your life.

• You want to treat betting as a serious side hustle: You know that you cannot manage what you do not measure, and you need professional tools to measure accurately.

The Road Ahead

Today is Day 1.

The current version of MyBets.gg solves the immediate pain of ingestion. It works, and it’s fast.

But we aren't done. We are already working on deeper integrations, more advanced bankroll management features that adjust based on your win/loss streaks, and closing line value (CLV) tracking to help you understand if you are beating the market, not just the bookie.

The era of the manual sports betting spreadsheet is over. It served its purpose, but it's time to move on.

If you are ready to stop typing and start analyzing, I invite you to try MyBets.gg. Install the extension, place a few small bets, and watch them magically appear on your dashboard.

Once you experience zero-touch tracking, you will never go back to Excel again.

👉 Click here to Install the MyBets Chrome Extension (Free)