The NBA has issued a lifetime ban to Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for serious violations of the league’s gambling rules.An NBA investigation found that Porter violated league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes, and betting [...]
Sports data technology provider Genius Sports has agreed a deal to provide a range of in-play trading services to KingMakers’ BetKing sportsbook brand in Nigeria.The deal sees Genius provide BetKing with its live betting product across sports such as football, tennis and basketball, alongside its trading services, which include modelled [...]
Sportradar has entered into an agreement to offer audiovisual streaming of Oddin.gg’s exclusive esports content to betting operator clients around the world.Sportradar’s global network of more than 900 betting operator clients will be able to offer a wider variety of live streamed esports events to their customers under the multi-year [...]
New York-listed sports data technology provider Genius Sports is seeking a new independent member for its Board of Directors to replace Gabriele Cipparrone.Cipparrone currently serves as a partner at British private equity firm Apax Partners, and is resigning from Genius Sports’ Board effective 8 April.This follows a reduction in holdings [...]
Sports data technology provider Sportradar has delivered record results for 2023 as revenue increased by 20 per cent to €877.6 million, its third consecutive year of more than 20 per cent growth.The company benefited from a strong finish to the year as revenue in Q4 rose 22 per cent to [...]
Sportradar is introducing new enhanced betting-related functionality into the NBA League Pass streaming service.The integration of Sportradar’s over-the-top (OTT) solution emBET is aimed at elevating the in-play betting experience for players, enabling sports betting content such as point spreads, over-unders and money lines to be seamlessly integrated into the NBA’s [...]
Sportradar has been named as the official betting and technology partner of the United Soccer League (USL).The new six-year deal will enable Sportradar to collect, license and distribute USL’s official betting and media data, and offer live streaming of USL competitions for sports betting to its global network of more [...]
Genius Sports has recorded a 21 per cent rise in full year revenue to $413.0 million in 2023, exceeding its initial guidance by $22 million.The company benefited from a strong performance in the final quarter of the year as fourth quarter revenue rose 21 per cent to $127.2 million, marking [...]
Sports data technology provider Sportradar has agreed an extension to its existing deal with Germany’s Bundesliga for an additional six years.The new deal runs until the end of 2031/32 season and has been expanded in scope, providing Sportradar with enhanced official data rights and live match data for betting and [...]
Ohio’s licensed betting operators are no longer allowed to offer player-specific proposition bets on intercollegiate athletics competitions.The ban aims to better protect student-athletes following a rise in harassment by bettors, and was introduced on Friday (Feb. 23) in response to a request by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).According to [...]
Sportradar has expanded its integrity services team in Latin America with the appointment of Felippe Marchetti as integrity partnerships manager in Brazil.Leading the strategic development of Sportradar’s Integrity Services division in the country, Marchetti will work closely with the company’s Brazil-based integrity analysts to increase the company's partnerships in the [...]
Genius Sports has brought in former Interpol criminal police officer Tiago Horta Barbosa as head of integrity for Latin America.Barbosa brings over 20 years of experience in law enforcement, sports regulation and technology to the position, and will play a critical role in driving Genius Sports’ integrity partnerships in Brazil [...]
