

Having data alone, reflecting strikes, runs, outs, walks, balks, whatever, would not allow sportsbooks to post updated markets on props or accurate lines on who will win the game, which change constantly based on what’s just happened. Sportradar also contextualizes this data, providing sportsbooks with live in-play odds and related products reflecting on-field events, so sportsbooks may offer these in-game and prop markets to their clients (i.e., bettors).

“Data journalists” perform this collection (and there are job openings in the U.S.). Sportradar collects the data from games in real time in stadiums - for example, when the ball is put in play. So, Sportradar is a familiar name and supplier in the U.S.
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Industry sources have told Sports Handle that about 75% of Nevada sportsbooks already use Sportradar to acquire data relating to MLB (and other pro sports games). The meaning of data, and what Sportradar provides

MLB and Genius previously hooked up for integrity monitoring services, which Sportradar will now provide the league. Given the non-exclusive nature of the sports betting data element of this agreement, a similar deal likely will follow for sports betting data with a Sportradar competitor, perhaps Genius Sports, which was the second of the NBA’s two partners in the aforementioned non-exclusive NBA deal. The release did not disclose certain deal terms, such as the actual length of the agreement and the cost to Sportradar. where distribution to regulated sports betting operators will be on a non-exclusive basis through Sportradar and additional authorized distributors. Sportradar will also serve as the official supplier of MLB’s real time betting data feed in the U.S. In the U.S., Sportradar will have the same exclusive rights for official real time statistics distribution to media entities in their coverage of Major League Baseball. The deal gives Sportradar international rights to both, while in the U.S., Sportradar will get only exclusivity on distribution to the media. There are two facets of the MLB-Sportradar deal, the first regarding distribution of league data to media entities, the other for distribution to regulated U.S. sports, among them a similar agreement with the National Basketball Association announced in Nov. This adds baseball to Sportradar’s portfolio of sports betting deals that now includes all four major U.S. Major League Baseball and the Switzerland-headquartered Sportradar on Wednesday announced a “ wide-ranging, multi-year partnership” designating Sportradar as the official global data provider for MLB.
