Tag Archives: Sports data

LSports: Innovation in player retention-focused products is the way forward

SBC News LSports: Innovation in player retention-focused products is the way forward

Having good data is great, but according to LSports CEO Dotan Lazar, this is no longer enough if you’re looking to stand out from the crowd. Instead, he believes that innovation in player retention-focused products is the way forward. In a chat with SBC News, Lazar began by reflecting on the biggest milestones from 2023, including the development of new …

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John Harlow, Stats Perform: why the Women’s World Cup will be unexpectedly different

SBC News John Harlow, Stats Perform: why the Women's World Cup will be unexpectedly different

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is a week away and the quality of on-field action and volume of media coverage is expected to drive an explosion in global interest in the women’s game, teams, and players. SBC News spoke with John Harlow, SVP of Betting at Stats Perform, about why this World Cup will present some different opportunities for sportsbooks, …

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LSports – The Data Revolution: Adapt or Fade Away in the Sports Betting Industry

SBC News LSports - The Data Revolution: Adapt or Fade Away in the Sports Betting Industry

Writing for SBC, Dotan Lazar, CEO of LSports, takes a look at why sports data has become the new battleground for sportsbooks looking to stand out in a saturated market and the role that LSports plays in building that engagement with bettors through its latest promising  innovation. The reality that sportsbooks face today is challenging, to say the least. The …

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Same-game multis, visualisations and content: Stats Perform on the areas ripe for innovation

Stats Perform Stand

Last year, Stats Perform launched a new campaign to ‘light up your sportsbook’ with a huge focus on live streaming. Now, the company has identified three new areas that are ripe for innovation. In this second part of his interview with SBC News, Stats Perform Betting Product VP Nick Cockerill discusses the company’s plans to light up same-game multis, live …

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IMG ARENA: growing rights holders’ reach in the data age of sport

IMG Arena

Having secured a monumental deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) earlier this year, IMG ARENA President Freddie Longe spoke with SBC Leaders Magazine how the two organisations will work together to revolutionise the fan experience and extend the reach of rights holders in an era that’s becoming increasingly dominated by the power of data. First off, how did the deal …

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Ulrich Harmuth, Sportradar: ahead of schedule in the US and still a ‘rest of world’ force

Ulrich Harmuth, Sportradar: ahead of schedule in the US and still a ‘rest of world’ force

The most recent Q3 results from Sportradar marked the first time that the company was profitable for the US market since its IPO, an achievement which the sports technology company has taken great pride in. And rightly so.   The post-PASPA market has arguably been one of the biggest growth areas for Sportradar in recent years, and hitting profitability nearly two …

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OpenBet’s SportCast: the advantages of cutting-edge deep data

SBC News OpenBet’s SportCast: the advantages of cutting-edge deep data

Following the recent OpenBet partnership with deep data specialists StatsBomb, SBC News spoke to Luke Saunders, Commercial Director at SportCast, for an exclusive interview regarding the deal and how it will shape the pioneering BetBuilder, pre-built BetBuilder and singles product offering.  SBC: How important is cutting-edge deep data for operators’ trading and predictive modelling in an increasingly competitive market?  LS: …

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BETBY to fuel World Cup engagement with STATSCORE data deal

SBC News BETBY to fuel World Cup engagement with STATSCORE data deal

STATSCORE has agreed to supply its portfolio of front-end products to BETBY in a deal which will strengthen the latter’s levels of engagement across its sportsbook platform ahead of the World Cup. Through the partnership, BETBY will gain access to STATSCORE’s CupCenter sportsbook widget which features both football statistics related to the upcoming World Cup as well as raw data …

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LSports goes scout free with new Computer Vision data feed

SBC News LSports goes scout free with new Computer Vision data feed

Real time sports betting data provider LSports has developed “advanced computer vision technology” which, it claims, will support the launch of its new machine-driven sports data feed. The CV-based feed, according to LSports, does not require scouts, and will instead use an automated solution to analyse live sports streams in real time and convert that information into data. In a …

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Lyuben Starev, Enetpulse: New data points and special features for Euro 2020

Euro 2020

Sports data provider Enetpulse has spent the extra year rethinking its solutions for this summer’s showpiece Euro 2020 football tournament. We spoke to Lyuben Starev (pictured), head of products and content at Enetpulse, about changes to its original approach, new data points and features planned for Euro 2020. SBC: Can you tell us about your lead sports data solutions for …

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