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Genius Sports Group secures landmark betting data agreement with Football DataCo

Genius Sports Group has been appointed by Football DataCo, the data rights holder of all competitions organized by the Premier League, English Football League and Scottish Professional Football League, as its official supplier of live data to the global sports betting sector.

Through Betgenius, its sports betting division, Genius Sports Group will capture official live game data in-stadia at over 4,000 fixtures a season, and distribute it to hundreds of licensed sportsbook operators around the world in under a second.

Commencing at the start of the 2019/20 season, this multi-year partnership will create the sports betting sector’s fastest, most accurate and reliable data feed for in-play betting products and live betting innovations, in order to drive long term value for sports betting operators around the world.

“English and Scottish football is vital to any sportsbook offering and Genius Sports provided a compelling proposal to maximize the value of live data in the betting market for the Leagues. We look forward to working with Genius Sports, and its sports betting division Betgenius, in developing innovative data feeds for the market to use” said Adrian Ford, General Manager of Football DataCo.

Mark Locke, Genius Sports Group CEO, commented: “Being selected by Football DataCo as their exclusive official data partner is transformational for our organization and reinforces our position as the global leader in sports data capture and distribution technology.  This partnership upholds our commitment to ensuring sports remain at the heart of a sustainable sports betting ecosystem that is fair and rewarding for all participants.

“The use of secure, UK football league sanctioned data signals the increased maturity of the industry and recognizes the value and protections that this official data feed provides. Football DataCo leads the world through its heavy investment in a product that assures operators can have complete confidence in its data supply to power some of most valuable sports betting content in the world, including all Premier League matches.”

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