sportsbook onsite<\/a> possibly in time for the start of pro and college football.<\/p>\nWashington\u2019s sports betting law allows for on-premises wagering at its sports arenas and stadiums.<\/p>\n
Sportradar’s Role in Betting<\/h2>\n
Sportradar is a key player in the global sports betting industry. The company serves as an official partner for the NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, auto racing\u2019s NASCAR, and soccer\u2019s global governing body FIFA, meaning it can sell subscriptions to sportsbooks for the right to use official statistics to score bets.<\/p>\n
In May, as the NBA Finals were ready to tipoff, reports circulated that the league would cutoff sportsbooks that do not subscribe to Sportradar or another official data source.<\/p>\n
Last month during a Sportradar media briefing that coincided with MLB\u2019s Yankees-Red Sox games in London, a league official told reporters that sportsbooks that want to cater to online bettors will need to purchase subscriptions for official league data.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe guys we partner with will have the better products,\u201d said Kenny Gersh, MLB\u2019s executive vice president for gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Official data sources play a key role in driving in-game betting, which allows gamblers to wager on the outcome of specific plays and periods as well as the performance of individual players. Experts have touted in-game betting as a driver of sports betting\u2019s growth in the US, especially as legal online betting matures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington-based Monumental Sports Network announced on Monday that it reached an agreement to get real-time statistical feeds, including gambling data, from Sportradar. The subscription-based streaming network is owned by Monumental Sports and Entertainment (MSE), the same company that owns the National Basketball Association\u2019s Washington Wizards and the National Hockey League\u2019s Washington Capitals. The announcement comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":108717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sportradar to Provide Betting Data to Network Tied to Capitals, Wizards<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n