signed deals<\/a> with all four major sports leagues since the Supreme Court\u2019s rejection of the federal ban on state-sanctioned sports betting.<\/p>\nAs individual states began to legalize and regulate sports betting last year, the leagues were pushing lawmakers to make the use of their official data compulsory for operators, as well for as the introduction of a so-called \u201cintegrity fee,\u201d or royalty fee.<\/p>\n
But lawmakers were eager to maximize tax revenues for the new sports betting markets and largely rejected the leagues\u2019 proposals.<\/p>\n
Despite that, it seems the leagues are still determined to profit directly from sports betting, while making it appear as if they aren\u2019t profiting directly from sports betting.<\/p>\n
This week ESPN\u2019s David Purdum reported that Sportradar is asking US operators for a 1.5 percent cut of net profits for access to official NFL data, on which it holds exclusivity.<\/p>\n
In-game betting is still a relatively new phenomenon for customers in the newly liberalized US markets. But, as it grows, it will be interesting to see whether major US leagues begin to guard their official data as fiercely as UK soccer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A legal battle could be about to erupt over control of lucrative data-feeds in British soccer, The Times reports. Switzerland-based sports-data company Sportradar has threatened to sue Genius Sports, which in May became the official partner of Football DataCo, the rights holder and licensing company for professional leagues in England and Scotland, including the English […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":113918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sportradar Threatens to Sue Genius Sports Over UK Soccer Data-Feeds<\/title>\n\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