Genius Sports And Clue Launch New Platform

London-headquartered sports data and technology company Genius Sports has partnered with intelligence and investigations software provider Clue to launch a global sports integrity intelligence platform.

As the integrity partner to over 150 leagues and federations, including the NFL, EPL, PGA TOUR, BWF and DFB, Genius Sports will use the new system to help anticipate and detect global trends in betting-related corruption, support investigations and provide increased visibility to sports organisations worldwide.

Clue’s proprietary intelligence platform will aim to heighten efficiency and interoperability between Genius Sports’ Integrity, Trading and Quality Assurance teams, based across four continents.

Clue’s system also provides a centralised digital vault that will house Genius Sports’ entire library of integrity risk assessment reports. The company’s team of analysts will be able to access and analyse every report, and through Clue’s software, each report will be indexed against relevant news articles and blogs, match footage and analysis to provide the integrity intelligence.

To prevent criminals’ attempts to fix or manipulate sporting events, the new system will produce customised reports and dashboards, segregated by individual players, teams, match officials, competitions, and regions across multiple sports.

Phil Suddick, Head of Sport at Clue, commented, “From match manipulation to safeguarding and hate crime to anti-doping investigations, Clue has an inherent ability to provide a trusted solution in sports integrity.

“The partnership with Genius Sports is an amazing and unprecedented opportunity to provide protection and intelligence to over 150 sporting leagues and federations. Genius Sports and Clue have taken this golden opportunity to deter, disrupt and detect those criminals who seek to manipulate sporting events.

“Both organisations have worked proactively and collaboratively to ensure this integrity platform is able to identify, manage and share critical information, thereby reducing the risk to both the athlete and their sport.”

Simon Martyn, Director of Rights Enforcement & Integrity at Genius Sports, added, “This partnership with Clue is an exciting next step in our continued investment in our sports integrity offering. Their leading software gives us the edge in tackling the clear and present danger of match-fixing by delivering intelligence and investigative capabilities that can help prevent, detect and disrupt betting related corruption.

“We’re very grateful to Clue, a global leader in intelligence software, for working so closely with us to build a highly customised solution that will be pivotal to our integrity offering going forward.”