Sportradar Expands Major Leagues Portfolio

23 Aug 2016 | tshego

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The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced it will incorporate Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) into its game-integrity protection systems.

It follows from the Rugby Football Union’s announcement earlier this month that it would be continuing with Sportradar’s integrity partnership.

The use of Sportradar’s FDS is an addition to the league’s retention of Sportradar, prior to the 2015/16 season, as the exclusive third-party provider of its real-time game data. The company’s Integrity Services already provide the FDS to several federations and leagues, including UEFA, CONCACAF, the IIHF, MLS and FIBA.

The NHL, which for years has used a variety of security agencies to safeguard and ensure the integrity of its competition, will now also use Sportradar’s FDS to monitor global gaming activity and trends across more than 550 operators worldwide in order to pinpoint unusual patterns that could be cause for concern.

Sportradar, a world leader in the detection and prevention of game manipulation and partner to federations, leagues and law enforcement agencies across the globe, will use its FDS to monitor all regular-season and postseason NHL games for any potential manipulation.

NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman said: “While we have the utmost confidence in the integrity of our sports and our games, Sportradar’s FDS provides an additional layer of security and protection.”

Sportradar, managing director, integrity services, Andreas Krannich added: “Our award-winning FDS monitors over 100,000 matches across 12 sports around the world each year and we are delighted the NHL has chosen this system, that oversees all relevant operators and markets, to bolster its integrity defenses.”