The Board of Control for Cricket in India has tied up with an UK based company called Sportradar, which will offer it’s ”integrity services”, to prevent any corruption practices during the Indian Premier League (IPL) through its Fraud Detention Services (FDS).
There has been some betting related frauds even during some of the state unit league, and it expected to increase manifold during the lucrative event.
“Yes, BCCI has inked a deal with Sportradar for this year’s IPL. They will be working closely with the ACU and offer their integrity services,” an IPL source confirmed the development to PTI.
“Sportradar has very recently red flagged at least half a dozen games in Goa football league which came under fixing cloud. They have also worked with FIFA, UEFA and various leagues across the globe,” the source added.
The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit, in recent times tracked unusual betting patterns during the state T20 leagues, including the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) as major betting company stopped taking bets.
According to Sportradar, Fraud Detention System (FDS) “is unique service that identifies betting-related manipulation in sport. The intresting part of FDS is its, algorithms and constantly maintained database of odds which are leveraged for the purpose of match-fixing.
“Fantasy gaming is not exactly betting in its traditional sense but the element of gambling does exist. So it’s a good thing that BCCI is engaging with a company that works on betting related corruption in sport,” a BCCI veteran said.
It is believed that the company tracks the odds and movements of at least 600 independent bookmakers to detect anomalies in betting patterns. It processes around 5 million data sets per day.
It is a “sophisticated model” which monitors live betting on offer during an event.
