Genius Sports, a specialist in sports data technology services, has signed a data and integrity partnership with DreamHack, which hosts high profile e-sports tournaments.
The agreement sees Genius globally distribute data and video from DreamHack’s e-sports events in the regulated betting market and also protect the competitions from the threat of match fixing.
Marcus Lindmark, CEO of DreamHack, said: “We are very pleased to team up with Genius Sports and have them assisting us with our ongoing integrity work across all our pro tournaments.
“But we’re equally excited to have them as official data partner and bring live data to their network of partners around the world.”
Moritz Maurer, head of e-sports at Genius, said: “This partnership is the latest example of an e-sports rights-holder taking control of the data that powers betting markets on their matches in order to protect its integrity.
“It’s also an exciting new commercial opportunity for DreamHack and one that we are in a unique position to facilitate through our unrivalled and highly regulated distribution arm.”
