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The BCCI has signed UK based company Sportradar to detect betting activities in the upcoming IPL season. According to PTI, the Sportradar’s Integrity Services will monitor betting irregularities.

“Sportradar will also provide a risk assessment to the BCCI, driven by intelligence and data-driven insights. Furthermore, the BCCI will be able to call upon Sportradar’s Intelligence and Investigation Services during the term of the partnership, if required”, the report said.

Moreover, the agency has already found a few betting patterns during state T20 leagues – Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) and Goa football league. “Sportradar has very recently red flagged at least half a dozen games in the Goa football league that came under a fixing cloud. They have also worked with FIFA, UEFA and various leagues across the globe. It’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) “is a unique service that identifies betting-related manipulation in sport. This is possible due to the FDS’s sophisticated algorithms and constantly maintained database of odds, which are leveraged for the purpose of detecting match-fixing”, read a PTI report.

The company has set up a sophisticated model of mathematical algorithm that detects fraud detection and studies betting patterns during the event. “There are 25 live alerts, which instantly identify irregular betting in the marketplace,” the Sportradar website says. “The mathematical model uses calculated odds, which runs alongside bookmakers’ odds, in order to highlight if the odds during a specific minute or time is out of line, and therefore, potentially suspicious.”

The company has also set up 44 detailed pre-match alerts which are based on off movements observed during the operations. It sends an alert in FDS when any kind of odd activity is happening.

This news comes as India continues to fight against match fixing in the country, with calls to criminalise this activity.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.