{"podcast":{"title":"Gaming News Canada Show","slug":"gaming-news-canada-show-5691437","podcast_index_feed_id":5691437,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/631b6aaf0e34f50011b0b234","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/gaming-news-canada","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/631b6aaf0e34f50011b0b234/1663008546385-e9953e23afec9b2c8de02707752d23f1.jpeg","author":"Steve McAllister","episode_count":219,"summary":"Each week, Steve McAllister, the Editor-In-Chief of the Gaming News Canada, digs deeper into trending gaming and sports betting topics with industry leaders and insiders, reporters and other stakeholders in the business. The discussion and debate also includes questions and opinions from our followers about the hottest industry in sports today. Follow us on Twitter @GamingNewsCA for the latest storylines, and links to the weekly live show. Subscribe to the newsletter http://gamingnewscanada.ca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:19:18.013172+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437"},"episode":{"title":"Sportradar Doubles Down on Data, Deals and iGaming","slug":"sportradar-doubles-down-on-data-deals-and-igaming","published_at":"2026-03-31T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/sportradar-doubles-down-on-data-deals-and-igaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437","url":"https://www.gamingnewscanada.ca/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/631b6aaf0e34f50011b0b234/e/69c9c7cdc2759aa9b1c56497/media.mp3","summary":"For the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister is joined by the Senior Vice President of Group Operations at Sportradar, Sophie Thomas.   Thomas, who joined Sportradar as Head of Snooker Operations in late 2012 and has served in her current role for a year now, made her maiden appearance on the GNCS at the end of a robust first quarter of 2026. Sportradar tapped into its November 2025 acquisition of IMG Arena to last week announce it is  expanding its agreement  with Hard Rock Bet to add PGA Tour and UFC data, odds and enhanced in-play wagering capabilities to its existing set of services in the U.S. of A. Earlier in the week, the company  announced the launch  of igaming brand Playradar which will combine sports data “expertise” with casino content for operators around the world, including Canada. That bit of news came on the heels of the hiring of former Playtech Live CEO Edo Haitin to oversee Sportradar’s igaming business.   We asked Thomas for her thoughts on last week’s announcements and Sportradar’s increasing investment in igaming along with:   The company’s involvement in this summer’s FIFA World Cup men’s tournament in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; Other opportunities available through the IMG Arena acquisition; Working with operators to offer more in-play betting products at a time that some regulators and others are asking for a reduction in said products; Sportradar’s ongoing role supporting the efforts of leagues, organizations and other bodies in monitoring suspicious betting activity; If/how does the company fit with prediction markets, specifically given Sportradar’s deal with Major League Baseball, which  just introduced  Polymarket as a partner in a mult…","meta_description":"For the latest episode of the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming, host Steve McAllister is joined by the Senior Vice President of Group Oper…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2715,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/episodes/sportradar-doubles-down-on-data-deals-and-igaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-news-canada-show-5691437/sportradar-doubles-down-on-data-deals-and-igaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}