Gamblers May Lose Edge as Tennis Tours Sell Live Scores
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The governing bodies of men’s and women’s professional tennis will sell live scores for the first time as the sport tries to crack down on data collection used for illegal gambling.
“There are a lot of unauthorized people out there collecting our data, either scraping it off our websites or television or sitting in the stands, keying in every shot, often with errors, and selling it for substantial profit,” Kate Gordon, spokeswoman for the men’s ATP World Tour, said in an interview.