$Sportradar Group AG(SRAD)$ “We’ve seen an 80 per cent increase in the ticket volume,” Darren Small, senior vice-president of managed trading services at Sportradar, told AFP
$Sportradar Group AG(SRAD)$ FIFA released official data for the 2026 World Cup group stage. The figures show that the tournament set multiple historical records just 17 days after kick-off: 72 matches attracted a cumulative 4.645 million in-person spectators, setting a new World Cup group stage attendance record; stadiums achieved an average occupancy rate of 99.7%, with over 64,000 average spectators per match; social media platforms generated 170 billion content impressions, 10 billion interactions, and total video views across all platforms surpassed 110 billion, all exceeding the totals for the entire 2022 Qatar World Cup cycle. Imagine when the betting numbers come in...this going to explode
$50 Billion in Bets! Is the World Cup “Curse” Real?
The World Cup kicks off on June 11, and every time it comes around, someone digs up that old “curse” chart: over the past eight World Cups, the Nasdaq fell during five of them, with an average return of -1.2%. The measurement window is from the close before the opening match to the close of the first trading day after the final $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ - 1994, United States: -1.7% - 1998, France: +9.2% - 2002, Korea/Japan: -13.1% - 2006, Germany: -1.3% - 2010, South Africa: -0.9% - 2014, Brazil: +2.5% - 2018, Russia: +1.4% - 2022, Qatar: -5.4% So it’s 5 down, 3 up. More red than green. But once you look at the backdrop, the story is obvious: 2002 was still dealing with the aftermath of the dot-com bust, 2022 was hit by the Fed’s aggressive
$Sportradar Group AG(SRAD)$ those sitting on the sideline of Sportradar watch closely as it now enter into the predictions markets through tie up with Kalshi. With FIFA round the corner, it will be all engines roll for them. Let's go!
$Sportradar Group AG(SRAD)$ Broke the resistance decisively after winning the Wimbledon data and betting rights. And remember FIFA 2026 still have not begun...
Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.