On Monday, the NFL announced Atlanta Falcons broad receiving system Jean Cauvin Ridley is suspended for at least the 2022 flavour for placing wagers on conference games, including at least single involving his team. In the wake of that news, it appears both a data provider and a gaming troupe played parts inward assisting the NFL in its investigation.
Reports surfaced Monday that Ridley placed wagers involving NFL games inward FL using Hard John Rock International nomadic app. Later, Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI), the league’s scoop betting data provider, corroborated that information.
As the NFL has to a greater extent widely embraced regulated sports wagering as both a money shaper for the league and case-by-case teams, allowing a dealership to go to Las Vegas, sportsbooks inward some stadiums and ads by sportsbook operators during gamy broadcasts, it also made sort out it’s taking a concentrated stance against wagering by players and team up personnel and that it testament purchase relationships with partners such as Genius Sports to gimmick offenders.
Ridley’s suspension is indefinite, though he has trine days to appealingness to the determination and if he’s unsuccessful with that effort, he put up apply for reinstatement on or after February 15, 2023.
Twist of Fate with Hard Rock
The NFL notes Ridley, 27, placed bets during a five-day span last November when he was aside from the Falcons and on the non-football sickness list.
In an interesting convolute of fate, the player made his bets during a brief geological period inwards which Hard John Rock offered roving sports betting inwards Florida. The tribal gaming heavyweight launched its mobile betting app on Nov. 1, 2021, but leash weeks later, vacated the pact betwixt the country and the Seminole Tribe, which controls Hard Rock. The tribe continued taking mobile bets patch it appealed that ruling, but it ultimately pulled the sportsbook app on Dec. 4, 2021.
Reports emerged Monday indicating Ridley placed three-, five- and eight-game parlays with at to the lowest degree I leg of unity of those wagers including the Falcons. It’s believed he didn’t bet against his team.
The former first-round pickax took took to Twitter to admit his wrongdoing, noting he play simply $1,500 and that he doesn’t experience a gaming problem.
Genius Role
Last April, Genius Sports reportedly paid $1 1000000000 to turn the NFL’s wagering data provider, swiping a deal that previously belonged to challenger Sportradar.
Integrity of the gamy is at the heart of all the NFL’s legalized sports betting ventures, and Genius will financial support the NFL’s efforts through comprehensive unity services to varan betting crossways all NFL games (preseason, regular season, and postseason) and tentpole events,” according to a financial statement Genius issued at the time. “The NFL and its Clubs testament also feature access to Genius’ wholeness training programs to ensure the continuation of the NFL’s high up touchstone for integrity.”
The league also took an equity wager inwards Genius precious at $446.6 meg endure April, but the stockpile has tumbled since then.