Turkish Betting Delay Allegedly Costs €216,000

Turkish prosecutors allege that a Spordata analyst delayed live-betting data by seven seconds, enabling associates to wager after scores had changed but before markets updated. Authorities put the alleged combined loss to the supplier and its client operators at approximately €216,000, while the investigation has not produced a public conviction or final ruling. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office disclosed the investigation on 23 October through its Illegal Betting and Sports Crimes Bureau. Istanbul Police’s cybercrime unit is conducting the operational work. The principal suspect, identified publicly only as O.B., worked as a data analyst at sports-data company Spordata.