The first betting-data integration inside a general-purpose AI assistant is live. It was built by an affiliate group, not an operator, and the licensed side of the industry has yet to address it anywhere on the public record. In June 2026, OpticOdds began powering sports betting queries inside Perplexity, fully live for paying subscribers by mid-July. Users can ask which player props have moved most in the past hour, where a spread has shifted, or which sportsbooks still offe

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Gareth Crook, SVP of Sports at Pragmatic Play Sports, on the practical use of AI in personalisation, in-play trading, and risk, beyond the industry rhetoric. AI has become an unavoidable topic in sports betting, but its practical impact remains uneven. Much of the industry conversation still sits at the level of aspiration, while day-to-day sportsbook operations continue to be shaped by latency, risk exposure, legacy workflows, and regulatory constraints. The gap between what