Computer Vision and Micro-Betting

The integration of **Computer Vision (CV)** into sports betting infrastructure has been the primary catalyst for the explosion of **Micro-Betting**. By replacing manual human data entry with automated **Optical Tracking** and **Skeletal Pose Estimation**, data providers can capture and classify game events (such as ball trajectory or player positioning) with sub-second latency. This technology eliminates the delay that previously made betting on rapid, discrete events (like the result of a single tennis serve or baseball pitch) impossible. The necessity of this technology has shifted the industry's power dynamic toward exclusive data rights holders like **Genius Sports** (owners of Second Spectrum) and **Sportradar**, who control the hardware-to-odds pipeline required to price these high-frequency markets.