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Blockchain and Sports: Applications

Blockchain and Sports: Applications. Martin V Burrows Jr., Coordinator Oceania Sport Information Centre. What is OSIC? The World of Anti-Doping Athlete Funding Big Money Data and Betting Fantasies Keeping People Occupied at Stadiums What, there’s more??. NOTE:

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Blockchain and Sports: Applications

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  1. Blockchain and Sports: Applications Martin V Burrows Jr., Coordinator Oceania Sport Information Centre

  2. What is OSIC? The World of Anti-Doping Athlete Funding Big Money Data and Betting Fantasies Keeping People Occupied at Stadiums What, there’s more?? NOTE: To change images on this slide, select a picture and delete it. Then click the Insert Picture icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Opportunities with Blockchain Technology

  3. Created in 1997 by Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC), Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), UNESCO and USP. • OSIC’s mission is to provide current sport science research and physical education materials to the region. • We are headquartered in the USP Library. • An Olympic Studies Centre. • We are the only sport library that is funded by Olympic Solidarity funds through ONOC.

  4. Anti-Doping • Decentralized database that can assist in providing protection of data being hacked from laboratories and WADA’s database system . • Ledger technology could secure athletes testing results and medical records from being changed. • Tracking of athletes at games.

  5. Athlete Funding

  6. Data and Betting Data More than 52% smart phone users gather health-related data on their phone. Betting Total Gambling gross gaming yield is 450bn USD.

  7. Stadiums and Blockchain: The Potential • Sport clubs can have their own virtual currency which could be used to purchase tickets, food or merchandise. • Loyalty network beyond the sporting club. • Allow for peer to peer ticket exchange that is transparent and can offer some protection from ticket fraud.

  8. Stadiums of the Future

  9. Other Uses • Governance • Asset tracking • E-sports • Fitness clubs • Sponsorship • Games management

  10. Martin V Burrows Jr. Coordinator Oceania Sport Information Centre 679 323 1958 (T) 679 722 4181 (M) Martin.burrows@usp.ac.fj osic@onoc.org.fj

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