Livescores, X, and xAI partnership: what it means for Nigerian football fans

Football result and betting platform, Livescores, have partnered with social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and its artificial intelligence xAI to drive live scores coverage with real-time insights. The move, tagged as a “game-changing moment”, is set to offer Nigerian football fans a combination of conversation on X while staying glued to live score updates.

According to Livescores, the aim is to leverage the vast real-time content of X and the advanced AI capabilities of xAI (through GrokAI). It noted that the partnership will integrate its sports media, betting and real-time conversations in a single space.

With a record of 100 million annual users, according to Livescores, the collaboration is set to take real-time football betting and conversations to another level. Through this plan, Livescores is looking to provide a seamless experience for millions of fans worldwide.

In response to the collaboration, Sam Sadi, CEO of Livescores, stated that the move will redefine the fan experience of live sports. He noted that it will empower new forms of interaction and set a bold new direction for the future.

“This is a game-changing moment for LiveScore Group and for the industries we operate in. By partnering with X and xAI, we are unlocking the ability to combine the world’s most dynamic real-time content platform with our mission to converge sports media and betting,” he added.

Social media platform X has been a platform for various real-time conversations, jabs, gists and banter. As footballing fans are included in this trajectory, catching up with conversations and insights on X, the Livescores extension is set to reshape that experience.

For the footballing platform, it’s an opportunity to broaden its presence and take the game to another level. While it’s still new in the betting industry, the collaboration is a chance to gain users and take on prominent betting platforms such as SportyBet and Bet9ja.

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What does the deal involve

The highlight of this partnership is that fans follow live scores, interact with breaking news, and at the same time participate in betting, all in X. This ushers in a new standard for fan engagement.

The platform will leverage X and xAI data and technology to track personalised fan experiences and predictive insights. This will be instrumental to fueling engagements on LiveScores and LiveScore Bet. 

By leveraging this data, the platform will create richer sports media experiences with instant delivery of news, fan sentiment, and commentaries from X users. Also, the artificial intelligence tool (xAI) enables new engagement features such as bet slips and prediction sharing directly into X.

For Livescores, it’s a big win situation that further places the platform on the brink of increased adoption. Partnership with the popular social media platform guarantees engagement on its page and site in extension. It also cements its position in the industry and marks a bold step in shaping the helm of fan engagement.

Elon Musk’s X is not left out of the gains. The main discussion happening live on X provides an avenue for the platform to showcase the power of its chatbot (GrokAI).

What this means for Nigerian football lovers

The integration brings about a major shift. Football lovers will access insights, betting predictions and conversation all in one platform, without having to leave X or the conversation.

Under a Livescores post or score update, fans can easily get insights and analysis on expected turn of events. These activities, performed by xAI, are generated based on conversations across the platform. With live betting now part of the footballing experience, fans can bank on this to stake.

Nigerian football fans will be experiencing a combination of social media conversation, live football, in-depth insight and betting.