SportsDirect Inc. of Halifax, which provides odds and tips to gamblers, will provide statistics and content for a U.S. online newspaper, the company announced Wednesday.

SportsDirect will provide stats to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s online edition and that of the Las Vegas Sun. Almost 700,000 people read the daily edition of the Review-Journal, a news release said.

The value of the deal was not disclosed.

The Review-Journal, owned by Stephens Media Group, will pay for full sports content from SportsDirect, including live-in-progress scores, statistics and special features for all major sports, said Rob Begg of SportsDirect.

Mr. Begg said the Review-Journal is one of the largest customers to retain SportsDirect’s content package. Other major media companies using the sports content provider are the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, MSNBC and the Denver Post...

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