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Ripples’ Live Scores: Make Your Venue the Place to Watch Every Game

Rebecca ConnorsAugust 18, 2026

Live sports create some of the most valuable moments for bars, restaurants, hotels, cafés, and hospitality venues.

Every goal, touchdown, end of a quarter, or final score is a moment when guests gather together at your venue, order another round, take out their phones, and become part of the atmosphere around them.

Ripples Live Scores feature covers the sports your customers follow throughout the year.

Turn Live Sports Into a Better Guest Experience

With Live Scores, key game moments can be printed directly on foam-topped drinks, turning an everyday beverage order into part of the game-day experience.

That creates new opportunities for your business to:

  • Encourage additional drink orders throughout the game
  • Give guests more reasons to stay through key moments
  • Create memorable experiences around scoring plays and final results
  • Generate photo and social-sharing opportunities
  • Differentiate your venue from other places showing the same game
  • Build a reputation as a destination for live sports

Instead of simply broadcasting the game, your venue becomes part of it.

Venues can bring live scoring experiences to drinks during:

  • English Premiership – Football
  • Champs League – Football
  • Europe Nations Rugby
  • Nations Championship
  • American Football
  • American Basketball
  • American Baseball

How to Add Each Live Scores Channel:

  1. Open the DrinkRipples app
  2. Select Design → + → Add Channel → Shared Channel
  3. Choose your favourite Live Scores channel
  4. Select the relevant live-game design as updates appear during the match
  5. Print the score directly onto your customer’s drink
  6. Serve it and encourage guests to share the moment

Live Scoring is available as part of Ripples’ Advanced Design Plan, making it a strategic investment for venues looking to maximize the year’s biggest sports traffic and outperform competitors. Purchase a Design Plan now.

How Ripples Live Scores Works:

Ripples Live Scores connects live sports updates with your Ripple Maker printer.

As a game progresses, relevant score designs become available in each league channel, allowing staff to print updated game information directly onto drinks.

Sport ChannelCompetitionsUpdate Flow
FootballEnglish Premiership,
Champs League		Kick off,
Every goal + minute scored,
Half time,
Every goal + minute scored,
Full time,
Extra Time
RugbyEurope Nations Rugby,
Nations Championship		Kick-off,
Score update by minute of score,
Half-time,
Score update every minute of score,
Final score

American Football		Kick-off
Score update + quarter/clock
End 1st Q
Half time
End 3rd Q
Final score
Overtime
American BasketballTip-off,
End 1st Q,
Half-time,
End 3rd Q,
Final score,
Overtime
American BaseballPlay ball,
Score update at the end of each inning,
Final score,

FAQ

Do I need to design the game-day content myself?
No. Ripples provides ready-to-use sports content, including Live Scores designs, making it easy for staff to use during busy service hours.
Which sports are supported by Live Scores?
Live Scores is expanding across several major sports, including football, rugby, American football, American basketball, and American baseball. The available score updates are adapted to the way each sport is played, from goals and half-time scores to quarters, innings, and final results.
How does Live Scores work during a game?
Live Scores follows key moments as the game progresses and makes updated score designs available for printing on drinks. Depending on the sport, this can include goals, half-time scores, quarter updates, inning scores, overtime, and final results.
How can Live Scores help increase venue revenue?
Live-score drink experiences create more reasons for guests to order throughout a game, from kick-off or tip-off through key scoring moments and the final result. They can also help make the venue experience more memorable and shareable, encouraging guests to stay engaged and return for future games.
Will this slow down service during busy games?
No. The content is ready to print, so staff do not need to create new designs every time the score changes.
Does the Game-Day feature cost extra?
The Live Scores require the Ripples’ Advanced Design Plan.
Can I use Live Scores throughout the year?
Yes. With support expanding across multiple sports and competitions, venues can use Live Scores for different game-day occasions throughout the sports calendar rather than limiting the experience to one tournament.
What types of score updates are shown for each sport?
The updates are designed around the natural milestones of each game. Football and rugby can show scoring moments and half-time results; American football and basketball follow quarter-based milestones, and American baseball can update scores by inning.
Does Live Scores require an internet connection?
Yes. An active internet connection is required to download the latest score updates as the game progresses. Live Scores cannot be used offline, since the feature relies on live data to keep the available score designs up to date. 

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