What is the ruling on working on programming a software that transmits sports betting news to Telegram groups, knowing that the client states that it differs from gambling and involves no financial loss, and that he controls the type of matches; and is this work considered forbidden?

Sports betting is forbidden (haram), whether it involves money or is free, because it is based on false conjecture. If it involves money, it is prohibited gambling (qimar). If it is from a third party, it is an unlawful compensation. Exceptions to this are prizes in horse, camel, and arrow races, as well as competitions for the Quran, Hadith, and Fiqh, due to their support for establishing and spreading the religion. Betting on the correctness of a prediction, even without money, is not permissible.