Members of IBIA share a common goal of combating betting corruption to protect the integrity of sport and their businesses. Building alliances is at the core of approach and is focused on Safeguarding Betting Integrity, Advocating Informed Policies and Research & Education.
Some conclusions can be drawn from the 2019 Integrity Report:
- 183 alerts were reported to the relevant authorities in 2019. This is a 31% reduction (84 alerts) on the 2018 figure of 267.
- Tennis saw a significant drop in alerts with 101 reported in 2019, this is a reduction of 43% when compared to the 178 alerts reported in 2018.
- Although the number of reported alerts has dropped across all levels of tennis the largest reduction was at the ITF level which saw a decrease of 46%.
- 2019 saw alerts reported on 12 different sports spanning five continents.
- Over half the alerts (52%) came from outside of Europe, an increase of 7% compared to 2018.
IBIA Monitoring & Alert Platform is a highly effective anti-corruption tool that detects and reports potential fraudulent activity on our members’ betting markets. The bespoke system tracks suspicious transactional activity linked to individual consumer accounts using operators’ internal risk and security control systems:
- If a member identifies suspicious betting activity they create an alert in the platform which is shared with all members.
- Other members must respond quickly and in detail indicating whether they saw similar activity.
- We then review the activity based on our own risk-based criteria to determine whether it warrants further investigation.
- Any suspicious activity is then reported to the relevant sports governing bodies and regulator IBIA has an agreement with. Members also make their own reports as required under their respective licensing conditions.
- Sports governing bodies and regulators are encouraged to request potentially suspicious events be reviewed by IBIA and members.
Source: GMB
