The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 38 cases of suspicious betting to the proper authorities during the second quarter (second quarter) of 2021.
The 38 alerts represent a decrease of 41% when compared to the total for the first quarter of the year, which had 64; in addition, it also represents a similar decrease in the second quarter of 2020, with 65 alerts.
Second quarter alerts covered football (16 cases), table tennis (9), tennis (6), eSports (6), and beach volleyball (1). Geographically, Europe accounted for nearly half (47%) of all reported alerts, followed by Asia and South America with 13% each.
Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, gave the following statement:
The 38 cases in the second trimester added to the 64 cases in the first trimester bring the mid-year total to 102 alerts reported by the association.
Football provided the highest number of alerts during this period with 28, followed by tennis (24) and eSports (23). These three sports comprise nearly 75% of all alerts reported in the first half of 2021.
The expansion of the IBIA membership means that, as stated in the recently published Optimum Betting Market report, it now represents $137 billion in global regulated betting turnover per year, making it the largest customer-based integrity platform in the world, with nearly 50% of the online merchant market.
Other key data for the second quarter of 2021:
- 5 different sports reported in the second quarter.
- 6 tennis alerts (the lowest since the IBIA began producing quarterly reports in 2015).
- 15 different countries where alerts were reported.
- 16 football alerts reported in the second quarter (a 33 percent increase over the first quarter of 2021).
About IBIA
IBIA is the world’s leading voice in integrity for the licensed betting industry. It is run by operators for operators, protecting its members from corruption through collective action.
Its monitoring and alerting platform is a highly effective anti-corruption tool that detects and reports suspicious activity in its members’ betting markets.
The association has long-standing information-sharing partnerships with leading sport and gaming regulatory authorities to use their data and prosecute corruption. She represents the sector in high-level policy discussion forums such as the IOC, the UN, the Council of Europe and the European Commission.
The association publishes quarterly and annual reports covering health alerts reported through its monitoring and alerting platform, which can be viewed on the IBIA website.
