Infront has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) as an Associate Member. The company joins more than 125 sports betting brands under the IBIA partnership portfolio, and deepens its commitment to betting integrity, secure information sharing and cooperation within the space. Infront is set to deliver more than 70,000 annual events to its global client base from 2025 onwards, …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has launched an educational programme in collaboration with the Professional Footballers’ Association Canada (PFA Canada). Together with its members bet365, Betway and FanDuel, IBIA will provide around 300 PFA Canada players and staff with in-depth training on the importance of integrity in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the dangers of match-fixing and the impact …
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Sportradar’s Integrity Services unit has released its latest anti-corruption report on suspicious betting activity spanning throughout 2023. For that year alone, the match-fixing prevention specialist managed to monitor around 850,000 events and matches across 70 sports with the help of AI. A total of 1,329 matches were lit up as suspicious, constituting 11 sports across 105 countries. This rate ‘remains …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has added BET99 to its sportsbook membership list. The Canadian-based operator joins the IBIA after recently being approved by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and iGaming Ontario to provide its online sports betting and casino platform in the province of Ontario Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, commented: “IBIA is delighted to welcome …
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Sportradar Integrity Services will deliver a series of integrity education workshops at each of Italian volleyball’s 14 SuperLega clubs during the 2016/17 season. In a first for the sport of volleyball, Italy’s Lega Pallavolo Serie A have asked Sportradar, a global leader in match-fixing prevention, detection and intelligence, to travel to each of the 14 SuperLega clubs and provide a …
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During the final quarter of 2015, ESSA’s alert system identified 35 sporting events that were reported to the relevant regulatory body as being suspicious, with 24 (69%) of the cases from Tennis and 8 (23%) from Football events. The role of ESSA is to provide an early warning system with the specific aim of detecting and deterring the corruption of …
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All of the panellists in the Betting Integrity Betmarkets Session at ICE 2016 agreed that the only way the current situation will improve is if the Gambling Commission, sports governing bodies, betting operators and law enforcement align with each other and work collaboratively in the fight against match fixing. Betting integrity and match fixing at the highest level of sport …
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