The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has welcomed CopyBet as its latest sports integrity member. As with other IBIA operator members, CopyBet will feed integrity data from its online betting platform into IBIA’s global monitoring network, joining more than 80 companies operating over 140 sports betting brands with a total handle of $300bn per year. Who is CopyBet? CopyBet holds …
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BetConstruct is doing its part in the fight against match-fixing thanks to its Sportsbook Risk Management tool. According to data from the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), the sports sector is at an increasing risk of manipulation. In 2024, the monitoring body reported that it had received a total of 219 alerts of suspicious betting activity. While this is still …
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Esports data provider GRID has been named the latest member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). With the announcement, GRID becomes the first esports-focused Associate Member, signifying the sector’s efforts towards betting integrity. The partnership comes two years after GRID received IBIA’s Data Standards certification, which allied the esports firm to actively contribute towards the development of tailored esports …
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A total of 42 suspicious betting reports have been submitted to the relevant authorities by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) in Q3 2024. The number represents a 16% YoY decline from the 50 alerts submitted to Q3 2023, and is 54% less than the 91 reports from Q2 2024. It goes without saying that Q2 was a turbulent period …
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Canadian Premier League (CPL) players can now rest assured that they know the dangers of match-fixing after being educated on the matter by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Between June and September, eight CPL teams and a combined total of 173 players shared amongst them underwent an intensive educational program consisting of dedicated in-person training and online resources, the …
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The second quarter of 2024 saw a total of 90 suspicious betting alerts being reported to the authorities by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). This constitutes a decline of 3% compared to the 93 figure in Q1, but an 80% increase from the total 50 alerts recorded in Q2 2023, the IBIA further stated. The three main sports that …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has urged the rest of Latin America to take note of Brazil’s match-fixing tackling rulebook. As it prepares for the launch of regulated sports betting, Brazil has issued an ordinance that requires all operators willing to partake in the market to become members of an independent integrity monitoring body, such as the IBIA. With …
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Genius Sports will strengthen its efforts to safeguard the global betting integrity thanks to a new partnership with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). With a goal to also stomp out match-fixing, the alliance will instigate a strong monitoring symbiosis by combining Genius’s large data pool and proprietary sports technology with IBIA’s established capabilities of sports betting account surveillance. Khalid …
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The latest report from the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has revealed that football and tennis remain at high risk from suspicious betting. Data for Q1 2024 showed that out of 56 total alerts, 24 and 18 were from football and tennis events respectively, accounting for 43% and 25%. Alerts increased overall during the quarter, up 65% on Q4 2023 …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has suffered what appears to be either a hack or a coding error on its website. For a period of time, anyone visiting IBIA’s webpage to check for the latest updates was met with an out-of-place promotion of an online slots company clearly aimed towards South East Asian consumers. Not only was it strange …
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