Brazilian sports have been enshrouded in a protection layer thanks to the country partnering with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The sports integrity monitoring body reached a comprehensive agreement with Brazil’s Ministry of Sports to safeguard the football nation’s nascent betting market in the early stages of the regulated Bets regime that launched just this year. IBIA’s ‘Availability of …
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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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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has identified a total of 63 suspicious betting cases across Q1 of 2025. . In total, the figure represents a 3% drop on preceding cases of Q4 2024, but a 11% increase on year-on-year comparatives of Q1 2024 (57 alerts). Q1 incidents spanned across six sports taking place in 23 countries and on five …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has welcomed Hard Rock Digital as its latest integrity partner focused on the US market. Hard Rock Digital’s online sports betting platform (Hard Rock Bet) will now take an active role in contributing to IBIA’s betting integrity network with data feeds that will monitor for and flag potential sports betting threats. Matt Primeaux, President …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has welcomed EstrelaBet as its latest member. Through its membership, EstrelaBet becomes part of 140 global brands that have committed to safeguarding sports against match-fixing attempts. In the market of Brazil, where EstrelaBet is headquartered, the IBIA has an agreement in place with the Ministry of Finance to strengthen the integrity of the local …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has deepened its commitment to safeguarding Brazil’s sports betting integrity against financial fraud. Launched at the start of this year, experts expect that the regulated igaming and sports betting market in Brazil will expand its value into the billions only by 2028 due to the country’s significant population and intertwined history with football. Naturally, …
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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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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has assigned Bluehouse Technology to update its global integrity monitoring network. Part of IBIA’s long-term strategy of investing in technology to strengthen its fight against betting-related manipulation, the tech update developed in partnership with Bluehouse Technology will provide the integrity body and its members with more safeguarding tools to protect regulated betting markets. It …
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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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