The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has reported a decrease in suspicious wagering activity over the past quarter. The integrity monitoring organization posted a 39% drop in reported cases of suspicious betting to the authorities, or a total of 42 cases during this year’s first quarter. During Q4 2021, 69 cases has been reported to the authorities.
Alerts were generated in six sports, including tennis, football, table tennis, volleyball, pool and esports. Tennis reflected the largest decrease in reported suspicious activity, down 57% with 14 cases reported during the first quarter.
Cases reported from football were cut in half in Q1, falling from 20 reported cases to ten. Table tennis also had ten reported cases.
IBIA also reported a significant drop in suspicious betting activity year-over-year. Cases reported in Q1 2022 fell by 34% compared to Q1 2021.
IBIA CEO Khalid Ali said: “Alerts continue to fluctuate from quarter to quarter, but it is nevertheless welcome that Q1 saw a sizeable fall in suspicious betting, and potential corrupt activity, on IBIA members’ markets.
“That drop is more noticeable given that those alerts came from a substantially widened membership base in the first three months of 2022.”
IBIA recently secured licenses in several states, including Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Wyoming. The association has also applied to the Canadian province of Ontario, which similarly requires operators to be part of an integrity monitoring system.
The company has recently been recognized by The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario as an independent integrity monitor.
