The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has released its Q2 report, stating that 50 suspicious alerts have occurred, eight of which took place in the Americas. North America was the continent with the lowest amount of suspicious alerts (2), while Europe sustained the highest (34).
The IBIA works to protect member organizations, consumers and partners from fraud and manipulation of betting on sporting events by using evidence-based intelligence. The IBIA uses a global monitoring and alert system to secure over 45 companies with over 120 betting brands.
Membership with the IBIA also accounts for half of all regulated online betting activity and nearly a third of all regulated sports betting activity, both retail and online. Some of the IBIA sportsbook members include: Flutter, bet365, Mohegan, DraftKings, BetParx, Kambi, Fanatics, Kindred and PokerStars Sports.
The sports responsible for the highest number of alerts to their relevant authorities were soccer (19), tennis (14) and table tennis (8). The three most popular sports in the US – football, basketball and baseball – did not make the list of sports where the IBIA received suspicious alerts, which possibly explains North America’s low alert total.
North America’s two suspicious alerts were related to soccer in Cuba and tennis in the Dominican Republic, while South America’s six alerts were related to soccer in Brazil (4) and tennis in Chile (2).
The 19 alerts related to soccer have increased by 27% from Q1 this year, but decreased from the 32 total soccer alerts reported in Q2 of 2022. The overall total of alerts has increased just slightly from 48 in the previous quarter, but decreased overall by 44% year-on-year.
