The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 50 suspicious betting alerts to the relevant authorities in third quarter of 2023. The 3Q23 total is the same as reported in 2Q and brings the 1Q-3Q 2023 period to 148 alerts.
Football and tennis accounted for 56 percent of all 3Q alerts. The 50 suspicious betting alerts were identified across IBIA members’ global businesses, which number over 125 sports betting brands and over $137 billion in betting turnover per annum, making IBIA the largest integrity monitor of its type in the world.
The 50 incidents of suspicious betting in 3Q concerned eight sports, across 21 countries and five continents. Other key data for 3Q23 includes:
- The 50 alerts reported in 3Q23 are a decrease of 41 percent when compared to the 3Q total for 2022, which saw 85 alerts.
- Tennis had the highest number of alerts with 15 in 3Q23, representing a 7 percent increase on the 14 alerts reported in 2Q and a 55 percent decrease on the 33 reported in 3Q22.
- Football (soccer) accounted for 13 alerts, a 32 percent decrease on the 19 cases reported in 2Q.
- Europe, with 30 alerts, made up 60 percent of the total reported, followed by South America with 7 alerts (14 percent).
Khalid Ali, IBIA CEO, said: “The quarter saw a continued reduction in alerts with a more than 30 percent decrease in the first three quarters relative to 2022, with tennis a major contributory factor. During the quarter, IBIA and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) co-hosted a best practice integrity seminar in New York with many of the premier sports and betting operators in the US. That cross-sector cooperative approach underlines the strength of our relationship with tennis, as acknowledged by the ITIA, and our shared commitment to working in partnership to combat corruption in that sport.”
The 3Q integrity report includes a break down of alerts reported on sporting events taking place in North America between 2018-2022. It also contains an analysis of tennis alerts, which average 13 tennis cases per quarter in 2023 compared to an average of 26 per quarter in 2022 and 20 per quarter in 2021.
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 50 suspicious betting alerts to the relevant authorities in third quarter of 2023. The 3Q23 total is the same as reported in 2Q and brings the 1Q-3Q 2023 period to 148 alerts.
Football and tennis accounted for 56 percent of all 3Q alerts. The 50 suspicious betting alerts were identified across IBIA members’ global businesses, which number over 125 sports betting brands and over $137 billion in betting turnover per annum, making IBIA the largest integrity monitor of its type in the world.
The 50 incidents of suspicious betting in Q3 concerned eight sports, across 21 countries and five continents. Other key data for 3Q23 includes:
The 50 alerts reported in 3Q23 are a decrease of 41 percent when compared to the 3Q total for 2022, which saw 85 alerts.
Tennis had the highest number of alerts with 15 in 3Q23, representing a 7 percent increase on the 14 alerts reported in 2Q and a 55 percent decrease on the 33 reported in 3Q22.
Football (soccer) accounted for 13 alerts, a 32 percent decrease on the 19 cases reported in 2Q.
Europe, with 30 alerts, made up 60 percent of the total reported, followed by South America with 7 alerts (14 percent).
Khalid Ali, IBIA CEO, said: “The quarter saw a continued reduction in alerts with a more than 30 percent decrease in the first three quarters relative to 2022, with tennis a major contributory factor. During the quarter, IBIA and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) co-hosted a best practice integrity seminar in New York with many of the premier sports and betting operators in the US. That cross-sector cooperative approach underlines the strength of our relationship with tennis, as acknowledged by the ITIA, and our shared commitment to working in partnership to combat corruption in that sport.”
The 3Q integrity report includes a break down of alerts reported on sporting events taking place in North America between 2018-2022. It also contains an analysis of tennis alerts, which average 13 tennis cases per quarter in 2023 compared to an average of 26 per quarter in 2022 and 20 per quarter in 2021.
The latest US sports betting gross win calculations, provided by leading global gambling market intelligence company H2 Gambling Capital, show that the licensed on onshore market is expected to reach $11.7 billion in gross win in 2023, rising to $18.9 billion by 2026.
Of the 50 alerts reported in 2Q23, three related to women only events, 43 for men only events with three mixed gender and one an animal sporting event (greyhound racing). IBIA has recently released a ground-breaking study that analyses the size and characteristics of the women’s sports betting market and examines the potential vulnerability of women’s sports to match-fixing.
