There has been a significant drop in match-fixing incidents across global sports for 2024, but Asia remains a focal point for match-fixing concerns, says Sportradar.

Chinese football authorities have banned 43 individuals for life due to their involvement in gambling and match-fixing scandals. 

Two professional Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others have been suspended for match-fixing, according to the independent World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) Disciplinary Commission. A provisional suspension was been issued to all 10 in January, pending the investigation.

A total of 23 members of an alleged betting syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of fixing football games of Hong Kong Premier League, including a coach and 11 footballers from the same team. The case is believed to be the biggest crackdown on match-fixing in recent years in Hong Kong.

Sportradar has launched the Sportradar Integrity Exchange, which is an initiative designed to help the industry stamp out match-fixing. 

Match-fixing betting profit amounted to about EUR165 million ($182 million) in 2021 as sports betting turnover reached record highs, according to a report from Sportradar.

The Covid pandemic has triggered a spike in attempts to fix matches and is likely to continue to do so for some time, according...

The Brazilian Ministry of Sports and the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) have signed a cooperation agreement to uphold sports betting integrity. This partnership facilitates the exchange of information on suspicious betting activity related to Brazilian sports and strengthens collaboration on integrity-focused investigations.

Through the partnership, integrity data from Hard Rock Digital’s online sports betting platform, Hard Rock Bet, will now feed into IBIA’s leading global betting integrity network, which includes over 70 companies and 140 sports betting brands monitoring over $300bn per annum in betting handle (turnover). 

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