Voice on integrity for the licensed betting industry sees slight uptick in suspicious betting alerts.
The International Betting Integrity Association reported 56 alerts of suspicious betting to relevant authorities in Q1 2024, which is 22 more than the 34 alerts reported in Q4 2023.
Six sports were impacted across 21 countries and five continents in these 56 incidents. Football had the highest number of alerts by sport with 24, accounting for 43% of all incidents. Only 16 suspicious betting incidents were reported in this sport during Q4 2023 and 15 came through in Q1 2023. Tennis’ 14 total alerts contributed to 25% of all reported incidents, and basketball’s nine alerts made up another 16% of the total.
Turkey had the highest number of alerts for a particular country and represented 14% of the total reported alerts in Q1 2024. Across the eight suspicious betting incidents in Turkey, five were in football , two were in tennis, and one was from a basketball game. In other words, the more products offered by online sportsbooks in legal, regulated markets, the more people use them and the less they use offshore options. It’s been tough sledding in recent weeks for the legal sports betting industry’s public image. A couple of high-profile incidents took place in Canada, as well. recently retired defensive lineman Shawn Lemon for betting on the league’s games, including one he played in.
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