The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 50 suspicious betting alerts to authorities in the third quarter of 2023.
The total for the third quarter of 2023 is the same as that reported in the second quarter and brings the period from the first to the third quarter of 2023 to 148 alerts. Football and tennis accounted for 56% of all alerts in the third quarter.
The 50 suspicious betting alerts were identified across the global businesses of IBIA members, which total over 125 sports betting brands and over $137 billion in betting turnover per year, making IBIA the largest integrity monitor in the world. your kind in the world.
Data
The 50 suspicious betting incidents in the third quarter involved eight sports, across 21 countries and five continents. Other key data for Q3 2023 includes:
- The 50 alerts reported in Q3 2023 represent a 41% decrease compared to the Q3 2022 total, which saw 85 alerts.
- Tennis had the highest number of alerts, with 15 in Q3 2023, representing a 7% increase on the 14 alerts reported in Q2 and a 55% decrease on the 33 reported in Q3 2022.
- Football was responsible for 13 alerts, a 32% reduction compared to the 19 cases reported in the second quarter.
- Europe, with 30 alerts, represented 60% of the total reported, followed by South America with 7 alerts (14%).
Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, said: “The quarter saw a continued reduction in alerts, with a decrease of over 30% in the first three quarters compared to 2022, with tennis being a major factor.
During the quarter, IBIA and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) co-hosted an integrity best practices seminar in New York with many of the leading sports and betting operators in the US.
This cross-sector cooperative approach underlines the strength of our relationship with tennis, as recognized by the ITIA, and our shared commitment to working in partnership to combat corruption in the sport.”
IBIA Integrity Report
The third quarter health report includes a breakdown of alerts reported for sporting events occurring in North America between 2018-2022.
It also contains an analysis of tennis alerts, with an average of 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 U.S. sports betting gross winnings calculations, provided by leading global gaming market intelligence firm H2 Gambling Capital, show that the licensed onshore market is expected to reach $11.7 billion in gross winnings in 2023, rising to U.S. $18.9 billion in 2026.
Of the 50 alerts reported in the second quarter of 2023, three were related to women-only events, 43 to men-only events, three to mixed-gender events and one to an animal sporting event (greyhound racing).
