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June 30, 2023

NFL suspends more players for breaching betting rules

The National Football League (NFL) has suspended another four players for breaching rules on betting.

Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry, both of the Indianapolis Colts, were suspended until at least the end of the 2023 season. Free agent Demetrius Taylor was also banned for the entire 2023 campaign.

All three players were found to have placed wagers on NFL games during the 2022 season. They can petition for reinstatement at the end of the upcoming 2023 campaign.

Meanwhile, Nicholas Petit-Frere of the Tennessee Titans was handed a six-game suspension for betting on non-NFL sports at the club facility.

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June 27, 2023

IBIA expands membership network with OlyBet

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has revealed OlyBet, the sports betting brand of Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), as its latest member.

OlyBet will feed into IBIA’s betting integrity monitoring and alert network, working alongside licensed operators from around the world.

Active across the Baltic region, OlyBet joins almost 50 businesses and more than 120 sports betting brands in the IBIA network.

“Protecting the integrity of sports and defending sports betting against corruption and criminal activities are two sides of the same coin,” OEG and OlyBet chairman and CEO, Corey Plummer, said.

“Together with other responsible and regulated betting operators and through a trusted and professional party such as IBIA, we can take further steps to protect sports and sports betting.”

The IBIA CEO, Khalid Ali, added: “OlyBet brings knowledge and experience of the sports betting market, notably in the Baltic region. We intend to work closely with Olybet to harness th..

June 23, 2023

France’s LFP sanctions footballers for breaching betting ban

Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the governing body for football in France, has issued sanctions to 35 players for breaching a ban on sports betting.

The LFP’s disciplinary committee announced the sanctions after the players were ruled to have violated LFP and French Football Federation (FFF) regulations during the 2021-22 season.

Both the LFP and FFF have in place a blanket ban on professional players betting on football. The ban applies to French players and footballers from overseas playing their club football in France.

This was the fourteenth occasion sanctions were issued since the LFP began working with national gambling regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) in the 2013-14 season. LFP did not disclose each individual breach of regulations.

Suspensions and fines

Among the highest profile names on the list of sanctioned footballers was Wahbi Khazri, a Tunisian international who players for Montpellier in Ligue 1. Khazri was ordered to pay a fine of €3,000 (£2,5..

June 23, 2023

Genius Sports expands integrity deal with German FA

Genius Sports has agreed to expand its integrity partnership with the German Football Association (DFB).

Under the deal, Genius Sports will continue to work with the DFB to combat threats of match-fixing and betting-related corruption.

This will include providing the DFB with its Bet Monitoring System, analysing global odds movements from over 7,500 games a year. The DFB will also continue to receive monitoring and analysis across all levels of German football.

Genius Sports will also use its Intelligence platform, provided in partnership with Clue, to strengthen protection against betting-related corruption.

The platform will offer the DFB a centralised vault of integrity reports, which Genius Sports said would support investigations and the analysis and identification of potential risk areas.

Protecting integrity

“To protect competition integrity in football, it is important for us to work with professional service providers,” DFB integrity officer Eva Immerheiser said.

“In..

June 22, 2023

ITIA bans two tennis players for life over betting offences

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued life bans to Nastja Kolar and Alexandra Riley for multiple breaches of its Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP).

Slovenia’s Kolar and Riley from the US committed 25 and 15 offences respectively between 2015 and 2020. Both players were provisionally suspended in March pending a decision on sanctions.

Nastja Kolar’s offences

Kolar manipulated six matches in which she played, and conspired with Riley to do the same in four matches against one another. Her career World Tennis Association (WTA) ranking peaked inside the top 200 players, for singles and doubles.

The ITAI found her guilty of betting on tennis, facilitating betting by sharing information from the courts (courtsiding), and failing to report offences by Riley. In addition to her ban, Kolar will pay a fine of $175,000 (£137,176/€159,322), close to the maximum penalty of $250,000.

Alexandra Riley’s breaches

Meanwhile, Riley was found to have manipulated aspects..

June 19, 2023

Romanian tennis player banned over anti-corruption breaches

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has banned Romania’s Petru-Alexandru Luncanu for five years over a series of anti-corruption breaches.

Luncanu, who reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of 304 in 2009, was found to have breached the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP) on multiple occasions.

These included contriving the outcome or any other aspect of several matches and directly or indirectly facilitating tennis wagering.

independent anti-corruption hearing officer (AHO) Raj Parker upheld five of seven charges brought by the ITIA. These charges were for match-fixing in 2017 and 2021. An additional charge of failing to co-operate fully with the ITIA’s investigation in 2022 was also upheld.

Luncanu denied all charges. However, the ruling means he cannot coach at or attend any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the governing bodies of tennis until 8 June 2028. He was also fined $40,000 (£31,208/€36,588).

TACP breaches

Specific breaches of the TACP incl..

June 9, 2023

US Integrity partners Grid to develop esports monitoring solution

Sports betting integrity monitor US Integrity has partnered with game data platform Grid to develop a new solution for the esports market.

Under the arrangement, US Integrity will use official in-game data from Grid’s data platform to expand its services portfolio to esports.

This will include monitoring integrity, suspicious or fraudulent activity at esports events, as well as the development of interactive dashboards and educational resources.

In addition, Grid will provide US Integrity with consultancy and support from its in-house esports integrity team.

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June 7, 2023

IBIA signs betting integrity deal with Portuguese regulator

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and the Portuguese Online Betting and Gambling Association (APAJO) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Under the agreement, the IBIA and APAJO will work together on issues related to betting and sports integrity, as well as a safe and sustainable online sports betting environment.

The two associations will discuss areas of cooperation and potential shared projects, with the aim of pooling their expertise on a range of activities.

“APAJO is strongly invested in building and maintaining the most beneficial environment for Portuguese consumers and operators and sports integrity is definitively a very important part of this overarching goal,” APAJO executive committee president Ricardo Domingues said.

“We are pleased to enter into this agreement with IBIA, whose extensive work and knowledge in this domain will surely be extremely valuable. We’ll look forward to making our own contribution at the international lev..

May 18, 2023

Brentford’s Toney banned for eight months over betting breach

The English Football Association (FA) has issued an eight-month ban to Brentford striker Ivan Toney after ruling he breached its betting rules.

The ban is effective immediately and will run through until 16 January 2024, with Toney not permitted to return to training with his club until the final four months of the ban, beginning 17 September.

Toney, who has been capped by England once, was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021. The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches and Toney admitted to the remaining 232.

FA Rule E8 states any player, match official or coach must not bet, either directly or indirectly, on any matters related to football anywhere in the world.

News of the alleged breaches first broke in November when Toney posted a message on his social media account saying he was assisting the FA with an investigation.

Shortly afterwards the FA confirmed it had identified an initial 232 breaches before more breaches wer..

May 12, 2023

English FA charges Accrington player over betting breach

The English Football Association (FA) has charged Accrington Stanley player Mitch Clark with a breach of its betting rules.

According to the FA, Clark placed 312 bets on football matches between 8 February 2022 and 10 March 2023.

This, the FA said, was in breach of Rule E8 on betting, which bans any player, match official and coaches from level eight and upwards in the English football pyramid from placing bets on games anywhere in the world.

As such, the FA charged Clark with misconduct, giving the defender until 17 May to issue a response.

Clark plays for Accrington Stanley, which was relegated from League One, the third tier of English club football, in the 2022-23 season. He was with the club for the entire period in which he placed the bets.

Prior to joining Accrington in the 2021-22 season, Clark played for Port Vale, while he also had spells with the youth teams of both Aston Villa and Leicester City.

Clark is the latest professional player to face betting charges from th..

May 3, 2023

IBIA received 40 suspicious alerts in Q1 2023

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) received 40 suspicious betting alerts across nine sports in the first quarter of 2023.

This was down by 16.6% compared to the alerts IBIA recorded in Q1 2022 and 20% from the previous quarter.

Sport-by-sport, football generated the highest number of alerts at 15, representing 37.5% of the total. Tennis was close behind with 12, representing 30% of the total. Combined, football and tennis made up 67.5% of the alerts in the first quarter.

Table tennis accounted for four of the alerts. Basketball and esports generated two alerts each, while volleyball, boxing and snooker each accounted for one alert.

By continent

A total of 24 alerts took place in Europe. Six took place in Asia, while four took place in Africa. North America and South America accounted for two alerts each.

Two esports alerts were not included in this breakdown as IBIA said it was unclear where the alerts took place.

IBIA noted a particular trend in Spain. Eight..

April 24, 2023

NFL suspends five players over betting violations

The National Football League (NFL) has issued suspensions to five players after ruling they breached the league’s gambling policy.

Detroit Lions receivers Jameson Williams, Quintez Cephus, Stanley Berryhill and safety CJ Moore were all suspended, as was Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney.

Cephus, Moore and Toney were all suspended indefinitely for betting on games during the 2022 season and will not be able to apply for reinstatement until after the 2023 season.

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