IBIA reveals 42 suspicious betting alerts recorded in Q1 2022
Tennis accounted for a third of all global alerts, although there was an overall 39% reduction across all sports from Q4
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has announced that a total of 42 suspicious betting alerts were flagged for further investigation in the first three months of the year.
Tennis was the subject of 14 of the 42 reports, with eight emanating from European competition.
Football and table tennis both accounted for 10 reports, each with suspicious betting patterns also featuring within volleyball (four), pool (three) and esports (one).
In terms of continents, Europe saw the highest suspicious activity, with 55% of the total reported sporting fixtures taking place there. A quarter of alerts came from events in Asia, the second-highest region.
The report did come with some good news, however, noting that Q1 2022 saw a reduction of 39% on total reported events during Q4 2021 (69) and down on the 64 reported in Q1 2021.
While tennis represented a third of all reports, this number was significantly lower than Q4 of 2021, when 33 reports were made. Likewise, 10 alerts on football is also a 50% decline in the last three months of last year.
Khalif Ali, CEO of the IBIA, said: “Alerts continue to fluctuate from quarter to quarter, but it is nevertheless welcome that Q1 saw a sizeable fall in suspicious betting, and potential corrupt activity, on IBIA members’ markets.
“That drop is more noticeable given that those alerts come from a substantially widened membership base in first three months of 2022, with the association set to become the leading integrity provider in the newly opened markets of the Netherlands and Ontario, and pushing across US states.”
He concluded: “That growth means that IBIA’s leading global integrity network is now significantly above the $137bn in annual betting turnover reported in 2021.”
