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IBIA

Canadian Gaming Association partners International Betting Integrity Association

The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). 

The agreement will provide a framework for cooperation and coordination between IBIA and the CGA on betting and related integrity issues to protect the soon-to-be-regulated Ontario market from corrupt activities.

IBIA was recently accredited [...]

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Bowl Season

Bowl Season eyes sports betting opportunities with Sportradar

Bowl Season, organiser of post-season college football games in the United States, has partnered with Sportradar for the 2022-23 season to investigate sports betting opportunities.

As an official partner of Bowl Season, Sportradar will provide advisory services to help the organisation determine how to best enter the sports betting space, and [...]

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Match-fixing an increasing threat as global sports betting turnover surpasses €1.45 trillion for the first time

Sportradar Integrity Services has revealed the detection of a record number of suspicious matches in its annual ‘Betting Corruption and Match-fixing’ report. 

Sportradar’s bet-monitoring service, the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), identified 903 matches in 2021 which showed signs of suspicious activity, across 10 sports and in 76 countries. 

This represents the [...]

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Football

Sportradar extends integrity services agreement with Brazilian Football Confederation

Sportradar has extended its agreement to provide integrity services to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for another three years.

Sportradar Integrity Services’ Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) will provide bet monitoring across 27 state-level competitions, as well as the Brasileiro U20 and Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes.  

This will see more than 3000 [...]

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Genius Sports signs long-term Icelandic Football partnership

New York-listed sports data provider Genius Sports has agreed a long-term partnership with the Icelandic Club Association (ÍTF) and the Icelandic Football Association (KSI).

The partnership gives Genius Sports the exclusive right to capture, manage and commercialise the ÍTF's and the KSI’s official data and live video betting streams across all [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar extends partnership with Germany’s top handball league

Sportradar has agreed a five-year extension to its long-running partnership with Germany's top handball league, Handball-Bundesliga (HBL). 

The extended agreement runs from this season through to the end of the 2026/27 campaign and includes the provision of audiovisual betting and gaming rights. 

Sportradar will provide its customers outside of the DACH region [...]

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USFL

Sportradar partners USFL as Official Sports Data and Integrity partner

New York-listed Sportradar has been named as the Official Sports Data and Integrity Partner of the United States Football League (USFL). 

The multi-year contract follows a competitive bid process and will see Sportradar develop new data collection and delivery systems for the league and its related businesses, including media and gaming, [...]

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IBIA

International Betting Integrity Association launches in US and Canada

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has launched its integrity monitoring services in the United States and Canada. 

IBIA’s betting integrity monitoring system role will play a major role in ensuring the integrity of the North American market, with sportsbook leaders FanDuel and DraftKings joining the integrity body, which has so far [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar signs integrity services deal with Athletes Unlimited

Sportradar is expanding its footprint in women's sport through a new multi-year integrity services agreement with Athletes Unlimited. 

The deal will see Sportradar Integrity Services protect Athletes Unlimited competitions from match-fixing and betting-related corruption through a series of activities, including bet monitoring and reporting via the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS). 

Sportradar will [...]

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IBIA

236 suspicious betting alerts reported by IBIA in 2021

The latest annual report from the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reveals that there were 236 reported cases of suspicious betting activity in 2021, with football at a record high of 66 alerts. 

The annual figure marks a 13% reduction on the 270 cases reported in 2020 and cover 13 [...]

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Svenska Spel extends Swedish football partnership until 2028

Swedish gaming operator Svenska Spel has extended its long-running partnership with the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) for a further seven years. 

The new agreement runs until 2028 and includes joint projects on equality, inclusion and diversity, and combating match-fixing. 

Marking Svenska Spel's largest ever agreement with a sports association, the collaboration will [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar names new chief operating officer for North America

New York-listed sports data provider Sportradar has appointed Andrew Bimson as chief operating officer for North America. 

The newly created role will see Bimson manage the growth of Sportradar’s three core business areas; Betting and Gaming, Sports Entertainment (media solutions), and ad:s (marketing services).

Bimson joins Sportradar from Bloomberg, where he [...]

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