Key points:
- Football and tennis made up 61% of the alerts
- Czech Republic was the country with the highest number of suspicious cases
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has published its sports betting integrity report for the whole of 2024.
Overall, suspicious betting alerts during 2024 reached 219, which represents an increase of 17% when compared with 2023’s figure of 187.
However, the average between 2020-2023 has been 245 alerts, which would put 2024’s figure below the average for the recent time period.
Football and tennis were once again the sports which made up the majority of alerts, across 12 sports, and combined, the pair accounted for 61% of the total, with football recording the highest number of suspicious betting alerts at 75.
Looking at the places where these alerts were reported, in total 53 countries throughout the year saw suspicious betting alerts, with Czech Republic seeing the highest number at 19, followed by Turkey with 11.
Good to know: The IBIA signed a sports betting integrity cooperation agreement with the Brazilian Ministry of Finance in October
Thanks to the IBIA’s data, there were a number of sporting investigations finalised in 2024, leading to 33 matches being deemed as corrupted and meant 17 sanctions were issued against clubs, players or officials.
IBIA CEO Khalid Ali said: "The integrity position remains relatively consistent with previous years, with the focus of suspicious betting remaining primarily on football and tennis. A geographical shift away from European sporting events was observed, but it is too early to determine if this is an ongoing trend.
“As with all potentially corrupt activity, IBIA is analysing the data and working with its members and global integrity network to implement targeted countermeasures. IBIA’s growing membership are resolute in their commitment to identifying, disrupting, and preventing corrupt sports betting activity and to working with stakeholders.”
