The Global Lottery Monitoring System has flagged 64 matches in the first half of 2019 as a result of suspicious betting activity. GLMS issued a total of 432 alerts during the first six months of 2019; of those, 324 of those alerts concerned football matches, and 312 were related to European events. Of the total, according to iGamingBusiness.com, 25 were “red alerts,” suggesting there were serious irregularities or allegations of match-fixing made by a named source.
Drilling down, of the 64 reports issued to June 2019, 35 concerned football matches with 22 reported to the sport’s world governing body FIFA and 13 to its European equivalent UEFA.
A further six events were reported to the International Olympic Committee, while two tennis matches were flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit. An additional 38 events were reported to other sporting bodies, with certain events flagged for more than one partner.
“We constantly make our best efforts to enhance all our Monitoring and Integrity services, including our education and prevention programs and we are always available to effectively support members and partners with the development of ad hoc education and prevention tools in compliance with national regulatory and public needs,” said GLMS President Ludovico Calvi.
Looking ahead to the second half of the year, Calvi pledged to continue GLMS’ efforts to uphold sporting integrity “with renewed enthusiasm and passion.”
