The world’s leading voice on integrity issues in the licensed betting industry, International Gambling Integrity Association (IBIA) has published its latest report highlighting the number of suspicious betting alerts registered in 3rd quarter 2024.
IBIA registered only 42 suspicious betting alerts in the third quarter
In a press release on Wednesday, the Association said that in total 42 alerts about suspicious bets were recorded in the third quarter of this year.
A year-on-year comparison with the third quarter of 2023, when a total of 50 alerts were recorded, shows decrease by 16% by the number of reports.
Recent data indicates a decrease in the number of suspicious gambling alerts quarter over quarter.
IN 2nd quarter This year IBIA recorded a total of 91 warnings about suspicious bets. Compared to the latest third quarter data, the number of rate warnings decreased by 54%.
Khalid AliThe general director of the IBIA commented on the subject: “Football and tennis recorded the highest number of reservations in the third quarter, although these figures are consistent with recent years and in the case of tennis they represent a significant decrease from its peak. ”.
He explained that after a sharp increase in the number of e-sports betting alerts in the first and second quarters of this year, the number of such alerts returned to normal levels in the third quarter.
Finally Ali explained: “We continue to work closely with integrity authorities in those sports, and indeed all sports, where we see suspicious betting to identify and punish corrupt activities to protect sporting events and betting markets.«
Tennis and football are responsible for the highest number of suspicious messages
The non-profit integrity watchdog provided an analysis of the 42 suspicious gambling alerts reported in the third quarter of this year.
Notable and not unexpected The highest number of warnings were associated with football and tennis..
These alerts are 67% of all alerts however, each sport issued 14 suspicious betting alerts during the third quarter.
On the other hand, 33% of the alerts reported, or 14 in total, were related to events in europe. This figure indicates reduction in 6 alerts for this particular region compared to the result of the second quarter of 2024 (20 warnings).
According to a recent IBIA report, 12% of all Q3 alerts, or 5 alerts, were related to Q3 sporting events. Burundi.
And last but not least: total 12 Suspicious Warnings About Esports Betting were registered in the last period. Compared to the result of the second quarter of 2024, when 48 warnings were received, the latest figure represents 75% reduction.
IBIA members play a key role in identifying suspicious gambling alerts around the world.
Representing the authorized betting industry, members of the Association. oversee more than $300 billion in annual sports betting volume in 125 jurisdictions around the world.
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