IBIA recorded 76 suspicious betting alerts in the quarter
The International Betting Integrity Association published its integrity report for the second quarter of 2026, with new data on suspicious betting detected in the global ecosystem. The entity, which monitors more than 1.5 million sporting events annually and analyzes a turnover exceeding 300 billion dollars, focused the period on 76 alerts spread across nine sports disciplines in different parts of the world.
Geographically, Europe led the quarter's records with 33 percent of cases, equivalent to 25 alerts. South America appeared in second place with 22 percent of the volume and 17 occurrences, followed by Africa with 15 percent and 11 cases. Events classified as global, without a specific country, accounted for 21 percent of the reports, with 16 alerts. North America and Asia followed, with 4 percent and three alerts each, and Oceania closed the quarter with a single warning, 1 percent of the total.
Breaking down by discipline, football was once again the main target of irregularities, with 25 cases and 33 percent of all alerts during the period. Esports came in second with 16 occurrences, 21 percent of the total, followed by basketball with 10 cases, tennis with 9, darts with 5, and greyhound racing with 4. Among the least affected sports were cricket and table tennis, with three alerts each, and volleyball, which registered only one notification in the quarter.
The document also included a section demonstrating how the creation of rules helps guide players towards the formal and secure market. In Canada, the province of Ontario saw its gross gaming revenue in legalized and monitored channels jump from 5 percent in 2022 to 85 percent in 2023, stabilizing above 90 percent since then. The entity anticipates that Alberta will follow a similar accelerated transition curve, in contrast to the rest of the country, which is still operating at low double-digit rates.
To reinforce sports protection in these regions, the association invested nearly 300,000 Canadian dollars in an educational project, with financial support from brands such as bet365, Betway, and FanDuel. The initiative provided training to nearly 200 athletes and staff of the Canadian Premier League and also expanded to all athletes of the Canadian Football League, with the aim of helping players understand the risks and know how to report any external attempts at corruption.
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