SBC News Voice of the Sports Betting Industry
ESSA and Perform Group have agreed to exchange information relating to suspicious betting activity.
The partnership represents an important move for both organisations, widening the scope of anti-match-fixing activities to include betting operators and the sports data companies that supply them, and recognising a mutual benefit in maintaining the integrity of sporting events.
“We face a continuing challenge to our respective businesses from corruption in sport. This important agreement widens our integrity networks and strengthens our information gathering abilities. It is an arrangement that makes perfect sense for both parties, ” stated Khalid Ali, Secretary General of ESSA, a betting integrity body that represents many of the major regulated betting operators.
“Perform is delighted to be able to work with ESSA in the battle against match manipulation. ESSA represents many of our customers and agreeing this integrity partnership is a significant and necessary step as we continue to improve our service both to them and to sport. We believe that quality data and intelligence sharing can have a significant impact in strengthening the integrity of sports events and are committed to working with those that share our view,” stated Matthew Drew, Director of Integrity and Security at Perform Group, which works closely with many of the world’s major sports rights holders and regulated betting companies.
