Tag Archives: integrity

Genius Sports to bolster PGA Tour’s bet monitoring strategy

SBC News Genius Sports to bolster PGA Tour’s bet monitoring strategy

As part of an expansion to the PGA Tour Integrity Program, the PGA Tour has announced that it is extending its relationship with Genius Sports. Integrity-monitoring services will now look to further proactively identify irregular contest-level, officiating and wagering patterns by conducting analysis across many data sets, through 2024. The Tour will continue to work with the London-based firm to …

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FA launches investigation into suspicious activity during Oxford’s FA Cup loss

SBC News FA launches investigation into suspicious activity during Oxford’s FA Cup loss

The FA is looking into bets placed during the FA Cup match between Oxford United and Arsenal on Monday, which have been deemed suspicious. The governing body has ‘a dossier of evidence’ relating to corruption, according to Sportsmail, which includes alleged phone messages before the match kicked off. The game, held at the Kassam Stadium, saw League One defender Ciaron …

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Sportradar Integrity Services to continue monitoring European Table Tennis

SBC News Sportradar Integrity Services to continue monitoring European Table Tennis

Sportradar Integrity Services has agreed to monitor competitions of the European Table Tennis Union via its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS). The UFDS has previously provided integrity oversight of the 2022 European Championships in Munich last month already, which was labelled a success.  The extended deal includes upcoming matches in the European Championships, and Men’s and Women’s Champions League, amongst …

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Jim Brown: Sportradar’s new program is taking a holistic approach to athlete wellbeing

SBC News Jim Brown: Sportradar’s new program is taking a holistic approach to athlete wellbeing

Collaboration and proactive education initiatives around the potential risks of sports betting can help form the basis of a holistic athlete wellbeing program, according to Jim Brown, Sportradar’s Head of Integrity Services & Athlete Wellbeing for North America. Announcing the launch of the Athlete Wellbeing Program at SBC Summit North America, Brown began by giving an overview of what the …

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Genius Sports and Clue make ‘exciting step’ in detecting betting-related corruption

Genius Sports and Clue

Genius Sports has partnered with Clue, a provider of intelligence and investigations software, in launching a comprehensive integrity intelligence platform for sport. As the integrity partner to over 150 leagues and federations, Genius Sports will use the new system to help anticipate and detect global trends in betting-related corruption, support investigations and provide increased visibility to sports organisations worldwide.  Clue’s …

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Jonny Gray steps down as ITIA CEO following ‘significant contributions’

SBC News Jonny Gray steps down as ITIA CEO following ‘significant contributions'

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that Jonny Gray is set to leave his position as CEO of the organisation later this year – a role he took on in 2019. Gray was initially tasked with overseeing the creation of the ITIA as the replacement for the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), the sports integrity body of tennis’ global …

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Jack’s strengthens integrity in the Dutch market with IBIA

SBC News Jack's strengthens integrity in the Dutch market with IBIA

Jack’s Casino & Sports (Jacks.NL), a branded JOI gaming company and a subsidiary of JVH gaming & entertainment group (JVH), has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). JVH is a gaming operator in the Dutch market, and its move into online gambling and the inclusion of its Jacks.NL brand to the IBIA brings five of the seven operators currently …

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Sportradar Integrity Services monitors betting-related corruption with Athletes Unlimited

SBC News Sportradar Integrity Services monitors betting-related corruption with Athletes Unlimited

Sportradar Integrity Services has revealed a multi-year integrity services agreement with Athletes Unlimited to protect its competitions from match-fixing and betting-related corruption. As a supplier of sports integrity solutions and a division of Sportradar, Sportradar Integrity Services stated that the partnership was secured as part of a ‘competitive selection process’, which expands the group’s position in North American sports. Jill …

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Making sports betting fair: Why Fonbet takes a zero tolerance approach to match fixing

Making sports betting fair: Why Fonbet takes a zero tolerance approach to match fixing

Taking a zero-tolerance approach to match fixing and breaches to sports betting integrity is the only way to ensure fairness according to Fonbet. Speaking with SBC News, a spokesperson for Fonbet discussed the challenges associated with different types of gamblers and why the operator has the broadest expertise when it comes to combating match fixing in Russia. SBC: The lazy …

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