Sportradar Releases ‘Betting Corruption and Match-fixing in 2021’ Report
Sportradar Integrity Services’s latest report “Betting Corruption and Match-fixing in 2021” reveals the detection of record number of suspicious activities for the full calendar year as sports betting volumes reached record heights across the globe.
Sportradar’s bet-monitoring service, the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), uncovered suspicious activity in 903 matches last year, across 10 sports and in 76 countries worldwide. It is the highest number of suspicious matches recorded in Sportradar Integrity Services’ 17-year history — a 2.4% increase on the previous high of 882 suspicious matches recorded in 2019.
‘This is the highest number of suspicious matches seen in Sportradar Integrity Services’ 17-year history — a 2.4% increase on the previous high of 882 in 2019.’ Download our report into match-fixing and betting corruption here.
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The increase in suspicious activity grew alongside record levels of global sports betting turnover, which Sportradar now estimates at more than €1.45 trillion. According to the report, in 2021 approximately €165 million was generated in match-fixing betting profit. Organised crime syndicates are funded by revenue generated from betting fraud, which can in turn finance other illicit activities.
Sportradar highlighted its commitment to protecting the integrity of global sport by working with its partners to support 65 sanctions: 46 sporting sanctions, 15 criminal sanctions and four sanctions that were both sporting and criminal. These were delivered in 11 countries across football and tennis, with lifetime bans handed down to eight athletes.
Andreas Krannich, Managing Director at Sportradar Integrity Services, said:
“There is no easy short-term solution to the match-fixing issue, and we’re likely to see similar numbers of suspicious matches in 2022, if not more. As the market has developed, so the threat of match fixing has evolved. Now, would-be corruptors take an increasingly direct approach to match-fixing and betting corruption, with athletes messaged directly via social-media platforms.”
Krannich added:
“We can take what we observed in 2021 and ask ourselves as fans of sport, what lessons can we learn? At Sportradar, we believe in adopting a progressive approach to integrity protection, through bet monitoring and intelligence gathering. This has been proven to deliver sanctions against those involved in match-fixing. Preventative measures, such as educating athletes and stakeholders, are also crucially important in the long-term fight against match-fixing.”
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