A new system put in place to monitor suspicious Sports Betting Activities

Match fixing is a worldwide threat to sports and nothing regarding the competition will be in a position to work unless the officials, players and fans are sure of the results. Groups in the industry are coming up with a new system that is designed to assist in alerting in case of any suspicious betting activities that would arise in a match.

The World Lottery Association and European Lotteries launched the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS). Sportradar is powering the system and will make it possible for groups making use of it to make communications and issue alerts on any suspicious matches. The President to European Lotteries said that the EL and WLA have their commitment towards upholding honest betting and integrity around the globe.

This detection of suspicious betting has been a tool which will be used in bringing match fixing to an end before it starts or have betting stopped before a match starts. The system will make void if there is unusual volumes of betting coming in or if betting is proving to go against what the bookie might be expecting.

A recent report by the European Sports Security Association (ESSA) reveals that tennis seems to be the sport that is often associated with betting activities that are suspicious. The ESSA has for a while been monitoring betting activities and submitting alerts; over the first three months of 2015 they made 27 tennis match alerts and 17 of these were said to be suspicious after investigations were carried out. The tennis alerts were more than half of the alerts generated by the organization. Most of the remaining alerts were from soccer; others were from snooker, table tennis and snooker and they had at least one suspicious betting pattern in the quarter.

Comments from the WLA president said that this new GLMS will assist the gaming industry in corporation with the world’s sports magazine. Through this system, the organization will be in a position to work with IOC and FIFA in making sure that all information on irregular betting is addressed.

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