Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and the International Betting Integrity Association held a workshop to train officials in monitoring betting and preventing sports manipulation. The session formed part of a cooperation agreement signed in May and included personnel from the Ministry of Finance.
The training supports cooperation on monitoring betting and preventing match-fixing in Brazil’s regulated market.
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SIGA Latin America issued a declaration setting integrity commitments for its licensed operator members. It calls for measures against match-fixing, illegal betting and money laundering, alongside responsible advertising, protection of minors and cooperation with public authorities, regulators and sports bodies.
Brazil's Ministry of Sport and the International Betting Integrity Association signed a cooperation agreement on sports-betting integrity, according to the report. The agreement provides for sharing information on suspicious betting linked to Brazilian sport and cooperation on integrity investigations; the ministry said it would support action against match-fixing.
Brazil's Ministry of Sport and Sportradar Group AG formalised a technical cooperation agreement to protect sports integrity and counter match manipulation. Sportradar will share betting-market information and provide technical support to identify and report potentially suspicious activity; the agreement also includes training for ministry staff, with a first workshop scheduled for 15 May.
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Altenar has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), the company announced, with the sportsbook supplier citing the body's monitoring and intelligence-sharing work as the basis for its membership. IBIA is a not-for-profit association that works on sports betting integrity, and its membership covers more than 90 companies and 200 betting brands, according to the announcement.
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