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DGOJ convenes Spain's sports betting manipulation and fraud commission

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Source: DGOJ (Spain)

Spain's DGOJ director-general Mikel Arana Etxezarreta chaired a meeting of the national commission addressing sports competition manipulation and betting fraud on 6 March 2024. Participants discussed the status of registrations for the SIGMA betting-market information service and heard about its use in detecting anomalies; the commission also presented its website and public reporting portal.

Operators and authorities discussed a shared tool for identifying betting-market anomalies relevant to investigations.

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