IBIA said its 2025 integrity report recorded 300 suspicious betting alerts across 16 sports, up 29% from 232 in 2024. Brazil accounted for 25 alerts, including 19 in football, five in basketball and one in American pool. Information from member operators helped confirm corruption in 54 matches, the association said.
The figures give operators and sports bodies an indication of reported betting-integrity risks across sports and markets.
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LBPay joined the International Betting Integrity Association’s Payment Providers Forum in Brazil, the organisations said. The forum brings payment providers and other stakeholders together to address illegal betting and payment risks in the regulated market.
STS said it has partnered with the International Betting Integrity Association and joined its Global Betting Monitoring and Alert Platform. The association said the platform includes more than 200 betting brands and monitors over US$300bn in sports betting volume annually.
Brazil’s National Secretary for Sports Betting and Economic Development Giovanni Rocco presented the ministry’s work at an STF public hearing on 3 November. He cited training for 482 police officers, integrity measures and the country’s adherence to the Macolin Convention; the source links these initiatives to the regulated betting framework established by Law 14.790/2023.
Brazil's Ministry of Sport presented an account to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Tuesday of its work against match-fixing since November 2024. Giovanni Rocco, the ministry's National Secretary for Sports Betting and Economic Development, gave the presentation.
IBIA's third-quarter 2026 integrity report says Brazil's regulated betting framework scored 77 out of 100 before the ban took effect on 25 September 2026. Citing H2 Gambling Capital estimates, the report says the regulated market's annualised R$40bn could fall to zero while offshore betting rises from R$17bn to R$42bn, shifting R$25bn to overseas operators.
Brazil's ban on licensed betting has removed the requirement for operators to report suspicious bets, the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) said in its third-quarter 2026 integrity report, which gave the country's pre-ban regulatory framework a score of 77 out of 100. The framework was ended on 25 September 2026, according to the report.
The International Betting Integrity Association warned that a recent betting ban in Brazil could pose a risk to sports protection. Its third-quarter 2026 report was cited in the coverage.
A serious international red flag regarding the future of sports protection is raised by the recent ban on betting in the Brazilian market, according to a news report. The warning appeared in the third quarter of 2026.