The Netherlands’ gambling regulator, the KSA, reported 12 alerts about possible match-fixing in 2025, compared with 13 in 2024. Four reports concerned athletes betting on their own competition, a category not reported the previous year; nine licence holders submitted the 2025 alerts.
Operators must manage match-fixing risks, and the KSA’s figures identify athlete betting on their own competition as a reported concern.
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The NBA starts its new season on 20 October with changes to draft rules and sports-betting policies. The adjustments cover betting and measures against match-fixing.
A news report states that the NBA begins its new season on Tuesday (20). Draft rules and sports betting policies are the changes the report ties to the start. Per the report, the measures cover adjustments to the lottery process for top draft picks.
IBIA warned that prohibiting betting in Brazil could encourage illegal gambling and match-fixing. The report described Brazil’s regulated market as less than two years old.
Reportedly, a Global Gaming Expo panel examined AI and match-fixing detection. Moderator Susan Bala, co-founder of AdvancedCompliance Technology, put annual US sports wagering at $168bn.
A panel at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) examined the use of artificial intelligence in detecting match-fixing, with moderator Susan Bala, co-founder of AdvancedCompliance Technology (ACT), opening the discussion. Bala said $168bn is bet on sports annually in the United States and that the global figure is close to $5tn.
Castilla-La Mancha’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Gaming is holding a sports-integrity meeting in Albacete on 30 September, according to the report. The event brings together public bodies, sports federations, law enforcement and gambling-sector representatives to discuss identifying betting-related fraud risks and improving prevention and investigation tools.
Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) launched a free online course on preventing and combating match-fixing. The ministry said the course covers sports integrity, suspicious behaviour, risk prevention and reporting, with technical support from Sportradar.