Eventually, major sports events will resume. But panelists argued that the problems may not stop there. The financial impact on the sporting world will persist well after competition restarts, which could again heighten the risk of match-fixing.<\/p>\n
It is very clear that many athletes, many clubs in many sports in many countries, are going to be financially weakened and they have been fragilized,\u201d said Gilles Maillet, director of sport integrity for French lottery operator Groupe FDJ. \u201cThis is going to increase the risk of manipulation of competitions in the very near future, starting by the end of this year.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nOne factor working against potential match-fixing is the relatively low number of events that regulators need to keep an eye on. That means it\u2019s much more likely that suspicious activity would immediately stand out.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny fix would be quite high-profile,\u201d said Bolingbroke. \u201cWe actively monitor soccer and basketball matches, table tennis, and esports events at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Panelists agreed that the key to combating match-fixing will be cooperation between regulatory and industry bodies during a time when government officials are busier dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe firmly believe that data providers have an integral role to play in the sporting integrity ecosystem at all times,\u201d Stats Perform CCO Andrew Ashenden said. \u201cVital to all of this is to look at the whole piece and an ecosystem, and as a collaboration between all bodies who have a collective interest in stamping this kind of thing out of the sporting world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports betting industry insiders said that match-fixing has become a particular concern since the sporting world shut down from the COVID-19 pandemic, though they have no reason to suspect that any specific competitions have been compromised so far. That discussion was part of a panel titled \u201cCOVID-19: Implications for Sporting Integrity\u201d at the SBC Digital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":134581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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