The agency is especially concerned about money laundering and involvement of organized crime. There are a lot of potential funds involved.<\/p>\n
The yearly sports wagering market is approximately 1.69 trillion Euros ($2 trillion USD). Criminal profits from betting-related match-fixing are about 120 million Euros ($142 million USD) based on Europol estimates, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n
The Red Button app is among a variety of reporting methods that FIFA players will have available to them. US gaming law experts praised the new app as one of many options to report potential wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
Some players might feel more comfortable reporting through an app versus face-to-face discussion or phone, or may not want to take serious steps to alert law enforcement,\u201d said Jennifer Roberts, a Las Vegas-based gaming attorney who teaches at UNLV\u2019s William S. Boyd School of Law and the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, to Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cReports of undue influence or corruption will help leagues and governing bodies protect [the] integrity of sport \u2026 and ultimately betting on the sports — \u2026 which trickles down to fans and bettors trusting the product. But the app needs to be combined with measures to protect those who report…,\u201d Roberts added.<\/p>\n
Need to Break Culture of Silence<\/h2>\n
When asked about the new app, Anthony Cabot, Distinguished Fellow in Gaming Law at UNLV\u2019s Boyd School of Law, agreed that \u201cHaving a simple and anonymous method for athletes to report suspicious activities can be a valuable tool. But it must be matched with education and compliance programs that stress the athletes\u2019 responsibilities and work to overcome any institutional culture of silence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also, in the US, the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association (SWIMA) currently relays integrity concerns to sports leagues and is used in sports betting, said Jeff Ifrah, a Washington, DC-based gaming attorney. SWIMA provides a platform to alert its members of \u201cunusual or suspicious activity reflecting possible fraud or manipulation relating to sports betting,\u201d Ifrah told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\nIn connection with FIFA, two former Fox<\/a> senior executives were indicted by federal authorities in April for their part in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme to secure broadcasting and marketing rights for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. They are Hernan Lopez, who was until 2016 president and CEO of Fox International Channels, and Carlos Martinez, who until last year was president of Fox Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA will soon provide its professional players an app to report possible football match-fixing. The smartphone app\u2019s release comes as concerns increase about organized criminal targeting of football betting. FIFA, football\u2019s world governing body, and FIFPRO, the players\u2019 union, endorsed the Red Button app, which is owned by FIFPRO. It will be distributed to players […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":148546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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