The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) released its third quarter report for 2024, revealing 42 suspicious betting alerts in the global sports market.
This represents a 54% decrease from the 91 alerts recorded in the second quarter of 2024, and a 16% decrease compared to the same period in 2023.
The alerts involved 18 countries and five sports across five continents, detected through IBIA's monitoring system, which oversees more than $300 billion in sports betting turnover annually from over 125 betting brands globally.
Football and tennis dominated the alert statistics, each with 14 cases, accounting for 67% of all reported incidents.
European sports events generated 14 alerts, making up 33% of the total, a decrease from 20 alerts in the second quarter.
Additionally, significant progress was made in the esports sector, with the number of alerts dropping from 48 in the previous quarter to 12, a 75% decrease.
Regarding these findings, IBIA CEO Khalid Ali stated: "The third quarter saw the highest number of alerts for football and tennis, and although these figures are consistent with recent years, there has been a significant decrease in tennis compared to peak periods.
"It is also noteworthy that esports alerts increased in the first and second quarters mainly due to related cases, and returned to more normal levels in the third quarter.
"We will continue to work closely with the integrity bodies of the sports where we detect suspicious betting as well as all sports, with the aim of detecting and sanctioning corrupt activities, and protecting sports events and the betting market."
The third quarter report also discussed the forecasted growth of the global football betting market, expecting it to reach a turnover of $500 billion and total revenue of $46.3 billion by 2024.
