Sportradar Integrity Services reports 655 fixed matches since beginning of 2021

Sportradar Integrity Services reports it has detected more than 1,100 suspicious sports matches since the start of the global pandemic in April 2020; 655 of those matches were detected since the beginning of 2021

Sportradar Integrity Services reports it has detected more than 1,100 suspicious sports matches since the bulge out of the world-wide pandemic inwards April 2020; 655 of those matches were detected since the start of 2021.

After utilising its bet monitoring system of rules (the Universal Fraud Detection System – UFDS) for the cobbler's last 18 months to detect suspicious activity in 12 different sports crosswise o'er 70 countries, Sportradar concluded that football game is the sport at most peril of betting-related putrefaction (with more than 500 matches detected in 2021 to date).

Approximately 40% of the suspicious activities within domestic football contention comes from third-tier leagues and below, including youth level, because fixers increment their attention on lower-level matches.

Additionally, the UFDS-detected suspicious activity inwards lawn tennis (37 matches), basketball (19), tabularize lawn tennis (11), ice hockey (9), cricket (6); other such activity has been identified inwards volleyball, handball and beach volleyball.

On a global level, the UFDS has detected 382 confutable matches in Europe so far this yr and 115 inwards Latin America; the Asia Pacific Ocean part followed with 74 matches, Africa with 43, 10 inwards the Middle eastern United States and Nina from Carolina inwards Second Earl of Guilford America since the start of January 2021.

Andreas Krannich, Managing Director, Integrity Services at Sportradar, said: “As our analysis shows, match-fixing is evolving and those in arrears it are diversifying their approach, both inwards the sports and competitions they target, and the way of life they puddle approaches to athletes, such as the come up in digital approaches.

"To assist computer address this, Sportradar has made a important investment to pretend it possible to extend the UFDS for unloose to world-wide sports organisations and leagues. The reason for this is that we are committed to supporting the sustainability of world(a) sports, and using information and engineering for good.”