from 52 in 2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to 45 in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInternationally, the number of alert on betting in football increased by 25 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The IBIA\u2019s CEO, Khalid Ali, said:<\/strong> \u201c2020 was a turbulent year for many sectors including the betting industry, which had to adjust its market offering due to the global sports lockdown.<\/strong> As a result, IBIA focused its integrity monitoring activity to take account of new sports tournaments and competitions that emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe association is seeking to work with stakeholders to address any potential integrity issues <\/strong>that may be associated with these new events through a range of actions, including promoting a set of standards for the collation of sports data for betting. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Whilst there was an increase in overall alerts from 2019 to 2020, it should be noted that the 2020 cases are consistent with the number of alerts reported in both 2017 and 2018.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large number of suspicious football betting alerts were raised in Vietnam despite an overall reduction in Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported an increase in suspicious football betting alerts in Vietnam during 2020, despite an overall reduction across Asia. Globally, football betting alerts rose by 25%, with the IBIA adapting its monitoring to new sports tournaments emerging from the global sports lockdown. This trend highlights persistent integrity challenges within specific iGaming verticals and geographies.","focusai_entities":"International Betting Integrity Association, IBIA, Khalid Ali","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Vietnam's Regulatory Response?","query":"What specific regulatory or enforcement actions are being considered by Vietnamese authorities or international bodies to address the escalating suspicious betting alerts in the region?"},{"label":"Impact on Market Entry?","query":"How do persistent integrity issues in emerging markets like Vietnam influence the risk assessment and market entry strategies for international iGaming operators and investors?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[229,233],"class_list":["post-14581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14581"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14601,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14581\/revisions\/14601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}