GLMS issues alerts on four suspicious sports events in March
The Global Lottery Monitoring System has published its latest newsletter.
Switzerland.- The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) in its latest newsletter has alerted members about four “seemingly suspicious” games in March – the lowest monthly total so far for this year. The watchdog also developed five analysis reports after receiving requests to probe past games to determine the risk of manipulation motivated by betting.
GLMS president Ludovico Calvi said: “Our operational team has been actively looking into various suspicious betting patterns and information requested by members to facilitate their internal investigations, at the disciplinary, internal lottery and criminal investigation level.
“Of course, this work is facilitated by a better understanding of the landscape and of what GLMS and its members are actually able to do in terms of risk assessments, analyses and provision of relevant intelligence in tackling potential manipulations of sport competitions.”
Meanwhile, the GLMS continued to work with national lottery operators that offer sports betting as well as regulatory authorities and law enforcement agencies.
Calvi added: “We delivered education sessions, including together with some of our partners in an inter-stakeholder approach, fostering awareness raising on sport integrity matters.
“We are also in full preparation of several educational events as we come into the spring season, and are preparing our members to look out for potentially dangerous fixtures across sports and tournaments in the next couple of months.”
The GLMS‘ 2021 annual activity report on its intelligence unit’s work noted 1,402 alerts in the 12 months, an increase from 1,113 suspicious betting alerts in 2020. It noted that the year included major events such as the UEFA 2020 Championships, the Tokyo Olympic Games and the inaugural FIFA Men’s Arab Cup.
