MGA adds suppliers to rules for reporting suspicious betting

The MGA’s sports betting integrity department has amended its rules for the reporting of suspicious betting.

Malta.- The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has expanded its suspicious betting reporting requirements to cover suppliers. The regulator’s Sports Integrity Unit will require suppliers to report any suspicious betting activity through its Suspicious Betting Reporting Mechanism (SBRM), which became an obligation for operators at the start of the year.

Meanwhile, the MGA’s Sports Integrity Unit will also now inform licensees of any suspicious betting activity related to any event they are promoting. It will provide the information without revealing its source.

The MGA said the changes were intended to allow the betting sector to be more informed and to allow better monitoring and evaluation of sports betting risks.

The MGA said: “One of the Malta Gaming Authority’s commitments is to take a proactive approach in managing sports betting integrity with the aim of addressing the threats posed by match-fixing and malicious sports betting.

“In this regard, the Authority’s Sports Betting Integrity department continuously seeks ways of improving monitoring and reporting capabilities across the wider Maltese sports betting sector.”