{"id":777007532,"date":"2023-03-09T16:17:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/?p=777007532"},"modified":"2023-03-10T07:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:52:11","slug":"mga-signs-data-agreement-with-badminton-world-federation-integrity-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/mga-signs-data-agreement-with-badminton-world-federation-integrity-unit","title":{"rendered":"MGA signs data agreement with Badminton World Federation\u00a0Integrity Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The data-sharing agreement will enhance the monitoring of suspicious betting activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Malta.- The Malta Gaming Authority<\/strong> (MGA) has entered into a data-sharing agreement with the Badminton World Federation <\/strong>(BWF) Integrity Unit. The agreement is intended to improve the monitoring of suspicious betting activity in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The BWF said monitoring and investigations were a vital part of its anti-manipulation operations. Player information will be gathered and match details will be analysed to investigate any suspected match manipulation. The Integrity Unit manages anti-doping and anti-match fixing programmes. It also conducts awareness, education and deterrence actions in the badminton community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MGA head of financial crime compliance, Antonio Zerafa<\/strong>, said: “I am very pleased to see the Badminton World Federation added to the long list of sports’ governing bodies whom the authority already assists on a practical level, and we look forward to working with the BWF’s Integrity Unit on any issues that may arise.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n BWF secretary general Thomas Lund<\/strong> added: “This partnership helps the BWF Integrity Unit protect the integrity of the sport with MGA helping to facilitate the sharing of data between betting operators and the BWF Integrity Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We see this as being a deterrent to potential corruptors of the sport as we continue to preserve the integrity of badminton.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Malta Gambling Authority (MGA)<\/strong> has issued a call for “unrecognised” game suppliers and distributors<\/a> to “come forward and self-report their administrative non-compliance”. The call is addressed to all companies supplying licensable games in or from Malta without the regulator’s authorisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s given suppliers until April 14 <\/strong>to self-report their non-compliance. It said that it will consider “self-reporting in this fashion as an act of disclosure and will be taken into account when the MGA makes any administrative decision regarding non-compliance”.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMGA calls for “unrecognised” suppliers to self report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n