ULIS: Europe Tops in Potential Match-Fixing Incidents in April

The United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) has released a report for April 2024, identifying 60 sporting events worldwide that showed signs of potential match-fixing.

Football dominated the list of suspicious games, with 58 instances flagged. Additionally, one instance each in basketball and mixed martial arts were identified as potentially manipulated.

The regional breakdown of the alerts is as follows:

• Europe: 25 alerts
• Asia: 20 alerts
• South America: 6 alerts
• Africa: 6 alerts
• Australia and Oceania: 2 alerts
• North America: 1 alert

ULIS received 35 alerts of potential sports integrity breaches post-event, 16 during the event, and 9 pre-event. The organization classified 35 notifications as high risk (red) and 25 as lower risk (yellow).

Compared to March 2024, the number of suspicious games increased from 55 to 60 in April. However, compared to April 2023, there was a decrease in the number of suspicions from 72 to 60.

United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (formerly known as GLMS) is a non-profit association of state lottery operators, based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The organization aims to protect sports from corruption, including match-fixing.

Earlier, the IBIA had disclosed details of a quarterly report concerning potential match-fixing information.