THE SPORTS BETTING GROUP

The Sports Betting Group (SBG) brings together representatives from across sport to provide leadership and to share good practice to address the risks from sports betting corruption.

The group also provides a source of help and support for sports governing bodies looking to put in place measures to protect the integrity of their sport.

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Sports betting corruption includes but is not limited to the following for betting purposes:

• Match fixing – the corrupt manipulation of the result of a sporting event by those participating, officiating, organising or otherwise involved;
• Spot fixing – the corrupt manipulation of a specific in-play element(s) of a sporting event;
• Misuse of inside information – the misuse of information relating to the participation in, or the likely or actual outcome of an event (or in-play activity within an event), which is known by an individual by virtue of their position within the sport and which is not in the public domain. This may not involve any match or spot fixing.

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A core function of all sports governing bodies and player associations is to maintain, and be seen to be maintaining, the integrity of their sport.

Integrity must be upheld in order to retain public confidence and to protect the reputation and financial viability of sport. Sports governing bodies must therefore take action to address the risks posed to integrity by corrupt betting.