The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has reported there were 70 suspicious betting alerts in the first quarter of 2026, up from 63 for the same period last year.
Taken from its latest integrity report, the 70 alerts came from 10 sports, with football (25) and tennis (16) being the most reported.
Red flags related to football markets dropped from 31 in Q1 2025, with tennis increasing from nine.
Alerts in esports grew year on year from four to 15, though basketball dropped from nine to just one.
The IBIA noted that Europe reported the largest share with 20 alerts (28%), followed by North America with 14 alerts (20% share).
Europe had five more alerts than it did the year prior and overtook North America as the region with the largest share of alerts per continent.
In its latest report, the IBIA focused on Brazil, and noted that from 2021 to 2025 there were 68 suspicious betting alerts in the Latam country across eight sports.
Football had the most with 58, followed by basketball and tennis with six each and volleyball, beach volleyball, futsal, table tennis and pool having one alert apiece.
Looking at the market’s online sports betting gross gaming revenue, the IBIA said it will “expand steadily” and reach BRL28.8bn by 2030.
The focus on Brazil arrives a year after the Brazilian Ministry of Sport signed a cooperation agreement with the IBIA, with the partnership seeing information exchanged between the two parties regarding match-fixing and suspicious betting activity in the South American country.
Commenting on the latest report, the IBIA said: “The takeaway is simple: as regulated markets expand, so too must cooperation between operators, regulators and sports bodies.
“Data-led monitoring and cross-sector collaboration are not optional, they are essential to safeguarding sport and maintaining consumer trust.
“IBIA and its members remain committed to that collective effort.”
In its report for 2025, the IBIA revealed there were 300 suspicious betting alerts recorded; a rise of 29% year on year.
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Latest sports betting integrity report reveals 70 total documented reports across 10 sports, up from 63 in 2025
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