The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has recorded 69 suspicious betting alerts for the second quarter of 2025.
The figure represents a 21% increase when compared to Q2 2024, and an 8% quarter-on-quarter jump from the 64 flagged in Q1 2025.
In the integrity body’s initial Q2 2025 report, it noted that the figure could be revised in the future pending the outcome of any ongoing investigations.
Reports of suspicious activity were spread across 10 sports during Q2, up from six sports in Q1.
Additional sports flagged included cricket, baseball, badminton and sinuca americana – a variation of pool.
In contrast, there were no suspicious bets regarding table tennis this second quarter.
Out of the 69 Q2 alerts, the majority (27) concerned football, with the sport accounting for 39% of the quarter’s total.
A further 14 alerts were for tennis, 10 alerts were for basketball bets, seven were for esports and three for cricket.
Baseball and badminton accounted for two alerts each, while horseracing and sinuca americana had one alert apiece.
Football, tennis and basketball made up 74% of all alerts for Q2, down from 78% in Q1.
A total of 21 suspicious alerts came from Europe, equivalent to 30% of the Q2 total.
Africa and South America were tied with 12 alerts each, followed by Asia (10) and North America (seven).
The remaining seven alerts were for global esports, which couldn’t be attributed to a single continent.
The highest number of alerts in a given country were the nine recorded in Vietnam for basketball.
This was followed by the five alerts recorded in Egypt relating to tennis betting.
Bulgaria, Brazil and Cameroon had three alerts each for football, three alerts came from Romania for tennis, with the UK adding three alerts over cricket betting.
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Figure represents a 21% increase compared to corresponding period in 2024, with football, tennis and basketball accounting for three quarters of all suspicious activity
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