Suspicious Betting Alerts In Tennis On The Decline

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported today that there were 51 alerts of suspicious betting activity in eight different sports during the first quarter of 2019.

The volume of alerts is up from 37 alerts during the first quarter of this year but down from the 62 reported ion the second quarter of 2018.

The breakdown of alerts in the latest period is as follows:

• Tennis 25
• Football 18
• Volleyball 2
• eSports 2
• Table tennis 1
• Pool 1
• Basketball 1
• Ice hockey 1

The total of 88 alerts in the first six months of 2019 compares to 112 at the same point in 2018.

IBIA said this downward trend is mainly due to a continued reduction in tennis alerts.

There were 25 alerts in the latest period relating to Europe, 13 for Asia, four each in Africa and South American and three for North America.

The country with the highest number of alerts was Uzbekistan with eight. The USA and Tunisia had three each. No other country had more than two.