IBIA records 76 alerts of suspicious betting in the second quarter of 2026.
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported a total of 76 suspicious betting alerts involving 9 sports to the relevant authorities during the second quarter of 2026, according to its quarterly integrity report. This number may be revised as ongoing investigations progress.
Football accounts for a third of the alerts.
Football was the sport with the highest volume of notifications, accounting for 25 alerts (33% of the total). Next were:
⇒ eSports: 16 alerts (21%);
⇒ Basketball: 10 alerts (13%);
⇒ Tennis: 9 alerts (12%);
⇒ Darts: 5 alerts (7%);
⇒ Greyhound Racing: 4 alerts (5%);
Cricket: 3 alerts (4%);
⇒ Table tennis: 3 alerts (4%);
⇒ Volleyball: 1 alert (1%).
The case of eSports is particularly noteworthy, with all 16 alerts classified as "global"—meaning they are not attributed to a specific country, as the events are transnational in nature.
Europe accounts for the largest geographical share; South America is the second largest pole.
In the geographical distribution of alerts (excluding those classified as global), Europe led with 33% of notifications, followed by South America with 22% – a high level that reflects, above all, the concentration of cases in basketball. Africa accounted for 15%, while Asia and North America each had 4%, and Oceania, 1%. Alerts without a defined geographical location (mostly eSports) totaled 21% of the total.
Brazil and its South American neighbors
Brazil is nominally mentioned in the report with two alerts in football, within a South American group of 7 notifications in this sport that also includes Bolivia (1), Colombia (2) and Paraguay (2).
In basketball, however, the regional concentration is even more pronounced: of the 10 global alerts in the sport, nine came from South America – five from Paraguay, three from Colombia, and one from Venezuela. And it's the only sport in which the South American region dominates the notifications.
In tennis, Ecuador recorded 1 alert, while the United States led North America with three occurrences.
Other highlights by category
⇒ Tennis: Of the nine alerts, two were forwarded to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) as intelligence reports, as they were not linked to events sanctioned by the main professional circuits – although the athletes involved may be subject to the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
⇒ Table Tennis: the three alerts concern exclusively events outside of International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) competitions, with particular emphasis on Ukraine (two cases).
⇒ Darts: all five alerts for the quarter came entirely from the United Kingdom.
Greyhound racing: the four warnings originate exclusively in Ireland.
⇒ Football: Kosovo (5 alerts) and Cameroon (3) were the isolated countries with the highest number of notifications in this sport.
IBIA's institutional profile
The report reinforces the reach of the organization, whose membership base includes more than 90 companies and 200 betting brands, monitoring over 1,5 million sporting events annually across more than 80 sports, and analyzing data on a global betting volume exceeding US$300 billion annually. IBIA highlights that its services are licensed, approved, or meet regulatory requirements in markets such as the Netherlands, Germany, 32 US states, Brazil, Ontario, and Alberta – reinforcing the relevance of the Brazilian market within the organization's international monitoring network.
Regulatory focus in Canada
The document also includes a special section on Canada, showing how competitive regulation has shifted betting towards the formal market. In Ontario, the "channelization" index (the proportion of gross gaming revenue captured by regulated operators) jumped from 5% in 2022 to 85% in 2023, stabilizing above 90% since then. Alberta, which opened its market more recently, is projected to follow a similar trajectory from 2027 onwards, while the rest of Canada remains at low, single-digit levels. The IBIA also highlighted a CA$300 investment in athlete education on integrity, in partnership with the Canadian Premier League and the Canadian Football League.
