IBIA Publishes 2025 Report, Highlights Spike in Suspicious Match Alerts

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has published its latest Sports Betting Integrity Report, highlighting a significant spike in alerts. According to the regulatory body, this increase reflected the efficiency of its members’ monitoring and the organization’s enhanced analytical capability.

The Majority of Alerts Were Tied to Soccer and Tennis

The 2025 Sports Betting Integrity Report shows that the IBIA recorded a total of 300 suspicious betting alerts in 2025. For context, this figure marks an increase of 29% on the 232 alerts the organization reported in the prior year.

The IBIA didn’t attribute the increase in alerts to a rise in illicit activity but rather to the organization’s “expanding global monitoring coverage and enhanced analytical capability.” This was echoed by the fact that the IBIA welcomed several new members in 2025, including companies such as CopyBet, Starcasino, and Oddsgate, among others.

Additional findings from the 2025 Sports Betting Integrity Report suggest that the 300 alerts were distributed across 16 sports, with soccer remaining the most reported sport with 110 alerts. Tennis came in second with 74 alerts.

In addition to that, the IBIA’s report shows that Europe accounted for the largest share of reports at 35%. In the meantime, the association recorded an increase in alerts across the Americas.

Furthermore, the IBIA members’ contributions and intelligence allowed the association and regulators to prove that a total of 54 matches were indeed corrupted. This monitoring action led to sanctions being imposed on 24 players, teams, and officials across 5 sports.

The 2025 report also included an Africa Focus segment, which showed that the IBIA reported 117 alerts on African events between 2021 and 2025. The organization emphasized that Africa is a fast-growing region in terms of sports betting, with H2 Gambling Capital predicting that Africa’s total betting gross gambling revenue will reach $19.4 billion by 2030.

IBIA’s Monitoring Capabilities Increased

IBIA’s chief executive officer, Khalid Ali, commented on the release of his team’s latest report. He said that the 2025 data highlights familiar patterns, including the fact that soccer and tennis continue to account for the majority of cases of suspicious betting activity.

At the same time, the greater scale and reach of our Global Monitoring & Alert Platform means our ability to detect, assess and support investigations across markets and sports has increased. This is driven by operator intelligence generated by our membership and their continued commitment to identifying, disrupting and preventing betting-related corruption through collective action and information-sharing with our partners.

Khalid Ali, CEO, IBIA

Last year, IBIA revealed its 5-year strategy and celebrated its 20^th anniversary with a new logo and refreshed city.