Tennis leads suspicious betting cases in Q1 of 2017
European Sport Security Association (ESSA) chairman, Mike O'Kane, said that figures from the first quarter follow a similar trend to previous reports. The institution revealed that out of 27 cases reported, Tennis was responsible for 12 (45%).
"We know that tennis, in particular, has been working hard to address this situation and we await with interest the imminent publication of the Independent Review Panel's interim report.t is a process that ESSA has engaged in and welcomed as an important step, and we hope that the Panel's recommendations are both evidence-based and provide practical and proportionate actions," said O'Kane.
Tennis now has had the highest number of alerts for the last nine months, with nearly 80% of all cases of suspicious betting activity reported in 2016 involving the sport.
O'Kane added that several other important activities around match-fixing are expected this year.
A number of studies on match-fixing, supported by the European Commission, are due to be published this summer.
ESSA have engaged with some of these studies, notably through the establishment of national anti-match-fixing platforms and laws.
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