IBIA reports 63 suspicious betting alerts in Q1 2025, rises 11% year-on-year

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) flagged 63 suspicious betting events to authorities in the first quarter of 2025, a slight dip from the previous quarter but an 11% rise year-on-year.

The Q1 2025 total marked a 3% decrease from 65 alerts reported in Q4 2024, but up from 57 alerts recorded in Q1 2024, according to IBIA’s quarterly integrity report. The association monitors over $300 billion in global betting turnover annually across more than 140 brands and 80 member organizations.

The alerts in Q1 2025 spanned six sports and occurred across 23 countries and five continents. Football and tennis were responsible for the majority of reports, accounting for 40 cases or 64% of the total—up from 35 alerts in Q4 2024.

“Football and tennis remain the most reported sports, albeit their combined Q1 2025 number was down 14% on Q4 2024,” said IBIA CEO Khalid Ali. “This quarter-on-quarter reduction was primarily due to a fall in tennis alerts, which have shown a welcome reduction in recent years.”

Europe and North America were hotspots for suspicious activity, collectively responsible for 32 alerts, or 51% of the global total. That figure represented a 29% decrease from the previous quarter.

Table tennis, which saw an unusual spike in alerts at the end of 2024, experienced a sharp drop—falling 53% from 21 alerts in Q4 2024 to just 9 in Q1 2025. Ali credited the decline to enhanced oversight and new integrity measures.

“IBIA has taken increased precautions regarding this sport and agreed a number of new integrity partnerships and protocols in Q1 with the aim of detecting and sanctioning corrupt betting activity,” he said.

The association, a leading not-for-profit body dedicated to upholding integrity in regulated sports betting markets, recently expanded its monitoring capabilities through a major technological upgrade aimed at improving detection of match-fixing and other corrupt activities.

IBIA continues to serve as a key partner to international sports governing bodies, law enforcement, and regulatory agencies in the global fight against betting-related corruption.