On October 2 in Brasilia

GovRisk and Genius Sports to host Sports Integrity Summit in Brazil 

This Summit will be a unique gathering of representatives from key Brazilian governmental agencies and top experts from both public and private organizations.
2019-09-27
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The Summit will serve as an opportunity to debate challenges and protections for the integrity of Brazilian sport, including the role of future regulation of sports betting.

The International Governance & Risk Institute (GovRisk) in partnership with Genius Sports have organized a Sports Integrity Summit in Brasilia with the participation of the Brazilian Ministry of Economy, Special Sports Secretariat, Public Prosecutors, and Federal Police

The Summit, to be held on Wednesday 2nd October, will serve as an opportunity to debate challenges and protections for the integrity of Brazilian sport, including the role of future regulation of sports betting.

This Summit is a unique gathering of representatives from key Brazilian governmental agencies and top experts from both public and private organizations. High-profile international and local delegates from organizations including the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Court of Arbitration for Sport, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Interpol, Federal Police of Brazil, and the Public Prosecutors Office, will discuss contemporary challenges to the integrity of Brazilian sport, and visions for future solutions that protect the athletes, the fans, and all related markets.

Increasingly countries are choosing to legalize sports betting and in December 2018, Brazilian lawmakers committed to creating a regulated market for both online and land-based sports betting. This recent development provides great opportunities for Brazil but also potential vulnerabilities. If strategies to combat illegal match-fixing and other crimes do not involve all key stakeholders, our favorite sports will be exploited. The Summit, therefore, provides the perfect platform to foster cooperative ways by which to meet these challenges and create a lasting momentum by utilizing a combination of sophisticated technology, law, and regulation.

Five expert panels will discuss why integrity in professional sport matters, growing importance of technology in identifying suspicious betting activity, dangers of illegal betting markets, the impact that legislative and regulatory change can have, and possible ways of creating cooperative local, national, and global networks of legislators, regulators, enforcement agencies, prosecutors, data provides and betting operators to prevent match-fixing and other and sports betting-related corruption.

Dominic Le Moignan, Director of Government Projects at GovRisk, said: "This a unique gathering of everyone involved in legislating, regulating, and protecting Brazilian sport alongside top international and local public and private-sector experts. By bringing everybody into the same room, we will be able to create an ongoing debate and sustainable momentum of cross-sectoral efforts to protect the future of Brazilian sport."

Mark Locke, CEO of Genius Sports Group, said: "In any legalized betting market, effective regulation can provide greater transparency, cooperation, and sharing of information: all vital pillars to protecting the integrity of sports. Brazil has a unique opportunity to create the leading regulatory framework in the world and we look forward to sharing our extensive experience in sports integrity, data, and regulation to protect and enhance the future of Brazilian sport."

The International Governance and Risk Institute (GovRisk) is an independent UK consultancy that works solely on projects relating to integrity, with expertise in anticorruption, risk, justice reform, and governance. GovRisk have an extensive portfolio of past and ongoing projects across the world, including several projects with the Government of Brazil. GovRisk conduct many projects for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a range of other donors, and have worked in over 45 countries on strategic projects related to upholding integrity.

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