The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) recorded a sharp volume of integrity activity during 2025. Its latest annual review details the scale, location and sporting focus of reported cases. The sports betting integrity picture continues to be shaped by football, tennis and a wide geographic spread.

  • IBIA reported a total of 300 suspicious betting alerts to relevant authorities during 2025. The alerts covered 16 different sports and reflect activity identified through IBIA’s monitoring network. Football and tennis together accounted for more than half of all reported cases.

  • Football generated the highest number of alerts at 110 cases, representing 37% of the total. Tennis followed with 74 alerts, or 25%, including 29 cases linked to events outside the main professional tours. Table tennis and esports each recorded 34 alerts during the year.

  • Europe accounted for the largest regional share with 35% of all alerts. South America followed at 15%, while North America represented 16% of cases. Asia and Africa contributed 13% and 10% respectively, with a further 11% classed as global alerts, largely tied to esports.

  • IBIA data was also used to support integrity investigations that led to confirmed sanctions. In total, 54 matches were proven to be corrupted using IBIA alerts. These cases resulted in sanctions against players, officials and teams across several sports, including tennis, football, esports and darts.

  • Tennis-related cases led to sanctions against 10 players and six umpires during the year. Football sanctions involved two players and one club, while esports cases included one player and one team. Individual sanctions were also recorded in MMA and darts.

  • Special focus was given to increased betting activity/integrity in the African continent for the period 2021 to 2025 with 117 suspicious betting alerts tracked at sporting events (Football accounted 57%, followed by tennis with 36%).  The rising betting activity is also reflected in a rising online betting GGR from USD 6.2bn (ca. EUR 5.2bn) in 2024 to a projected figure of USD 16.4bn (ca. EUR 13.9bn) by 2030.

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