The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) documented 70 potential disparities in betting data for the 1st quarter of 2026 across 10 sports.
The highest number of reported incidents came from Europe, followed by North America, Asia, South America, Africa, and globally for eSports. Football accounted for the biggest proportion of reports, along with tennis and eSports—over 80% of total reports were made up of these sports.
Football was the most flagrant of all sports with 25 alerts across Africa, north America, Asia, South America, and Europe. Tennis was 2nd highest with 16 alerts (with alerts from Egypt, Mexico, India, Chile and other European countries) and eSports provided 15 alerts; the fact eSports had 15 alerts, exemplifies how eSports involve worldwide competition. Other sporting events such as table tennis, volleyball, basketball, cricket, handball, badminton, and MMA saw fewer alerts but still faced issues. Europe represented 28% of all reports made while North America represented 20% of alerts and Asia represented 21%. Continuing with the data breakdown, South America had 13% of alerts while Africa had 9% of alerts and globally through eSports there were 9%.
Brazil continues to be an consistent site of suspicious betting activity. Between 2021 and 2025, it produced 68 alerts for 8 different sports—primarily through allegations of fraudulent football betting.
IBIA’s members comprise of more than 90 companies and more than 200 betting brands that scrutinise over 1.5 million sporting events annually in 80 sports. IBIA’s member companies have access to customer activity data via in excess of US$300 billion of global betting turnover each year.
