The Gambling Commission is changing its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice to protect the integrity of sport.
The Sports Betting Group, led by the Alliance, has been instrumental in bringing about these improvements through its lobbying during the passage of the recent Gambling and Advertising Bill.
The changes mean that sports bodies will have greater access to information about suspicious betting patterns and will provide a significant boost in their efforts to wipe out match-fixing and corrupt betting.
Specifically, the changes to Licence Condition 15.1 will result in changes in the following areas:
Whilst these are very positive developments, the SBG remains of the view that there is still much more to be done in the fight against match-fixing and corrupt-betting and has written to Helen Grant outlining its views on how the Government should proceed.
This includes introducing specific criminal legislation to tackle match-fixing, as well as resources being made available to protect sporting integrity in the same way that there already is for anti-doping.
For more information on the work of the SBG or sports betting matters please contact David Foster.
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