SBIF Announces New Action Plan to Fight Corrupt Sports Betting in the UK
Posted: September 19, 2015
Updated: June 10, 2020
Corrupt sports betting in the UK is an important task for Sports Betting Integrity Forum, and they aim to protect punters from illegal gambling activities.
After having to fight with illegal online lotto gambling, corrupt sports betting in the UK also needs to be stopped. Despite the fact the illegal sports betting in the UK does not happen very often, the Gambling Commission aims to avoid any kind of corrupt gambling activity as much as possible. That is why online lotto in the UK report that the Sports Betting Integrity Forum (SBIF) has launched its latest Action Plan, the Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan, which builds upon the UK Anti-Corruption Plan. That latter plan was introduced in October 2014.
SBIF launched their latest campaign in hopes of match-fixing activities and corrupt sports betting in the UK will cease to exist in the near future. In order to reach that, they connected several actors who are in power of being able to help them. These participants involve Law Enforcement agencies, Player Associations, betting operators, sports governing bodies and the Gambling Commission, among others. Protecting sports betting integrity is one of their most important tasks, Sport and Gambling Minister Tracey Crouch said.
Sports Betting Integrity representatives are confident about the Action Plan’s success
Participant who are contributed in the creation of Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan are quite positive and expect a lot of positive impacts from the plan. SBIF Joint chairs Darren Bailey and Mike O’Kane highlighted the importance of how crucial it is to avoid even the smallest threat against sports betting’s legitimacy and safety.
Can corrupt sports betting in the UK ever cease to exist completely?
The answer to that question is most probably no. Those who are in the illegal gambling market, will always find a new way to break the rules of internet betting. However, the UK Anti-Corruption Plan was a great start to defeat corrupt sports betting in the UK, and the Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan is the way to continue this fight. The safety of online gamblers is the most important for sports betting providers in the UK.