Brazil makes advances in safeguarding the integrity of its sporting events by partnering with IBIA to monitor and combat corruption in the booming sports betting market.
In a step toward safeguarding the integrity of sport, the Brazilian Ministry of Sports has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) to fight match-fixing and protect Brazilian sporting events from corruption linked to betting.
The partnership, signed on May 15, will see the two bodies share information on suspicious betting activity, strengthening the country’s ability to monitor and investigate integrity threats as its regulated sports betting market continues to grow.
“This is a milestone in the fight against match-fixing in Brazilian sport,” said Minister of Sport André Fufuca. “Integrity must be a constant principle when it comes to transparency, ethics and, above all, the correctness of sports results. These agreements provide the tools we need to ensure fairness in competitions and peace of mind for athletes, clubs, organizations and fans.”
The move comes as Brazil’s newly regulated betting sector continues to expand. According to industry analysts H2 Gambling Capital, the IBIA currently monitors over 70% of Brazil’s licensed remote gambling market. A recent study projects that sports betting turnover in the country will hit $34 billion by 2028—raising the stakes for protecting the integrity of sport.
Brazil now joins a growing list of countries that have formalized integrity partnerships to protect their sporting sectors from the threats of match-fixing. In Europe, the United Kingdom has long mandated that licensed betting operators work with independent monitoring bodies like IBIA, and similar requirements have been adopted in countries such as France, Denmark, and Australia, where integrity agreements between regulators, law enforcement, and betting operators form the backbone of national anti-corruption strategies.
During the Paris Olympics in 2024, the Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions (OM Unit PMC), via its Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS), monitored sports betting on all 32 sports and a total of 329 events on a 24/7 basis. The Unit was supported by its long-standing partners, the United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) and the IBIA, which both shared additional intelligence and information.
The Unit was also assisted by a joint monitoring taskforce, which brought together additional cooperation partners, such as intergovernmental organisations (including INTERPOL, the Council of Europe and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)), major betting regulatory authorities, a large number of sports betting entities from around the world, including Sportradar, and relevant service providers.
Under Brazil’s new regulatory framework, betting operators applying for licenses are required to join an independent integrity monitoring body. That provision is already boosting the IBIA’s ability to detect and report suspicious activity.
Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, welcomed the agreement. “As the market grows, so too does the responsibility to ensure that robust integrity safeguards are in place,” he said. “This agreement ensures that suspicious betting information is swiftly shared with the Ministry to support effective action.”
IBIA is the world’s largest integrity monitor for private betting operators, overseeing more than $300 billion in betting turnover annually across 140 brands. Its unique access to detailed, account-level data has made it a key player in detecting and deterring match-fixing globally.
In the first quarter of 2025 alone, IBIA flagged 63 suspicious betting cases to authorities. Now, with direct cooperation from Brazil’s Ministry of Sports, the country is poised to strengthen its defenses against the darker side of betting—and bolster trust in the fairness of its sporting competitions.
