Photo: Will Shutter/Câmara dos Deputados
Photo: Will Shutter/Câmara dos Deputados
The CPI of the Chamber of Deputies, which investigates match-fixing in football, had called two meetings for this week, but ended up canceling the one of Tuesday (15th), when the summons and invitations for testimonies would go to the vote, in addition to the request by the Commission's president, Deputy Julio Arcoverde, to extend the deadline for completion of the works by 60 days.
On Wednesday (16th), there will be a public hearing, starting at 2 pm, to hear representatives of Sportradar Integrity Services, a company that monitors matches and championships in the most varied sports with a view to combating match fixing.
The debate meets the request of deputies André Figueiredo and Mersinho Lucen.
Mersinho Lucena explains that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) signed a contract with the company Sportradar with the purpose of monitoring and supervising the results of the games in Brazil, seeking the fairness of the bets and identifying possible fraud.
"It turns out that this system was unable to prevent the manipulation of the betting market involving players," highlights the parliamentarian.
For André Figueiredo, the company has relevant information for understanding the sports betting scenario.
Tom Mace, Sportradar's Senior VP of Global Operations and Integrity Services, and the company's representative for Latin America, Juan Matías Mendez, were invited to the public hearing.
Source: GMB
