This initiative is important to promote and protect the integrity and essential values of sport against corruption, specifically, against the manipulation of sporting competitions.
To understand the importance of this monitoring, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), during the qualification period for the Paris Olympic Games, there were 268 suspected cases of manipulation, the vast majority in Europe. The cases occurred, above all, at tennis tournaments and football matches.
Promoting these monitoring actions, it is clear that, increasingly, sporting integrity is sought and that this year the biggest sporting event in the world will be monitored with the most modern technology and artificial intelligence, thus ensuring that the games continue to take place within the Olympic spirit.
Therefore, during the period of the Olympic Games, Lottopar will receive alerts with possible signs of manipulation, if any, and depending on the level of the alert, Lottopar will ask authorized sites to withdraw bets relating to the sport that has the alert active.
Therefore, Lottopar is certain that the sports activities offered on sites authorized to operate in the state are capable of offering a safe sports betting environment to the people of Paraná.
Sports betting
Lottopar, as a regulatory body, is associated with ULIS with the aim of strengthening sporting integrity and bringing more fairness to the licensed sports betting environment in the state of Paraná.
With this, the municipality has access to the services provided by the entity, such as monitoring sports betting patterns worldwide, training, training, seminars and workshops to raise awareness and prevent game manipulation, intelligence and information services.
Among the 36 sports at the Olympic Games, some of them are offered on betting sites, such as table tennis, beach volleyball and indoor volleyball, boxing, cycling, basketball, tennis, golf, handball, rugby and traditional football. Hence the importance of this strategic alignment for sports monitoring.
To ensure even greater fairness in sports betting, the International Olympic Committee, together with sports monitoring entities, including ULIS, determined that anyone accredited for the Olympic Games is prohibited from placing bets, and will lose their accreditation if they fail to comply with this determination.
Olympics in numbers
The biggest sporting event in the world, the Olympic Games, which this year take place in Paris, start on July 26th and run until August 11th, with 19 days of competitions, 329 events, athletes from more than 200 National Olympic Committees (CON ) and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
There will be more than 10 thousand athletes, 20 thousand accredited journalists, 45 thousand volunteers and more than 600 thousand meals to be served in the Olympic villages. These are numbers that reinforce the greatness of the event.
ULIS
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in Canada, Denmark and Hong Kong, ULIS monitors sports betting globally to detect suspicious patterns. With the International Olympic Committee and Interpol, ULIS is one of three observers to the Statutory Committee of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, the Macolin Convention.
Lottopar is the only Brazilian entity affiliated with ULIS, with the aim of maintaining a close relationship with the main global players in the lottery and sports industry to guarantee ethical and integrity practices in this market.
Source: GMB
