IBIA Reports 76 Suspicious Betting Alerts Across Nine Sports in Q2 2026

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 76 suspicious betting alerts to relevant authorities during the second quarter of 2026, spanning nine different sports and dozens of countries. Football led all sports with 25 alerts, or 33% of the quarterly total, followed by esports with 16 alerts (21%), basketball with 10, and tennis with nine. IBIA noted the overall figure could still be revised as ongoing investigations continue.

The alerts offer a snapshot of where integrity concerns are clustering globally as regulated betting markets continue to expand. IBIA’s membership includes more than 90 companies operating over 200 betting brands, and its monitoring network covers more than 1.5 million sporting events annually across over 80 sports, analyzing customer activity across more than $300 billion in global betting turnover each year.

Football and Esports Drive the Bulk of Alerts

Football alerts were spread across 16 countries in Q2. Nine stemmed from African events, including three in Cameroon, two in Ghana, and one each in Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tunisia. Europe accounted for eight football alerts, led by five in Kosovo, two in Poland, and one in Greece. South America produced seven football alerts, with two each in Brazil, Colombia, and Paraguay and one in Bolivia, while Australia generated the only football alert from Oceania.

Esports alerts, meanwhile, were all classified as “global” rather than tied to a specific country, since the events involved could be transnational in nature. That made esports the only sport where every single alert fell into IBIA’s global category — all 16 of the association’s global classifications in Q2 came from esports.

Basketball, Tennis, and a Wide Spread of Minor Sports

Basketball produced 10 alerts, with five connected to Paraguay, three to Colombia, one to Venezuela, and one to the Philippines. Tennis generated nine alerts tied to events in the United States (three), Egypt, Ivory Coast, Armenia, Hungary, Switzerland, and Ecuador. Two of those nine tennis cases were submitted to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) as intelligence reports rather than formal alerts, since they involved events not sanctioned by the sport’s main tours — though IBIA noted some players involved could still fall under the ITIA’s Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.

The remaining alerts covered a spread of niche sports. Cricket generated three alerts tied to India, the United Arab Emirates, and Romania. Table tennis produced three alerts, two connected to events in Ukraine and one in Czechia, all involving competitions outside the International Table Tennis Federation’s sanctioned events. Darts accounted for five alerts, all linked to the United Kingdom, while greyhound racing produced four alerts, all tied to Ireland. Volleyball rounded out the list with a single alert connected to an event in Portugal.

Regional Breakdown and the Canadian Market

By region, Europe accounted for 33% of Q2 alerts, followed by South America at 22%, global-classified events at 21%, and Africa at 15%. North America and Asia each represented 4% of the total, while Oceania made up the remaining 1%.

The report also touched on the growth of regulated online sports betting in Canada. Gross gambling revenue data cited from H2 Gambling Capital showed Ontario’s onshore channelization — the share of betting activity flowing through regulated operators rather than offshore books — jumping from 5% in 2022 to 85% in 2023 after the province opened its regulated market, before stabilizing above 90%. Alberta is projected to follow a similar trajectory, climbing from low levels before its market launch to roughly 84% by 2030, while the rest of Canada is expected to remain in the low double digits over that same period.

IBIA said continued cooperation between athletes, leagues, integrity specialists, and licensed betting operators remains central to maintaining fair and transparent competition as more of the global market shifts toward regulation. For bettors tracking odds across major sports, staying with regulated sportsbooks remains the safest way to wager with confidence that markets are being actively monitored for integrity issues.