The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has moved to strengthen its integrity oversight amid the continuing growth of the country’s betting market.

The confederation extended its partnership with sportstech and data group Sportradar this week, specifically leveraging the firm’s Sportradar Integrity and Regulatory Services.

Set to restart in the 2025/26 season, the deal looks to boost efforts to fight match-fixing in Brazilian football and safeguard the integrity of the sport.

Andreas Krannich, Executive Vice President of Integrity and Regulatory Services at Sportradar, commented: “We have built a strong collaboration with CBF to reinforce the integrity of Brazilian football.

“With this new agreement, Sportradar is providing the most comprehensive coverage Brazilian football has ever had. We are very pleased to continue this partnership with one of the world’s most-renowned football organisations.”

The sports technology company will deliver integrity monitoring for over 8,200 m..

The Dutch House of Representatives has adopted a series of motions around gambling over the past two weeks, including calling for more research into the gambling age limit.

In the latest round of votes this week, the House approved an amended motion submitted by MPs Rosemarijn Dral and Marieke Wijen-Nas, respective members of the People’s Party and the Farmer–Citizen Movement.

The motion calls for the State Secretary for Legal Protection, Teun Struycken, to properly investigate whether or not raising the age limit for playing ‘risky games of chance’ from 18 years to 21 years would benefit the black market.

In February, Struycken announced a series of proposed reforms to the Gambling Act (KOA Act), which re-regulated the Dutch online gambling market in 2021. This included the proposal of increasing the age limit for certain casino products.

The reforms have been broadly welcomed by stakeholders amid rising public and political concerns about gambling visibility in the Netherlands si..

Illegal online operators in Russia, a wide-ranging term given the extensive restrictions on the sector throughout the country, have once again caught the attention of authorities.

The government has begun exploring more ways in which to shut down online gambling operations, and is evaluating the adoption of several methods in the near future. This could include the blocking of websites/applications, as well as blocking of crypto payments for betting.

These proposals were publicly discussed by Evgeny Masharov, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber, a civil society institution established by Vladimir Putin in the 2000s to handle the assessment of draft state laws.

Speaking to Russian news outlet TASS, Masharov was questioned about the Commission’s latest meeting, which focused on gambling and explored different paths towards reducing the influence of the sector on vulnerable groups – specifically children and minors.

During the discussions, hearings were held regarding a number of ..

The new German government’s announcement to take more decisive action against illegal gambling has been backed by The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV).

The DSWV has submitted concrete proposals for action on how enforcement can be improved together with the federal states. The trade body has emphasised a need r to “turn good intentions into effective policy”.

At the heart of the proposals are a strengthening of legal providers in competition with illegal ones, which is said to be the most effective weapon against a mushrooming black market.

It must offer sufficiently attractive products for interested customers and can therefore hold its own against the illegal market.

DSWV explained: “This does not mean that regulatory elements must be dispensed with, as state licenses and the ability to advertise with them are a value in themselves. However, the attractiveness of the legal products must not lag so far behind the illegal ones, as is currently the case.”

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The World Lottery Association (WLA) President, Andreas Kötter, has highlighted the need to work with diverse partners from across the entire lottery and sports betting sector to maintain integrity in sport.

In order to combat illegal gaming and sports betting operations, and with more than half of WLA members now offering sports betting, the organisation has announced several new strategy initiatives.

The President assured that the group is “moving full steam ahead” in 2025, stating: “Science is a major factor and should enable us to see the facts, new insights and developments, and advise us on questions regarding the future design of markets and companies.

“We need the impulses to reflect on our actions and to keep an eye on major developments. It is important that we attract globally renowned scientists to address these issues.”

Kötter also showed strong support in the measures that are taking to strengthen WLA’s partnerships with the Regional Associations (ALA, APLA, CIBELAE, ..