DGOJ urges operator collaboration
News on 11 Jun 2018
News on 11 Jun 2018
In a public announcement, Spanish regulator La Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DOGJ) has called for collaboration among gaming operators in maintaining integrity in sports betting during the World Cup of Football Russia 2018.
The DGOJ, together with the National Police and other sports bodies, form part of the “Copenhagen Group” which was constituted in July 2016 at the initiative of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe Convention to combat the manipulation of sports competitions.
In support of sports integrity, the Copenhagen Group will strengthen championship event surveillance, as well as improve communication and exchange of information among its members.
In addition, the DGOJ has requested online gaming operators maximise their own supervision and vigilance on betting patterns over the FIFA 2018 competition and channel any alerts through the Servicio de Investigación Global del Mercado de Apuestas (SIGMA) platform.
Since the launch of the SIGMA platform in April 2017, a total of 45 alerts have been handled for irregular or suspicious betting, reported primarily by gaming operators.
