Swedish gaming operator ATG joins International Betting Integrity Association

June 11, 2019 12:38 AM
  • CDC Gaming Reports
June 11, 2019 12:38 AM
  • CDC Gaming Reports

Leading Swedish betting operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has joined the International Betting Integrity Association, it was announced Monday. ATG added sports betting to its horse race betting product range when the Swedish gambling market opened at the start of the year. The company is the first operator to join the integrity association since it rebranded on 4 June of this year from ESSA (European Sports Security Association) and expands IBIA’s global monitoring and alert platform to almost 50 international online and retail betting brands. 

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“I am delighted to welcome one of the leading brands from the newly opened Swedish market to the association,” IBIA Secretary General Khalid Ali said. “ATG joins other responsible and committed sports betting operators intent on working to protect their businesses from corruption.”

The International Betting Integrity Association is the leading global voice on integrity for the licensed betting industry. Run by operators for operators, the association strives to protect its members from corruption through collective action. Its Monitoring & Alert Platform is a highly effective anti-corruption tool that detects and reports suspicious activity on members’ betting markets. The association has longstanding information sharing partnerships with leading sports and gambling regulators to utilize its data and prosecute corruption, and it represents the gaming sector at high-level policy discussion forums. 

The association publishes quarterly reports covering the integrity alerts reported through its Monitoring & Alert Platform which can be viewed here.

“Protecting our product, consumers and sporting events from betting-related corruption is a foremost business consideration for ATG,” ATG Chief Security and Quality Officer Magnus Lunner said in a statement. “Joining the International Betting Integrity Association, a globally recognised body and leader in its field, is a natural extension of that core aim. ATG is committed to upholding the highest values of integrity and to working with our partners in the association to ensure the safest possible betting environment.”