The recent growth of sports betting and the various types of pressure facing athletes has at least a few governing bodies thinking about ways to ensure there is no funny business. GeoffZochodne has more. ⬇️
The AGCO oversees online sports betting in Ontario, but Hood noted regulators only have a “small piece of the puzzle” in identifying match-fixing. Sportsbook operators, athletes, coaches, and administrators all possess other major puzzle pieces.
“You have to rigorously enforce it,” McLaren told the audience at this week’s symposium. The conference was co-hosted in Toronto by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport and Jeremy Luke, president and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, agreed with McLaren that match-fixing is a “real issue” facing Canadian sports.
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