Study conducted by the European Sports Security Association found no evidence of suspicious wagers being made on the month-long tournament in South Africa.
Wednesday 28th July 2010
The European Sports Security Association (ESSA) has announced that it found no evidence of suspicious wagers being made on matches at the recent 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Brussels-based ESSA is an industry body that represents some of Europe’s largest bookmakers including Ladbrokes and StanleyBet International Limited and works to keep wagering free from insider betting or bet rigging and manipulation.
The body is part of an early warning network that works in partnership with FIFA and other sports federations on betting-related corruption. It revealed that it had conducted a study looking at bets made before and during the month-long tournament for possible links to match-fixing.
For its part, FIFA stated that it had also found no attempts to illegally manipulate any of the results of the 64 matches at the 2010 World Cup and operated a telephone hotline during the tournament for players, referees and officials to report any approach from would-be match-fixers.
