Real Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday joined the global betting market research service, SIGMAafter signing an agreement with General Directorate of Gambling Regulation in Las Rozas (Madrid).
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This agreement was signed by the President RFEF Management Committee, Pedro Rochaand CEO Game control, Mikel Arana. With this agreement, RFEF takes another step in its work onrupture and detection of all fraudulent practice Related to illegal sports bettingofficially joining SIGMA.
This service is a network interactive collaborationin which its participants exchange information with fight it fraud in the sports betting market, which also prevents manipulation in competitions this type.
Pedro Rocha assured that football, as โan example for society, which it is,โ must fight everything that is obstacle to competition and his sporting spirit:
To truly lead by example, we must ensure equal opportunity, safety and protection for all people who practice it, and of course, cleanliness.
“Working against illegal sports betting is protect our football and take care of its cleanliness,โ he insisted, before declaring that with the signed agreement RFEF commits to โcontinue to contribute transparency and cooperate with security agencies and forces.โ
In its turn, Mikel Arana thanked the RFEF for its commitment to clean rates. He confirmed his intention “attract new actors to the service of global betting market research to improve its efficiency and strength.โ
Combating illegal sports betting seems important as the practice may have links to laundering of moneyAnd organized crime.
In 2021 UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) found that illegal betting operators are not subject to the same standards of control as other classic companies. Lack of control can be exploited illegal organizations:
In 2015, Italian police took action against an organized crime group that used a network of 1,500 bookmakers, 82 Internet sites and eleven gambling companies in Austria, Malta, Romania and Spain as a front for money laundering.
In Spain, Law of 13/2011 dated May 27, 2023, dated ‘regulation of the game‘, includes among other things That bonus ban and promotions to attract new users, some restrictions on advertising betsand creation of a unified register self-exclusion.
(according to information from Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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