The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has signed an agreement with the European Lotteries, the umbrella organisation of national lotteries across Europe, in order to share knowledge and best practice in the fight against match-fixing and betting fraud. 

This will include the exchange of information, advice and expertise on matters of sport integrity and the prevention of betting fraud, the involvement of each others experts as speakers at conferences and workshops, collaboration on research projects related to betting fraud and the distribution of research papers in key journals and publications. Mohamed Hanzab, president, ICSS, said the agreement will see ICSS’ team of world-class experts work with European Lotteries, to share information and techniques aimed at addressing the critical and evolving threat of match-fixing and betting fraud across Europe.

“With the European Lotteries, the ICSS can rely on the credibility of another highly respected partner in it´s network of international organisations,” he maintained.

Friedrich Stickler, president, European Lotteries, explained that it is the only association of betting operators to mention that match-fixing is probably the greatest threat to the integrity of sport.

“Together with the ICSS, we are setting concrete actions and commitments to fight match-fixing and fraud. With this collaboration, we want to strengthen each others responses and initiatives. As the historic partner of sport in the EU member states, we are actually the strongest defenders of the integrity of sport and daily contribute to important initiatives like the one from ICSS.”