” Standing FIRM against illegal and irregular betting around the world ” Presented in Cologne André Noël Chaker 3 October 2011 Veikkaus Oy Play the Game
The World Lottery Association 21 70 26 14 13 144 Member Lotteries 56 Associate Members
Five business areas Education & Training Conventions Lottery standards Communication (magazine and web-site) Member services (Sports betting monitoring a.o.)
AGENDA AGENDA Background on match-fixing F unding I nformation R egulation M onitoring
BAC BACKGROUND KGROUND OF OF MATC MATCH-FIXING FIXING
1915: Manchester U – Liverpool 2-0 8 players suspended for life 1900
“I coulda been a contender” 1900’s – CENTURY OF SPORTS
“ You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.” ON THE WATERFRONT 1972
1987 The Boston College basketball point shaving scandal 1989 Pete Rose & baseball 1970- 1990’s Italy, England cases
THE LIST GOES ON: FINLAND CRICKET TENNIS BELGIUM ITALY HANDBALL ICE HOCKEY GERMANY 2000
DOPING VIOLENCE S INTEGRITY GOVERNANCE ETHICS
TWO MA TWO MAJOR FAC JOR FACTORS TORS 1. The exponential growth of the sports business 2. The exponential growth and impact of the Internet
Standing FIRM F unding 1 I nformation 2 R egulation 3 13 4 M onitoring
1 FUNDING
Sports Funding Elite & grassroots 1 Sport integrity 2 Sport rights 3 15
2 INFORMATION
Information on sports intergrity Athletes ’ education 1 Role of the media 2 Sports information 3 17
3 REGULATION
Stronger regulation Governments: New betting offences 1 Sport organisations: Acceptable bets 2 Betting operators: Codes of conduct 3 19 Global cooperation network – agency? 4
4 MONITORING
The future of monitoring Transparent 1 Effective 2 Global 3 21
Thank you! andre.chaker@veikkaus.fi
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