UNODC says that illegal sports betting and match-fixing have grown into a huge transnational business worth billions of dollars. (...) The rise of match-fixing can be linked to the rise of online gambling, which increased the number of people with direct economic interest in sport competitions.
The commercialization of sport has led to more lucrative gains from sport-related betting. During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, 5,000 people were arrested in connection with sport betting in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and more than $10 million was seized.
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The report also analyzes the role of illegal betting and competition manipulation, by Unsplash/Anastasiia Chepinska
It notes that corruption in sports is not a new phenomenon, since fraudulent activities have existed since the ancient Olympic Games, but points to a “substantial increase” in the past two decades.
Globalization, a huge influx of money, the rapid growth of legal and illegal sports betting, and technological advances, are making it increasingly attractive to criminal networks seeking to exploit sport for profit, it says.
The report also analyzes the role of illegal betting, competition manipulation, abuse, the susceptibility of major sporting events to fraudsters, and the involvement of organized crime, among others.
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Sports betting shops, casinos and lottery gaming are cropping up rapidly in the country’s major urban centres as punters strive to make an extra coin and satisfy a growing appetite for gaming and gambling. (...) Mhembere, adding that gambling has increased, particularly in the past three years. New markets like sports betting have attracted the young people, bringing in new money.
(...) “Social demand for gambling has improved with the advent of sports betting as the youth can now infuse their sporting interests with gaming interests.
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One exception is Nevada, where tolerance of gambling extended into cyberspace last January when on-line sports book betting became legal. But all bets are off unless the player is physically located within the state and connected modem-to-modem, not over the open Internet, says Greg Gale, acting chief of the state Gaming Board's Electronic Services Division.
Nevada's first on-line gaming license was awarded to International Sports Wagering (ISW) of Little Falls, N.J., for its Sportxction application. Developed at a cost of $8 million, Sportxction allows gamblers to bet in real time on a live sporting event from their home PCs or from a dedicated kiosk at a casino.
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The addendum also reiterated Antigua and Barbuda's claim that a prohibition on the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services results from the cumulative application of the measures listed in the Annex. (...) The Panel request reiterates the claim made in Antigua and Barbuda's request for consultations that the laws referred to in Sections I and II of the Annex have the effect of prohibiting all supply of gambling and betting services from outside the United States to consumers in the United States. (...) As to whether these measures do, in fact, affect cross-border trade in gambling and betting services, this is to be answered during the Panel's proceedings and cannot, in our opinion, be the subject of a preliminary ruling at this early stage.
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The addendum also reiterated Antigua and Barbuda's claim that a prohibition on the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services results from the
* Sent to the parties on 29 October 2003. (...) The Panel request reiterates the claim made in Antigua and Barbuda's request for consultations that the laws referred to in Sections I and II of the Annex have the effect of prohibiting all supply of gambling and betting services from outside the United States to consumers in the United States. (...) Although it may be difficult at this stage to understand why Antigua and Barbuda is challenging such penal laws and how they violate the GATS, it is conceptually possible that these measures are measures affecting cross-border trade in gambling and betting services within the meaning of the GATS. In any event, the Panel notes that Antigua and Barbuda stated in its Panel request that "the measures listed in the Annex only come within the scope of this dispute to the extent that these measures prevent or can prevent operators from Antigua and Barbuda from lawfully offering gambling and betting services in the United States under conditions of competition compatible with the United States' obligations."32 As to whether these measures do, in fact, affect cross-border trade in gambling and betting services, this is to be answered during the Panel's proceedings and cannot, in our opinion, be the subject of a preliminary ruling at this early stage.
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The United States contests Antigua's argument that, with respect to "non-sports" betting and gambling, the United States could implement through issuance of a presidential executive order. (...) Secondly, the United States rejects Antigua's distinction between the supply of "non-sports related and horseracing" gambling and betting services, on the one hand, and the supply of "other sports-related" gambling and betting services, on the other. (...) Neither the Panel nor the Appellate Body referred to the distinction that Antigua now draws, namely between the United States' regulation of the supply of "non-sports related and horseracing" gambling and betting services, on the one hand, and its regulation of the supply of "other sports-related" gambling and betting services, on the other.
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Clubs and gambling houses The code indicates Clubs and gambling houses. Gamings and bets (casinos; races; lotto) The code indicates Gamings and bets (casinos; races; lotto). (...) Organs, blood and human milk The code indicates Organs, blood and human milk. Sport meetings The code indicates Sport meetings.
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Guterres highlights power of sport for inclusive, sustainable future
6 April 2021
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UN and partners promote sport as a tool to prevent violent extremism
18 September 2020
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Ambassadors, senior UN officials, representatives of global sports organizations, and managers of some of the world’s top athletes met virtually on Friday to underline the role that sport can play in combating violent extremism and radicalization (...) Unsplash/Mitch Rosen
Global initiative launched to keep top sports events safe from terrorism
3 February 2020
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Representatives from international sporting federations and the private sector joined with ambassadors at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to launch a global programme aimed at safeguarding major sporting events from terrorism-related threats.
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UNVMC/Jennifer Moreno
Guterres highlights power of sport for inclusive, sustainable future
6 April 2021
SDGs
The United Nations Secretary-General on Tuesday urged everyone involved in the sport sector to help advance climate action, combat discrimination and prejudice, and ensure that global sporting events leave a positive legacy.
UNMISS/Flickr
UN and partners promote sport as a tool to prevent violent extremism
18 September 2020
Peace and Security
Ambassadors, senior UN officials, representatives of global sports organizations, and managers of some of the world’s top athletes met virtually on Friday to underline the role that sport can play in combating violent extremism and radicalization (...) Unsplash/Mitch Rosen
Global initiative launched to keep top sports events safe from terrorism
3 February 2020
Peace and Security
Representatives from international sporting federations and the private sector joined with ambassadors at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to launch a global programme aimed at safeguarding major sporting events from terrorism-related threats.
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