Publications

Betting Integrity for Sport and Horse Racing

The WLA Betting Integrity on Sports and Horse Racing Committee (BISHRC) is
dedicated to furthering the interests of WLA members that provide betting on horse races and sports, as well as to preserving the integrity of sport by leading the fight against match fixing and illegal betting.

The Committee upholds the highest ethical principles and develops materials to assist members in achieving their goals in a transparent, and responsible way.

BISHRC activities:

The BISHRC develops Best Practices guides to assist members with their different activities. The Horse Betting - Marketing Guidelines for Achieving Responsible and Competitive Offers, provides guidance to assist WLA members market horse betting products in a competitive and socially responsible way.

The Anti-money laundering (AML) best practices for lottery and sports betting operators, offers WLA lottery and sports betting operator members useful measures to establish to better protect themselves from potential money launderers. It includes an in-depth use case from Loterie Romande, Switzerland.

The Macolin Convention - A brief guide on the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions explains the benefits of the Convention and how it supports the lottery and sports betting sector and broader global community.

The Committee organizes and participates in events and projects, to raise awareness of the issues related to maintaining sports integrity and combatting sports competition manipulation, together with organizations such as: the annual Sports Integrity Seminar with the United Lotteries for Integrity in Sport (ULIS) and the European Lotteries, and support of the Olympic Movement's Unit on the Prevention of Competition Manipulation, and the Council of Europe WLA works with different partners on this important matter, such as the Council of Europe (CoE) and supports its Addressing Competitions Manipulation Together (ACT) project.

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