2022 World Cup: How FIFA plans to combat match-fixing in Qatar
The World Cup starts next week in Qatar. FIFA is taking precautions to prevent match-fixing. Sportradar identified 600 potentially manipulated soccer matches in the first nine months of 2022. FBI is participating in a task force in preparation for the 2026 World Cups in U.S. and in South Africa. In 2016, five betting operators and integrity monitors flagged irregular betting patterns during a World cup qualifying match between South African and Senegal. The irregular bets were centered on the "over" on goals scored. In the case of Ghana v. Ghana, the irregular wagering was correlated to "intentional wrong decisions" by the referee Joseph Lamptey.
