Meet The Company Policing Match-Fixing At The World Cup
Sportradar works with FIFA to combat betting corruption during the 2022 World Cup. FIFA has enlisted Sportradars to monitor every bet and look out for irregularities. SportRadar has identified more than 700 matches so far this year that have been manipulated by players or officials.
Soccer is the most popular sport for match-fixers. Organized crime groups use sports match fixing to launder proceeds from drugs and prostitution. Team captains, goalkeepers and defenders are the targeted players. Sportradar has found 1,100 suspicious soccer matches this year. Krannich's team processes 35 billion odds changes a year during 890,000 sports games in 90 sports. The World Cup in Qatar is expected to generate more than €1 billion for each match. According to Europol, gangs make an estimated €120 million from match fixers each year and the global betting market loses $25 million to matchfixing every year, but sports betting companies generated nearly $70 billion in 2020.
