A summary of GLMS activities in the first six months of 2018

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) has been monitoring the online lottery alerts and providing alerts. Here is a summary of its activities in the first six months.

From January to June 2018, GLMS reported 42 matches to its partners out of our 355 alerts. Out of these, 23 were UEFA matches and 8 were FIFA matches. Most reports were triggered from Football which we have noticed irregularities during daily monitoring. The rest of the alerts were sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) or Local Gaming Authorities.

Out of these 355 alerts that were created in the first half of 2018, 282 were created before the start of the match while 27 alerts were based on in-play odds changes and 46 alerts were triggered after matches had ended. Out of these 355 alerts, 37 were code red and 76 per cent of these matches ended as expected. There were 131 yellow alerts where 69 per cent of them ended as expected. There were 132 green alerts and the rest are request or information provided from our Members or Partners.

Football was by far the sport which generated the vast majority of alerts, with 264 alerts in the first half of the year. There were 46 alerts from Basketball and 15 were from Tennis. Out of the 355 alerts, 28 alerts were alerted due to suspicious odds changes mainly reported during in-play and 145 alerts were created due to significant odds changes, 68 per cent of which ended as expected. 79 alerts were created due to team related news or motivation adjustments while the rest of them were generated following requests from members or partners.