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April 18, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.·1 min read

NAT076 – (BOX-Sports-Betting)
TORONTO. x–16s. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is requiring all registered gaming operators who offer sports betting to stop accepting wagers on World Boxing Association events. The regulator has concerns that W-B-A-sanctioned boxing matches don’t have adequate safeguards in place to protect against match fixing and insider betting. C-E-O Karin Schnarr says the regulator detected suspicious betting activity on a December title fight in Florida and W-B-A events can be reinstated if operators can show those matches are effectively supervised.
(“..betting on.”) (SOURCE:The Canadian Press)

TAG: The regulator says two independent integrity monitors and an Ontario registered iGaming operator detected “suspicious betting patterns” in the December fight.

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NAT075 – (BOX-Sports-Betting)
TORONTO. x–15s. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is requiring all registered gaming operators who offer sports betting to stop accepting wagers on World Boxing Association events. The regulator has concerns that W-B-A-sanctioned boxing matches don’t have adequate safeguards in place to protect against match fixing and insider betting. C-E-O Karin Schnarr says it’s a rare move.
(“..take this.”) (SOURCE:The Canadian Press)

TAG: The commission had been reviewing what it calls “suspicious wagering activity” on a December title fight in Florida between Yoenis Tellez and Livan Navarro.

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NAT074 – (BOX-Sports-Betting)
TORONTO. x–29s. (Allison Jones) The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is requiring all registered gaming operators who offer sports betting to stop accepting wagers on World Boxing Association events. (SOURCE:The Canadian Press)

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