Brazil's Ministry of Sport, in partnership with the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), has launched a free course called "Jogo Não se Manipula" (Games Aren't to be Manipulated).
The course offers information on preventing and addressing sports result manipulation. and is open to the public and accessible through the Ministry of Sport's official website.
The material covers sports integrity, identifying suspicious behavior, preventing risk situations, and monitoring and reporting mechanisms, along with the relationship between competition integrity and sports betting.
It comes as 58% of Brazilians associate sports betting with match-fixing, according to a recent survey by Ipsos-Ipec, underscoring the relevance of building public understanding around competition integrity. The research also found that 68% of respondents agreed betting sponsorship in football should be prohibited.
The initiative also aims to expand access to information that can help identify situations posing a risk to competition integrity, targeting both people working across the sports ecosystem and anyone interested in the topic.
The course is offered in two formats tailored to different audiences: one for athletes and members of the sports community, and another for public security forces working on preventing and addressing match-fixing.
Participants select the format matching their profile before accessing the corresponding content.
In other betting integrity-related news today around the world, The Ghana Football Association has confirmed that no betting companies are licensed to offer odds on domestic football matches and the Australian Government has introduced a bill to make match-fixing a federal criminal offense.
Recently, ANJL announced its support for Juventus APAC, a project representing Clube Atlético Juventus in leading amputee football competitions in Brazil and abroad, currently made up of 27 athletes.
The company has also held a governance and regulation-focused event in Brasília earlier this year as part of its measures to expand responsible gambling.
ANJL has supported Brazil's new advertising measures and believes advertising that fails to comply with the rules damages the reputation of the entire regulated sector
