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EPASEnlarged Partial Agreement
on Sport
Zoran VEROVNIKEPAS Governing Board Bureau Member
The Council of EuropeFounded in 1949An intergovernmental body, with 47 membersPartial agreement on sport (36 members)Peace and unity through values :
DemocracyHuman RightsRule of Law
In Sports, our aims are Promote of CoE values through sportDefend CoE values in Sport
Sport for All – Ethics in sport
Reform of Intergovernmental Sport Cooperation
Why partial? A Partial Agreement: activities on themes open to interested Countries
Why enlarged? Open to non-member states of the Council of Europe
Members
36Member states: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.
Observer: Italy, New Zealand
NGOs: ENGSO, UEFA, FIRA-AER, European Judo Federation, Peace&Sport, EGLSF, ESFAN-TAFISA, EOC, EPC, FIBA-Europe, ISCA, EFPM, Homeless World Cup, Sport Accord, ICSSPE, ...
Statutory duties
Standard Setting
Monitoring
Support (training, seminars)
Ministerial Conferences
Two +1 Conventions
European Convention
on Spectator Violence (1985)
Anti-Doping Convention
(1989)
Convention on the
manipulation of sport
Competitions(2014)
Manipulations of competitions(match fixing)
New threat linked to online bettingAn issue of interest for the Council of Europe, because it is a challenge to :
Rule of lawPublic orderSports ethics
World-wide gaming and lotteriesNeed for international cooperationDamaging sport
MATCH-FIXING :MATCH-FIXING :A SERIOUS DANGER FOR SPORA SERIOUS DANGER FOR SPORTT
Since 2010 : Every day a new case
Since 2010 : Every day a new case
Sport : a new playground for Crime
Sport : a new playground for Crime
Sports movement and States learn to fight Crime
Sports movement and States learn to fight Crime
Crime loves internetCrime loves internet
Betting canbe interesting for Crime
Betting canbe interesting for Crime
Sport is vulnerableSport is vulnerable
WHY BETTING ATTRACTS WHY BETTING ATTRACTS CRIMECRIME ??
online gambling companies can take refuge in tax havens
these companies offer their products worldwide, without taking the national legislation into accountpossible to bet on everything (even Live, during a sports event) with average pay out rates close to 100%
target “professionals” (traders, money launderers, arbitrators)
Monopoly
Prohibition
License
Source: CK Consultinghttp://www.gamblingsites.com/online-gambling-jurisdictions/
SPORTS BETTING ZONES
SPORTS BETTINGSPORTS BETTINGBEFORE & AFTER THE BEFORE & AFTER THE INTERNET INTERNET
•250 betting companiesin the world
•No Inter-States betting
•Gross Gaming Revenue less than €4 bn
•Average pay out ratearound 75%
•Traditionnal betting
• Between 5,000 and10,000 betting companies
• More than 80% of the betting sales are illegal
• Gross Gaming Revenue : around €16 bn
• Average pay out rate : over 95%
• Live Betting now represents 60% of sales
Before 1995
IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY EXACTLYTO QUANTIFY EXACTLYTHE NUMBER OF CASESTHE NUMBER OF CASES
Between 300 and 700 cases every year
?
FOOTBALL : FOOTBALL : THE MOST AFFECTED THE MOST AFFECTED SPORTSPORT
Baseball
BasketballCricket Handball
Football : 90%
ECONOMIC BALANCE OF THE ECONOMIC BALANCE OF THE FIXFIX
In many countries :
drug dealers face big risks (ban for life
or sometimes death penalty
(China, Indonesia, Egypt, etc.)
In many countries :
drug dealers face big risks (ban for life
or sometimes death penalty
(China, Indonesia, Egypt, etc.)
MATCH FIXING DOPING: MATCH FIXING DOPING: WHAT DIFFERENCE WHAT DIFFERENCE ??
Cheating to LOSE
• High probability to succeed
• Often organised by a group (Crime)
• Very difficult to come back (links with OC)
• Direct impact on fans
Cheating to LOSE
• High probability to succeed
• Often organised by a group (Crime)
• Very difficult to come back (links with OC)
• Direct impact on fans
MATCH-FIXINGMATCH-FIXING DOPINGDOPING
Cheating to WIN
• Not sure to succeed
• Individual act
• Possibility to stop doping
• Indirect impact on fans
Cheating to WIN
• Not sure to succeed
• Individual act
• Possibility to stop doping
• Indirect impact on fans
LOTTERIES ARE AN ESSENTIEL SOURCE OF FUNDING OF SPORTS
2.5 Billion € - Total money for sports funded by EL Members in 2012 - (100 times more than the World Anti Doping Agency)Lotteries’ funding to sports represents 20% of national sport public budgets in Europe 70% of this amount has been allocated to grassroots sports
COMBATING MATCH-FIXINGMATCH-FIXINGMULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS
MINISTERIAL MEETINGS
Athens 2008 : Autonomy and EthicsBaku 2010 : Match-fixingBelgrade 2012 : Match-fixing (feasibility study)Magglingen (Switzerland) 2014 : Fight against corruption in the governance of sport 17-19 September
FIRST SIGNATORIES
LithuaniaMontenegroNorwayThe NeatherlandsRussiaSerbiaSwitzerland
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBulgariaDenmarkFinlandGeorgiaGermanyGreece
SCOPE of CONVENTION
Prevention and co-operation Exchange of informationImplementation of criminal lawSanctionsInternational cooperationFollow-up
MEASURES ON BETTTING MARKET
Betting regulatory authority or other competent authority/iesFight against illegal bettingConflicts of interestNational platforms – exchange of informationPossible restriction on the events / type of bets
ILLEGAL BETTING
“illegal betting” means all sports betting activity whose type or operator is not allowed under the applicable law of the jurisdiction where the consumer is located;
NATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEMS
GOOD PRACTICES
IOC - Draft Olympic Movement Code on
Competition Manipulation- IBIS = Integrity Betting Intelligence
System
FIFA Integrity InitiativeFIFA Early Warning System GmbH
NATIONAL PLATFORM
Denmark - Integrity Office - Legislation
Finland - National PlatformFrance – National PlatformItaly – National PlatformNorway – National PlatformUK - National Platform
- Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan
- UKantiCorruptionPlan
Our vision
World-wide mobilisation (IOC esp.)Cooperation (Sport/BO/PA????)Education, preventionEffective detection (betting monitoring systems + exchange of intelligence)Clear legal provisionsEffective law-enforcement Sports movement rules, regulations
Thank you for your attention.For more information on EPAS:
www.coe.int/epas