The UK Gambling Commission has published the Sports Betting Integrity Forum (SBIF)  new action plan to address risks to the integrity of sports and sports betting.

SBIF, the government-backed initiative, was launched in November 2014 to focus on issues such as match-fixing and corruption in the UK sport by bringing together representatives from sports governing bodies, betting operators, sport and betting trade associations, law enforcement and gambling regulation.

Through the new ‘Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan’, the SBIF will focus on delivering timely and effective actions to identify and control risks associated with match-fixing and sports betting integrity.

“The integrity of sport is absolutely paramount and we have to do all we can to protect it. The Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan is about ensuring that Britain remains a safe place to bet on sport and to tackle any threat of corruption that emerges,” said UK Minister for Sport and Gambling Tracey Crouch.