UK betting group, Ladbrokes, commented it has joined the Western european Sports Security organisation in an attempt to help the struggle against gambling corruption. As a member of ESSA, Ladbrokes must commit to the reporting of irregular betting patterns and use ESSA’s alert System. Ladbrokes’ membership marks the 1st time a betting group which has operations both on and offline joins the organisation.
This is a vital step to making sure ESSA becomes the general standard organization which has the support of both offline and online operators, asserted Khalid Ali, the Secretary General of ESSA. We welcome Ladbrokes and we are sure they have a vital contribution to developing industry wide standards in this area. We might urge all operators in the bizz, offline and online to wok with ESSA.
The Western european Sports Security organisation is devoted to making improvements to the sharing of info between gambling operators and sports bodies, announced the Trading Director of Ladbrokes, Mike O’Kane. Now the difficulty is encircled by rumour and sensationalism, while in fact the occurrence of gambling corruption in sport is minimal. By giving regulators and sporting bodies a full and correct picture of strange gambling patterns, we are able to help them in safeguarding the integrity and reputation of both sport and its participants, he said.