- More than 110 participants from 50 countries joined the webinar organized by ULIS and the Council of Europe.
- ULIS monitored 920,000+ events in 2025 and generated 1,093 alerts worldwide.
- The Annual Monitoring Report highlights trends and shifting risk patterns and expanded capability via the One-Stop Integrity Platform.
More than 110 participants from 50 countries joined an online webinar on Monday 26 January 2026 organized by the United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) and the Council of Europe, as ULIS presented the main findings from its Annual Monitoring Report for 2025.
The Annual Monitoring Report sets out key trends observed through the monitoring of sports events over the last year. ULIS monitored more than 920,000 sports events worldwide in 2025 and generated 1,093 alerts. An alert indicates that a suspicious betting pattern was detected that could suggest a potential risk of competition manipulation; an alert does not by itself confirm that manipulation occurred. The report highlights, among other issues, where integrity risks are most frequently detected, how the geographic distribution is evolving, and which sports and competition levels warrant particular attention.
The 2025 findings presented during the webinar indicate that Asia, followed by Europe, remained the regions with the largest share of flagged matches. At the same time, ULIS reported growing alert volumes in Oceania and North America. ULIS’s monitoring results also show that football remained the sport associated with the highest number of suspicious alerts, followed by basketball and esports.
The Annual Monitoring Report also points to a shift in the competition profile of alerts. ULIS reported that alerts increasingly affected top-tier domestic competitions and youth competitions. Around one-third of youth-competition alerts were classified as red alerts, highlighting a segment of the competition landscape that, in ULIS’s assessment, warrants particular attention.
Last year marks the first year that monitoring could rely on our new One-Stop Integrity Platform, which enhanced our monitoring capabilities, supported by AI-driven technology, and contributed to expanded coverage and detection. The introduction of the new platform also positively impacted members and partners engagement. We observed a 77% increase from 2024 to 2025 in their engagement. This is a positive development because alert detection and analysis are based on information and intelligence provided by our members and partners.
Following the webinar, we have made the 2025 Annual Monitoring Report available on the ULIS website. Readers are invited to consult the report (see link below) for the full details of the monitoring findings and the integrity trends identified. ULIS and its partners are committed to continuing collaboration in monitoring and information exchange to support integrity efforts across the globe.
