EPAS Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport Zoran VEROVNIK EPAS Governing Board Bureau Member

The Council of Europe Founded in 1949 An intergovernmental body, with 47 members Partial agreement on sport (36 members) Peace and unity through values : Democracy Human Rights Rule of Law In Sports, our aims are Promote of CoE values through sport Defend 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 betting An issue of interest for the Council of Europe, because it is a challenge to : Rule of law Public order Sports ethics World-wide gaming and lotteries Need for international cooperation Damaging sport

MATCH-FIXING : A SERIOUS DANGER FOR SPORT Since 2010 : Every day a new case Sport : a new playground for Crime Sports movement and States learn to fight Crime Crime loves internet Crime loves internet Betting can be interesting for Crime Sport is vulnerable

WHY BETTING ATTRACTS CRIME ? online gambling companies can take refuge in tax havens these companies offer their products worldwide, without taking the national legislation into account possible 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 Consulting SPORTS BETTING ZONES

SPORTS BETTING BEFORE & AFTER THE INTERNET 250 betting companies in the world No Inter-States betting Gross Gaming Revenue less than €4 bn Average pay out rate around 75% Traditionnal betting Between 5,000 and 10,000 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 TO QUANTIFY EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF CASES Between 300 and 700 cases every year ?

FOOTBALL : THE MOST AFFECTED SPORT Baseball Basketball Cricket Handball Football : 90%

ECONOMIC BALANCE OF THE FIX Drug trafficking Match fixing Phone-tapping or denunciation = presumption of a Crime € 1m profits = 1 big corruption Sanctions: sentence to 5 years’ imprisonment and €75,000 (France) Possession of drugs = evidence of a crime € 1m sales = 1 year work for a big cocaine dealer in Marseille Sanctions: sentence to 20 years’ imprisonment and €7.5m (France) In many countries : drug dealers face big risks (ban for life or sometimes death penalty (China, Indonesia, Egypt, etc.)

MATCH FIXING DOPING: 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-FIXING DOPING 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 (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

MATCH-FIXING COMBATING MATCH-FIXING MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS SPORTS Disciplinary measures Prevention campaigns MEMBER STATES Law enforcement: Police, Justice Betting regulators s BETTING OPERATORS Responsable gaming Monitoring Need for GLOBAL cooperation

MINISTERIAL MEETINGS Athens 2008 : Autonomy and Ethics Baku 2010 : Match-fixing Belgrade 2012 : Match-fixing (feasibility study) Magglingen (Switzerland) 2014 : Fight against corruption in the governance of sport September

FIRST SIGNATORIES Lithuania Montenegro Norway The Neatherlands Russia Serbia Switzerland Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Denmark Finland Georgia Germany Greece

SCOPE of CONVENTION Prevention and co-operation Exchange of information Implementation of criminal law Sanctions International cooperation Follow-up

MEASURES ON BETTTING MARKET Betting regulatory authority or other competent authority/ies Fight against illegal betting Conflicts of interest National platforms – exchange of information Possible 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 Law enforcementRegulator Betting Industry Sports federations National Platform

GOOD PRACTICES IOC -Draft Olympic Movement Code on Competition Manipulation -IBIS = Integrity Betting Intelligence System FIFA Integrity Initiative FIFA Early Warning System GmbH

NATIONAL PLATFORM Denmark - Integrity Office - Legislation Finland - National Platform France – National Platform Italy – National Platform Norway – National Platform UK - National Platform - Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan - UKantiCorruptionPlan

Our vision World-wide mobilisation (IOC esp.) Cooperation (Sport/BO/PA????) Education, prevention Effective detection (betting monitoring systems + exchange of intelligence) Clear legal provisions Effective law-enforcement Sports movement rules, regulations

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