EPASEnlarged Partial Agreement

on Sport

Zoran VEROVNIKEPAS Governing Board Bureau Member

zoran.verovnik@gov.si

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