We don't believe that anyone starts the sport when they're a little kid intending to choose this route which takes us back around to the education side being so important. We want to ensure that players have the appropriate level of education to support them in making those right choices and alive to the risks that are out there.
One of the things we talk about in the education we do with the juniors is that a corruptor isn't an archetypical villain. Tey're likely someone you've met on the tour - another player or someone who's with another player on the tour. Many people players meet in the sport will be fantastic, but they need to be mindful that there is a very small minority who have ulterior intentions.
Betting, match fixing and inside information rules are fixtures across different sporting anti-corruption and integrity regulations. Unique to tennis is wild cards - namely the threat of giving money or any form of compensation in exchange for entry to an event. Could you tell us more about this threat and the challenges it poses to sporting integrity?
It's essential that all sports consider and assess their own risks and respond to that. Wild cards are something that's unique to tennis where event operators can give players who wouldn't have qualified via ranking the ability to play in a competition. Because of that they're potentially valuable commodities, so it's important that we ensure they are managed in the right way, and they're not being used for someone else's profit. Tere have been instances of wild cards being abused, but we don't see it as the major challenge facing the sport.
How can sporting bodies work closer together to fight illegal betting? What scope is there for better collaboration?
We work particularly closely with sports who've got their own integrity units, such as athletics, biathlon and cricket. Ultimately, the people behind corruption aren't doing it because they love a particular sport. Tey're always going to look for where the weakest link is. Te more we can work with sports to share experiences, the more we can help each other to ensure sport has as many protections in place as it can.
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What steps is the ITIA taking to further protect competition integrity in the face of technology advancements and the rising risk of illegal activity in sports?
Our biggest challenge is making sure that they evolve. Ideally want to stay one step ahead of potential corrupters. For that reason, innovation is one of our values and it's something that we're constantly challenging ourselves on.
We've recently brought in our own in-house betting expert which is something I think is unique. We've got someone who over and above knows what the betting industry is doing and is looking at the markets and potential movements purely from a tennis perspective.
We're always looking at new tools that we can use such as open-source analytical tools to ensure that we're maximising the amount of intelligence we're getting.
We have a real focus on engagement with the sport and building trust because the best source of information for us is from the game. Alongside all the smart technological stuff, building those relationships and getting information from people on the ground is so important.
We work closely with the betting industry so that they have the trust and confidence in what we're doing, they see the value in passing information on to us and knowing that when they do, we will handle that sensitively and, where appropriate, there'll be sanctions at the end of it. Equally, it's important that we feedback to the integrity providers.
We can tell them about trends, markets that being targeted, matches that we've identified as being potentially corrupted they didn't pick up as match alerts. In turn that helps us feed their intelligence cycle and improve the information they're passing back to us.
Te key is continuing to build that collaboration and trust. Tat's why conferences such as IAGA are so important because they give the opportunity for people to get to know each other, to build those relationships and look for more opportunities to keep sharing information and collaborating.
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