Quick guide to fair competition Identify manipulation of sports competitions
Manipulation of sports competitions means influencing the progress or result of a competition or game. The influencing is deliberate or distorting, and the objective is to gain unreasonable benefits for the influencer or for some other party or parties. Athletes or other actors associated with manipulation may be banned from sports or suffer legal consequences.
Guidelines
- Never bet on your own matches or league or ask others to do so on your behalf.
- Never disclose inside information about your own team or yourself.
- Report anything suspicious.
- Identify or observe the attempted manipulation of sports competitions.
- Reject the offer politely but firmly.
- Report the request or a possible violation to your sports federation, players’ association, FINCIS or, if you want to, directly to the police.
- Failure to do so may also be punishable.
- Keep all the information you have, such as SMS and email messages sent to you. You can take screenshots to save this information, for instance.
Fair Win online training
Fair Win is a training course that can help different sports stakeholders learn about and review matters related to the manipulation of sports competitions and its prevention. The completion of the Fair Win online training is valid for three years. A diploma is awarded for completing the training, and sharing it on social media, for example, is a strong statement for fair competition
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Report suspected sports violations in the ILMO service
Everyone has the right to make a report if they suspect doping, manipulation of sports competitions, spectator safety violations or observe misconduct. Interfering with violations helps protect athletes and sports in general and ensures that the starting points for all sports stakeholders are equal and safe.
In the ILMO Service, you can report unethical activities of a sports stakeholder related, for example, to the use of doping or harassment. Reports can also be made anonymously and they are processed confidentially for possible further actions.
Report suspected sports violations