Illegal Sports Betting Around the World

While football fans around the world look forward to the FIFA World Cup next month, the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) released a report warning governments on the threats of illegal sports betting. The ICSS, in partnership with Sarbonne University, looked at data on tax havens, legal and illegal gambling, online betting and match fixing. The international sports-betting market is worth an estimated $280 billion to $680 billion. Fully 80 percent of sports-betting is considered i...