GLMS issues 162 suspicious betting alerts in 2020 21st January 2021 | By Robert Fletcher The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), the sports betting integrity body for the lottery industry, has revealed it sent out 162 suspicious betting alerts to partners in 2020, a 3.2% increase on the previous year. Alerts sent to partners, including a number of major sports governing bodies, were in relation to 126 matches over the past 12 months. These alerts mainly concerned football, with 110 sent out, including 44 to Fifa and 38 to Uefa, football’s global and European governing bodies, respectively. Seven alerts were sent to the International Olympic Committee, with the other 73 split between the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC), the Swiss Lottery and Betting Board, the Tennis Integrity Unit and other partners.