{"id":464347,"date":"2022-12-01T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=464347"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:02:29","slug":"ontario-bans-ufc-betting-over-integrity-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ontario-bans-ufc-betting-over-integrity-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario bans UFC betting over &#8220;integrity issues&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has banned all UFC betting, it was announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The AGCO decided to ban the UFC from its sportsbooks due to integrity concerns. The AGCO oversees the regulated gaming industry in Ontario, requires sports governing bodies to enforce codes of conduct that include prohibitions on betting by insiders and to have sufficient integrity safeguards in place to mitigate the risk of match-fixing.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement, the AGCO, the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span>\u00a0does not prohibit all insiders from betting on\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span> events, which could include an athlete\u2019s coaches, managers, handlers, athletic trainers, medical professionals, or other persons with access to non-public information.<\/p>\n<p>Along with that, the AGCO says in recent weeks, they learned of publicized alleged incidents, including possible betting by insiders, as well as reports of suspicious betting patterns in other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<h3>UFC banned fighters, coaches from betting in October<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Standards exist to protect the betting public and to provide the necessary safeguards against odds manipulation, match-fixing and other integrity issues,&#8221; Tom Mungham, Registrar and\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">AGCO,<\/span>\u00a0said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agco.ca\/blog\/lottery-and-gaming\/dec-2022\/agco-requires-ontario-gaming-operators-stop-offering-and-accepting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;This is not a decision we take lightly, knowing the popularity of <span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span>\u00a0events in Ontario\u2019s sports books. However, the risks of insider betting on event and wagering integrity should be highly concerning to all. It certainly is to us. We will continue to work with gaming operators, the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">OLG<\/span>, iGaming Ontario and\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span>\u00a0to ensure that wagering on\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span>\u00a0events meets the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">AGCO<\/span>\u2019s\u00a0Standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-bans-fighters-and-their-teams-from-betting-on-fights\/\">announced on Oct. 18 that fighters and their teams were banned from betting on fights<\/a>. In a memo, chief business officer Hunter Campbell wrote that it was from the direction of the regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, all legal sportsbooks in Ontario have removed odds for all upcoming events. However, the <span class=\"caps\">AGCO<\/span>\u00a0has indicated to operators that, once the necessary remedial steps have been taken, they may provide information demonstrating that\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UFC<\/span>\u00a0bets or betting products meet the Registrar\u2019s\u00a0Standards.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of the AGCO banning UFC bets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has banned all UFC betting, it was announced on Thursday. The AGCO decided to ban the UFC from its sportsbooks due to integrity concerns. The AGCO oversees the regulated gaming industry in Ontario, requires sports governing bodies to enforce codes of conduct that include prohibitions on betting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":464349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ontario bans UFC betting over &quot;integrity issues&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has banned all UFC betting, it was announced on Thursday, due to integrity issues.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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