Recently, the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) launched a new edition of the Sport Integrity Journal (SIJ), dedicated to Sports Betting Integrity and the Future of Integrity Frameworks in Latin America.
The document comprises five chapters and a total of 22 articles. The chapters are: 1. From Risk to Response: Legal Frameworks, Enforcement, and the Fight Against Match-Fixing (4 articles); 2. Building the Foundations: Governance, Cooperation, and Institutional Readiness (4 articles); 3. Protecting Integrity Within the Sports Movement (5 articles); 4. Prevention First: Education, Awareness, and Capacity Building as the First Line of Defense (4 articles); and 5. Towards a More Connected Region: Cooperation, Transparency, and Shared Learning (5 articles).
Bringing together 24 contributors across eight countries, this Special Edition provides one of the most comprehensive multi-stakeholder reflections to date on the challenges, opportunities, and reforms shaping sports betting integrity across Latin America.
In this context, Chapter 4 features the article “The Role of Media and Industry Events in Public Perception of Integrity in Sports and Betting,” written by Roman Frymer, Co-Founder and Content Manager at G&M News, a SIGA Media Partner and the only outlet in the gaming industry to hold this role.
Regarding his participation, Frymer stated: “It is truly an honor for me and for all of G&M News -as a media partner of SIGA– to have been invited to write an article for the Sport Integrity Journal. This privilege is even greater when I consider the caliber of the contributors, who are specialists from the Latin American gaming sector and around the world. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity SIGA gave me to share the experiences of G&M News and G&M Events, and to explain why integrity in sports and betting is a cornerstone of our daily job. As a media outlet, we have an obligation to convey and promote integrity both within and outside the industry. We will continue along this path, working together with SIGA and our other industry partners.”
DIVERSE TOPICS AND GLOBAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS
As regulated sports betting markets continue to consolidate throughout the region, SIGA LATIN AMERICA believes this is a critical moment to move beyond isolated and reactive approaches and towards a more coordinated, preventive and sustainable integrity framework.
The new edition brings together public authorities, regulators, sports organizations, betting industry representatives, legal and compliance experts, international specialists, media and other key stakeholders from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Paraguay. Experts from Portugal, Italy, and the United States also shared their experiences.
Contributions include first-hand experiences from public authorities and regulated markets, lessons from leading sports organizations such as the NFL, CONMEBOL, CBF, the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation and Federação Paulista de Futebol, and perspectives from experts working directly on regulation and regional cooperation.
Among the issues addressed are the role of public authorities in protecting Sport Integrity; Anti-Money Laundering and international cooperation; comparative approaches to the criminalization of competition manipulation; compliance and institutional capacity in regulated markets; the responsibilities of operators; integrity programs within sports organizations; athlete education and prevention; responsible gambling; media and public perception; financial intelligence; regulatory harmonization, and legal cooperation across Latin America.
The publication also reinforces SIGA LATIN AMERICA’s growing role as a reform-oriented regional convening body, bringing together governments, regulators, the sports movement, industry and civil society around a shared agenda of Integrity, transparency, accountability and cooperation.
Apart from Frymer, the contributors to this Special Edition are: Alessandra Puig (Legal, Compliance and Integrity Director, SevenX Gaming; SIGA LATIN AMERICA Member); Ana Barbara Costa Teixeira (Founder Associate, AMIG; Government Relations Director, ABRAJOGO; Member, SIGA LATIN AMERICA Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity); Andre Megale (Director of Integrity & Good Governance, SIGA LATIN AMERICA); Bruno Geraldini (CEO, SevenX Gaming; SIGA LATIN AMERICA Member); Carolina Gatti (Lawyer, RondinoMegale; Legal Consultant, SIGA LATIN AMERICA); Cecilia Perez Rivas (Former Minister of Justice, Paraguay; Associate Lawyer, Julia Abogados; Lecturer, Metropolitan University of Asuncion); Evert Montero Cardenas (President, Fecoljuegos); Fred Justo (Director of AML, Legitimuz; Member, SIGA LATIN AMERICA Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity); Giovanni Rocco Neto (National Secretary for Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport, Ministry of Sport of Brazil; Member, SIGA LATIN AMERICA Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity); Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini (Independent Chairman, SIGA; Magistrate; International Anti-Corruption Expert); Graciela Garay (Compliance Director, CONMEBOL); João Paulo Almeida (Sport Integrity Consultant; Co-Chair, SIGA Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity); Jose Francisco Manssur (Partner, CSMV Advogados; Chair, SIGA LATIN AMERICA Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity); Lorena Rojas (President, Paraguayan Association of Gaming Operators, APOJA); Marcelo Pontes Viana (Secretary for Private Integrity, Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil, CGU); Pedro Barroso (Member, Brazilian Football Integrity Unit, Brazilian Football Confederation, CBF); Rafael Ávila (Technical Consultant in Public Policy on Responsible Gambling and Gambling Disorder, Ministry of Health; Founder, Player Protection and Support Association, APAJ); Renato Renatino (Legal Manager, Federação Paulista de Futebol); Ricardo Saadi (President, Council for Financial Activities Control, COAF); Sabrina Perel (Chief Compliance Officer, National Football League, NFL); Santiago Alban (Managing Partner, HEKA; Gaming Law Expert in Ecuador and Latin America); Thiago Esteves Grigorovski (Lawyer; Legal and Internal Control Manager, Brazilian Volleyball Confederation, CBV), and William Bonalume (Expert in Compliance, KYC and Fraud Prevention).
The new Special Edition builds on SIGA LATIN AMERICA’s sustained work on Sports Betting Integrity, including its Permanent Committee on Sports Betting Integrity, the Forum on Betting, Integrity and Regulation (FAIR), its cooperation with public authorities and its continued advocacy for the implementation of the highest standards of integrity across the rapidly evolving Latin American sports betting ecosystem.
By creating an independent and plural platform for informed discussion, the Sport Integrity Journal continues to serve as an important vehicle for knowledge-sharing, critical reflection, and action-oriented reform.
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