By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Brazil's federal government plans to establish a sports betting monitoring room by the end of 2026, iGaming Brazil reported. The proposed unit would identify suspicious activity and help combat match-fixing.
The planned monitoring room would give authorities a dedicated unit to identify suspicious betting activity and combat match-fixing.
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