Brazil’s Ministry of Sports Signs Landmark Integrity Pact with Sportradar to Combat Match-Fixing

The agreement represents a key milestone in Brazil’s push to crack down on match-fixing and betting-related corruption, with the government aiming to build a robust regulatory framework ahead of the full rollout of its formalised betting market.

As part of the deal, Sportradar will provide the Ministry of Sports with access to its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), a globally recognised monitoring tool that analyses betting patterns across thousands of matches worldwide to identify suspicious activity. The agreement also includes extensive staff training, data-sharing protocols, and ongoing technical support to enhance the ministry’s ability to monitor and respond to integrity threats in real time.

The partnership is the latest in a series of coordinated efforts between Sportradar and Brazilian public institutions. In addition to the Ministry of Sports, Sportradar has already established similar integrity-focused agreements with the Ministry of Finance, the Attorney's Office of Goiás, and national sporting federations including the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV), and 17 state-level football associations. Together, these relationships are laying the foundation for a more transparent, collaborative approach to protecting sports from manipulation and unlawful betting practices.

Under the agreement, Sportradar will share anonymised data and alerts from its UFDS platform with ministry officials and deliver specialised workshops aimed at strengthening investigative capacity. The first of these training sessions is scheduled to take place on 15 May and will include participants from both the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Finance—highlighting the cross-governmental nature of Brazil’s integrity push.

Sportradar Executive Vice President Andreas Krannich described the agreement as a significant step in aligning public and private efforts in the fight against match-fixing. “Establishing this partnership with the Ministry of Sports is an important milestone in strengthening sports integrity in Brazil,” Krannich said. “As a global integrity leader, leveraging cutting-edge technology to prevent and combat match-fixing, we believe that protecting competitions requires coordinated action between the public and private sectors.”

The agreement comes at a time of major commercial growth for Sportradar, which recently posted a 17% year-on-year increase in revenue to €311 million and swung to a €24.3 million profit in the first quarter of 2025, reversing a €649,000 loss from Q1 2024. Its integrity services division in particular has seen rapid expansion, recording a 33% increase in revenue—driven by mounting demand from governments, regulators, and sporting bodies for high-tech fraud detection solutions.

For Brazil, this collaboration with Sportradar signals a clear commitment to putting integrity at the heart of its newly regulated sports betting environment. As the country moves to finalise legal and operational guidelines for betting operators, government officials are placing integrity and consumer protection at the forefront of their agenda. With Sportradar now embedded as a key partner, Brazil appears poised to set a regional benchmark for integrity-led betting governance.