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The double Olympic medalist Joel González has participated today in the Research and Doctorate Day 'Science without Borders' organized by the Catholic University of Murcia.

In the process of realization of his doctoral thesis, Joel has presented a poster about his research with the title 'Sports betting can be a key indicator for the detection of match-fixing'.

The cornerstone of his work is the information provided by sports betting to detect a possible match: "The biggest clue is the fluctuation of money." One of the important pillars to determine if there has been a match fixing or not, is determined by If in a game that has a previous valuation of 5,000 to 7,000 euros, there are 20,000 euros wagered on one of the alarms, from which the encounter must be visualized to determine if there are actions that confirm the suspicions. One-on-one sports is more difficult to detect, but when they are eleven against eleven as in football, it is more noticeable because they are more forced errors and not everything depends on you. Sports betting is very important because with them we have tangible proof that a crime may be committed. "

To combat this crime it is important to have the information instantly and the collaboration of the betting houses themselves, which "have a specific risk department, they are doing a business and, if there are rigged matches, they are the first to lose money and Therefore, they are involved with this problem and want to tackle it.The laws must take into account that you can bet from Spain on the Internet in a bookmaker's house in another country to a match rigged in another part of the world, involving three countries. what is happening and can be given a legal vacuum that many people take advantage of ".

The case that has exploded in Spain this week, so it has been known, had a classic operation in this type of frames: "In many cases they are small mafias because a person can not go to bet a million euros on a match. One bets 200, another 500, another calls someone who is abroad to bet too ... There is a continuity to avoid much notice, it is as if you get to the bank and you hit a million euros at once, normal is to ask you where the money came from, they play with this, betting little by little, with lots of money but not very big, the problem for them is that in the end the money leaves a trace and you can check if everything is a consequence In the case that has jumped in Spain are investigating whether it is true that there is a trace of money and especially if there is a payment for these actions that have passed.

With his doctoral thesis, Joel González wants to show that match-fixing can be tackled or minimized: "It has always been very closed but we have realized that we have enough tools to see the corruption and stop the fights in the matches" .

Source: UCAM