IOC vows to crack down on illegal sports betting

[The Buzz]

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said his organization was going to work with governments and betting exchanges to crack down on illegal sports betting in preparation for the Summer 2012 Olympics in London.

The remarks came during a news conference on Sunday.

From Moneycontrol.com:

Rogge said the complex nature of illegal sports betting made it almost impossible for sporting bodies to identify breaches so the IOC was relying on help from governments and betting organisations to alert them to any suspicious activity.

"How you decide there has been illegal betting is not always easy because more and more illegal bettors bet on a particular aspect of the game," Rogge said.

[TheGooner]

to be clear (because the excerpt isn't) ...

In this case "illegal betting" is not making a determination about jurisdictions and/or legislation as to the legality of sports betting.

Rogge is discussing whether athletes are betting on their own everts and/or people betting on fixed events (they mention a 'double fault" in tennis) ...

But basically it also says he and the IOC have no real way of detecting it.