Law, information technology and access to justice in the sports context

the regulation of betting, compliance and the fight against money laundering

Abstract

As fixed-odds sports betting enters Brazil, the subject remains interesting; however, the regulation of sports betting has gone beyond a strictly economic and fiscal issue, transforming into a broader conversation about issues of sports authenticity, compliance, and combating money laundering (AML). This article highlights the regulatory and legal accountability challenges that accompany digitalization, exacerbated by the vulnerabilities of sports actors. This study subsequently provides insight into the interaction between Law, Information Technology, and Access to Justice in the sports environment. It argues that the implementation of integrity and the containment of criminal activity, supported by monitoring technologies, constitute the decisive mechanisms that guarantee legal security and access to sports justice. It identifies the legislation to be followed, compliance strategies, and system vulnerabilities, such as governance deficiencies and the possibility of sports personnel being drawn into match-fixing, and proposes the development of a regulatory policy that strikes a balance between accounting for the financial gain of such activity and preserving sports morality and fair play.