EU Athletes, European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), European Sports Security Association (ESSA) and Remote Gambling Association (RGA)

After the first pilot year of the programmes, the main lessons learned were: There is a real lack of information at the grass-roots level of sport. Some sports federations have no rules on sports betting, or fail to communicate them to players. Players’ associations are well placed to provide guidance to sportsmen. Direct, locker-room level contact with players is key.

All Athletes in the EU

European Code of Conduct

European associations participating to the costs of design and printing

€10K

The Code of Conduct monitoring takes place through several mechanisms: - The EU Athletes sports and betting year 2 programmes: These programmes will operate through a number of different channels (website, posters, wallet cards), but a unique feature of these activities are that top athletes actually go into the dressing-room to discuss face-to-face with their peers about how to behave properly – and be seen to behave properly – in relation to sports and betting. The programmes have already had a major impact in 2010 with players and is helping to keep sport clean. - The CEN Workshop Agreement on Responsible Remote Gambling Measures (self-regulation standards): 6.21 "For sports betting there should be procedures for identifying suspicious betting transactions and patterns which might identify a threat to the sport's integrity or an offence of cheating. Where a threat is identified there should be a procedure for notifying the relevant sporting body or Regulatory Authority in line with applicable data protection requirements."