Sport Integrity, Betting and Crime: From Problem to Policy Implementation

Mike McNamee (Author), Marcelo Moriconi (Author)

ISBN: 9781032115696

Published: April 2026

Format: Hardback

Language: English

Publisher: Routledge

Description

This is the first monograph to interrogate, across a broad range of real-world cases, how sport integrity conflicts arise where sport meets global online betting markets. Competition manipulation is routinely called the greatest threat to modern sport, yet the concept remains poorly defined; institutional and political efforts to pin it down have repeatedly fallen short of practical coherence. Combining economic, philosophical, and political analysis, the book builds a structural, ethical, and policy account of the sport-integrity-betting ecosystem.

Key Features

Distinguishes sport integrity from the narrower frame of sport betting integrity, a conceptual gap the book argues has hampered policy. Traces the politicisation and criminalisation of match-fixing, including the Macolin Convention and its zero-tolerance approach. Maps the wider ecosystem of institutions and conceptions of sport integrity, and examines the moral psychology behind competition manipulation.

Coverage

Runs from market-society critique and 21st-century commercialisation ('gamblification') through the politicisation of match-fixing, disciplinary gaps in integrity research, and the ethics of manipulation, to questions of independence and interests in integrated sport integrity systems.

About the Authors

Mike McNamee and Marcelo Moriconi are established scholars in sport ethics and sport integrity policy, writing for researchers, regulators, and practitioners across sport governance and the betting sector.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. Sport and its Pathologies in Market Society. 2. 21st Century Elite Sport: From Commercialisation to Gamblification. 3. Politicisation and Criminalisation of Match-fixing: The Macolin Convention and the Zero Tolerance Approach. 4. Sport Integrity and/or Sport Betting Integrity? 5. Disciplinary Diversity and Methodological Rigour in Sport Integrity Research. 6. The Ecosystem of Sport Integrities. 7. The Ethical Ecology of Sport Competition Manipulation. 8. Independence, Interests and Integrated Sport Integrity.

Why buy this book?

A rigorous conceptual and policy grounding for anyone working on match-fixing, betting regulation, or sport integrity frameworks — useful background for advising sports bodies, regulators, or betting operators.

Keywords

sport integrity, match-fixing, sports betting, competition manipulation, Macolin Convention, sport governance

Target Audience

Sports lawyers, policymakers, legal academics, betting regulators

Genre

Sports Law, Criminal Law

Q&A

What does this book cover? The relationship between sport, betting, and crime, with a focus on match-fixing and competition manipulation policy.

Who wrote this book? Mike McNamee and Marcelo Moriconi, scholars in sport ethics and integrity policy.

Does it cover the Macolin Convention? Yes, including its zero-tolerance approach and how match-fixing became politicised and criminalised.

Is it aimed at regulators as well as academics? Yes, it targets researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in sport and betting regulation alike.

Where can I buy Sport Integrity, Betting and Crime? Through CLNZ Books, with worldwide shipping included in the price.

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