The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, better known as the Macolin Convention, is a

multilateral treaty A multilateral treaty is a treaty to which two or more sovereign states are parties. Each party owes the same obligations to all other parties, except to the extent that they have stated reservation (law), reservations. Examples of multilateral tre ...

that aims to prevent, detect, and punish

match fixing In organized sports, match fixing is the act of playing or officiating a match with the intention of achieving a pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. There are many reasons why match fixing might take place, ...

in sport. The convention was concluded in Macolin/Magglingen,

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, on 18 September 2014. At its conclusion, it was immediately signed by 15 states of the

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; it is open to ratification of Council of Europe states and other states that were involved in its negotiation. The treaty will enter into force after being ratified by five states, three of which must be Council of Europe states. A major focus of the convention is to prevent and punish illegal

sports betting Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. The frequency of sports bet upon varies by culture, with the vast majority of bets being placed on association football, American football, basket ...

operations and to prevent

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in legal sports betting operators and sports organisations. The Macolin Convention entered into force on 1 September 2019. It has been ratified by Norway, Portugal, Ukraine, Moldova, Switzerland, Italy and Greece. It has been signed by 30 other European States and by Australia.

References

"European nations sign treaty to fight match-fixing"
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'', 18 September 2014.
"European ministers sign convention on match-fixing"
Play the Game, 18 September 2014.

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Treaty text

Signatories and ratifications

Official Website
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