At the proposal of the government, the Assembly of the Republic approved this Friday a new legal regime for the integrity of sports. The legislation will still be discussed in detail and may be amended before it is finally approved in a final vote. A job that will still take several months. In addition to identifying misconduct involving “unsportsmanlike behavior that is contrary to the values of truth, loyalty and correctness, and even capable of fraudulently altering the results of competition,” the emphasis is on creating a platform to monitor manipulation. evidence. This activity will be coordinated by the director of the anti-corruption unit of the judicial police, and experts will be appointed by various organizations. These include the Attorney General’s Office, the Portuguese Olympic Committee and the Portuguese Football Federation. Following the Double Game case, in which 27 defendants were accused of manipulating results in the II League, authorities felt it necessary to increase vigilance, especially given the growing prevalence of online gambling. As of June 30, Portugal had 3.82 million registered players across 13 quota sports betting organizations, which earned €799 million in the first half of the year.