Ontario’s gambling regulator fined FanDuel C$350,000 (US$252,000) for allegedly failing to detect or adequately report suspicious betting activity on Czech table tennis.
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) announced on Jan. 8 that FanDuel Canada accepted 144 bets in October and November 2024 on matches in the Czech Table Tennis Star Series, which the AGCO described as “events with known integrity concerns.” The agency’s statement said the wagering activity in question displayed multiple indicators associated with match-fixing.
The regulator alleged that FanDuel failed to meet its obligations to identify the unusual and suspicious activity and report it, although FanDuel contended in a statement that it proactively identified, investigated and reported the suspicious activity to independent integrity monitors and the AGCO. FanDuel can appeal the fine within 15 days of the decision.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed to SBC Americas that its Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) has commenced a criminal investigation into the incident.
Ontario says FanDuel missed ‘red flags’
The AGCO’s release stated that FanDuel missed numerous red flags that allowed betting on the event to continue for several weeks, including abrupt shifts in wagering behaviour, an implausible and near-perfect win-rate and synchronized wagering across the accounts involved.
“iGaming operators act as a critical first line of defence in protecting the integrity of Ontario’s sports betting market and in supporting the fight against betting-related match fixing,” said the AGCO. “In a global sports betting market, the failure of operators in one jurisdiction to report unusual or suspicious activity undermines the ability of regulators, police services and sports authorities around the world to identify and disrupt organized efforts to fix games or bets.”
Ontario’s regulator also referenced previous industry warnings about the risk of integrity concerns around the Czech Table Tennis Star Series. The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), of which FanDuel is a leading operator member, found that table tennis in general accounted for the third-most suspicious activity alerts in Q3 2025. All 22 of those alerts came from events that are not part of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) competitions, like this Czech league.
US states penalize sportsbooks over integrity, unapproved events
The fine levied against FanDuel is the largest financial penalty that Ontario’s regulator has ever handed out to an online gambling operator, and the first that is directly related to sports integrity concerns. In the U.S., which was rocked by numerous scandals related to betting and match-fixing in 2025, state regulators have taken operators to task for integrity-related incidents.
In the space of a few months in late 2024, New Jersey regulators issued fines to bet365, William Hill and Rush Street Interactive for various instances of accepting bets on events that had already ended. The state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement also penalized bet365 for allowing bets on multiple non-competitive European soccer matches and DraftKings for taking money on Russian basketball games, events that were not approved for betting by the regulator.
Meanwhile, Colorado fined DraftKings last July for taking money on the boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson after the state’s regulator had told sportsbooks not to do so because the bout did not use the same rules as standard boxing fights.
FanDuel has been stung by regulators in the U.S. in relation to sporting integrity. New Jersey fined the U.S. sports betting market leader in July 2024 for accepting wagers on a Professional Fighters League event that had already taken place, and Massachusetts punished the operator in December 2024 for accepting more than 7,000 wagers on the Ladies Professional Golf Association after FanDuel mistakenly believed the LPGA was part of the International Federation of PGA Tours.
