Major governing bodies will today demand that bookmakers automatically inform them about the betting habits of sports stars when they meet to discuss the potentially divisive issue of information sharing with the Gambling Commission.

The commission is consulting on various issues affecting sports and the betting industry, and governing bodies intend to use a seminar today to call for compulsory information sharing. They want to see accounts held by participants in sports automatically flagged up if bets are placed in contravention of their rules and regulations.

The governing bodies are also campaigning to extract a share of bookmakers' revenue in exchange for the right to make markets on sporting events, some of which will be used to police the sports.