Post by QPR Report on Oct 18, 2008 23:34:23 GMT
According to the Telegraph (None obviously QPR)
Match-fixing: Three more games under investigation
The City of London’s fraud unit is to examine allegations of match-fixing in three more games after information about extraordinary betting patterns was handed to them on Saturday.
By Duncan White
The Football Association and Gambling Commission are already investigating the Norwich v Derby fixture on Oct 4 after the Sunday Telegraph handed over a document last week.
The games in question are a Premier League game in 2007, a League Two match in 2006 and a Premier League game in 2001. It is understood that all three were accompanied by unexplained betting swings on the Asian handicap market.
Speaking under strict guarantees of anonymity, the source who reported the fixtures to the police said: “I went to the FA with one of these games roughly two years ago. It took them four months to come back to me even though I could have furnished them with all the information the following day. When they did get back to me I found there was little they could do – they didn’t have the jurisdiction. That’s why I think this is a matter for the police.
“The swing in the Norwich v Derby game was the largest I’ve seen in English football but it isn’t the first game which has shown highly irregular betting patterns. There have been many games where unusual betting patterns have happened, but swings as big as these need to be investigated.”
The fraud unit will examine the evidence this week before making a decision whether to launch a formal investigation.
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers’ Association, has called for a full-time monitoring unit involving sport, the police and the gambling industry to counter the threat posed by match-fixing.
“This is an issue we’ve been talking about with the Professional Players’ Federation,” Taylor said. “We need strong links between the betting firms and the sporting bodies. There’s enough money in sport and gambling to be able to set up a monitoring unit that will be able to monitor this properly. At the moment it’s just done by sport and there needs to be something stronger.
“You’re talking about Asian gambling syndicates and bookmakers – some legal and some illegal – so you need to make sure you have a cohesive approach, and that includes getting input from the police.”
Match-fixing: Three more games under investigation
The City of London’s fraud unit is to examine allegations of match-fixing in three more games after information about extraordinary betting patterns was handed to them on Saturday.
By Duncan White
The Football Association and Gambling Commission are already investigating the Norwich v Derby fixture on Oct 4 after the Sunday Telegraph handed over a document last week.
The games in question are a Premier League game in 2007, a League Two match in 2006 and a Premier League game in 2001. It is understood that all three were accompanied by unexplained betting swings on the Asian handicap market.
Speaking under strict guarantees of anonymity, the source who reported the fixtures to the police said: “I went to the FA with one of these games roughly two years ago. It took them four months to come back to me even though I could have furnished them with all the information the following day. When they did get back to me I found there was little they could do – they didn’t have the jurisdiction. That’s why I think this is a matter for the police.
“The swing in the Norwich v Derby game was the largest I’ve seen in English football but it isn’t the first game which has shown highly irregular betting patterns. There have been many games where unusual betting patterns have happened, but swings as big as these need to be investigated.”
The fraud unit will examine the evidence this week before making a decision whether to launch a formal investigation.
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers’ Association, has called for a full-time monitoring unit involving sport, the police and the gambling industry to counter the threat posed by match-fixing.
“This is an issue we’ve been talking about with the Professional Players’ Federation,” Taylor said. “We need strong links between the betting firms and the sporting bodies. There’s enough money in sport and gambling to be able to set up a monitoring unit that will be able to monitor this properly. At the moment it’s just done by sport and there needs to be something stronger.
“You’re talking about Asian gambling syndicates and bookmakers – some legal and some illegal – so you need to make sure you have a cohesive approach, and that includes getting input from the police.”