Vietnam has reinforced its ban on its own people entering its casinos, while looking into the possibility of legalizing sports betting. Foreign investors have been told not to submit proposals for new gambling halls in the Southeast Asian country unless they will comply with the prohibition on locals, which is cited as a protection for [...]
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Vietnam keeps locals out of casinos, but may allow sports betting
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Match-fixing has Olympic organisers worried
Monday, March 19th, 2012Organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London will meet with representatives from the UK gambling industry, the International Olympic Commission and others on March 20 to discuss measures for preventing illegal betting at the global games, with the IOC warning that match-fixing could pose a bigger threat than doping. Spot betting on all sports is [...]
Study Says Online Gamers may like taking bigger risks
Thursday, December 1st, 2011AUSTRALIA - A study of online gamblers suggests that people who bet over the internet are more likely to take bigger risks while betting than other gamblers. The survey, conducted by Southern Cross University, found that 80 per cent of people who gambled online were betting on racing and sports, with the remaining 20 per cent [...]
Gambling ads are raising the stakes
Thursday, December 1st, 2011AUSTRALIA - New research shows that Victorians are increasingly concerned about the risks posed by gambling marketing strategies, including gambling advertising at sporting events. In a new study of Victorian gamblers published in International Gambling Studies researchers from Monash University investigated how aware individuals were of gambling advertising; their attitudes towards gambling advertising; and what role [...]
Australia to impose 10-year jail terms for match fixing
Monday, November 21st, 2011AUSTRALIA – Australia will impose tough new penalties of up to 10 years in jail for match-fixing and betting on fixed matches after a meeting of the country’s national and state law ministers Courier Mail & Dawn.
Cricket cheating ‘was common’ across all cricketing nations say investigator
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011INTERNATIONAL - All of cricket’s leading countries were involved in the fixing of major matches, not just Pakistan, the sport’s former chief anti-corruption investigator said on Tuesday. “In the late 1990s, Test and World Cup matches were being routinely fixed,” Paul Condon, the founding head of the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit, said in an interview [...]
Test cricket’s first gambling victim
Monday, November 7th, 2011NEW ZEALAND - At the end of a week when cricket’s reputation was severely dented by the criminal conviction of three players who were prepared to be party to gambling on events in a game, it is easy to think that this is a modern phenomenon. And yet the England side for the first Test ever, [...]
Mafia Bookies Celebrate as Punters Avoid Legal French Sports Betting
Monday, November 7th, 2011FRANCE -Francois Jean Marie, a hardened French mafioso, could not be happier as the French government continues to drive thousands of online sports gamblers away from licensed sportsbooks. Francois, who met us for a quick chat as he was taking his prized twin poodles for a pedicure, explains. “The French government created a system where [...]
Underworld figures being planted to prey on vulnerable players to help with match fixing
Monday, November 7th, 2011INTERNATIONAL - Underworld figures are increasingly being planted in sports circuits to prey on vulnerable players and provide links to dangerous black market betting crooks. According to the world’s biggest online betting agency, international giant Betfair, the “embedding” of mafia operatives and other crooks in professional tours is one of the biggest dangers to sport’s integrity. [...]
Pakistan players are small fry in context of $500bn illegal market
Monday, November 7th, 2011UK - Reaction to the conviction of three Pakistan cricketers at Southwark crown court has focused on whether it represents a line in the sand or the tip of the iceberg. Many hope it will provide, at the least, a lasting deterrent. But such has been the darkly compelling nature of the human drama on show, [...]
