Many of the Wimbledon’s matches are under suspicion of being fixed by “professional gambling syndicates.”

Wimbledon fears match-fixing scandal in massive betting scam

INSIGHT

 

Jonathan Calvert, Barry Flatman and Nic Fleming

Eight matches at Wimbledon have been reported to the tennis authorities on suspicion that their results have been fixed by professional gambling syndicates.

The matches are named in a dossier compiled by leading bookmaking companies, which monitor suspect betting patterns and players thought to be willing to throw games.

Four of the matches are from last year’s men’s singles at Wimbledon and involve foreign players who each lost by three sets.

The dossier identifies sudden spikes in the sums wagered. More than £450m was bet on Wimbledon matches last year through just one British internet site, Betfair. Many suspect matches show huge rises in the money pledged, compared with similar games…”

Read More Via Time.com

As a side: One comment on the article was that it’s easy to see tennis being fixed because it’s “between individuals.”

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