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On a futures bet, Las Vegas loses if the Giants win |
NY Times |
25 Jan |
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"A number of sports
books in Nevada took significant bets on the Giants to win the Super
Bowl at long odds earlier this season — some as high as 80 to 1 —
leaving the books with tremendous exposure as oddsmakers call it,
heading into the championship game." |
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The goal that cost bookie William Hill.. |
Independent |
20 Jan |
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Man wins $830 with one-euro football accumulator |
Yahoo Sports |
23 Jan |
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"A Maltese villager
who landed an amazing 683,783/1 punt on the football was the bane of the
UK's biggest bookmaker as William Hill bemoaned a nightmare November for
betting margins." |
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Cheap bets in bad times boost William Hill |
Reuters |
19 Jan |
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"The company, which
takes more than a million bets a day, reported 11 percent growth in
over-the-counter bets for the fourth quarter compared with the year
before and a 7 percent rise in gross win." |
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Befair agrees to payout over voided bets.. |
The Telegraph |
11 Jan |
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"Senior Betfair
sources said it would pay out on all punters who had placed or laid bets
before the 58.2 seconds point of the race – the moment the glitch
occurred." |
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Alleged Illegal betting .. investigated |
NZ Herald |
10 Jan |
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"Two patrons have
been ejected from Auckland tennis tournaments for allegedly transmitting
data for gambling purposes." |
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Swans heavily back to fail |
The Age |
7 Jan |
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"Munsie said more
than $34,000 had been invested on the Swans to miss the top eight, and
three bets - of more than $5000 each - were written at odds of $2.30.
They are now $2.10 in this market." |
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Gosper warns of illegal betting.. |
Australian |
3 Jan |
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""We don't have a test for
illegal betting," he said. "Illegal sports betting is invisible to
everybody, and huge amounts of money can be made from it."" |
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Britain's Olympics minister fears major betting.. |
Guardian |
1 Jan |
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"Huge amounts of
money are expected to be bet as gambling syndicates – particularly on
the Indian subcontinent and in the Far East – focus on events in London
this summer." |
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Betfair customers may consider legal action.. |
Guardian |
28 Dec |
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Punter fury as Betfair voids bets after in-running.. |
Racing Post |
28 Dec |
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"Betfair on Wednesday
came in for fierce criticism from customers after they made the decision
to void all in-running bets placed on a Leopardstown race after an
incredible lay bet left a punter facing a theoretical £23 million
payout." |
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Treasury's TOTE deal warning |
The Mercury |
26 Dec |
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"TOTE Tasmania chief
executive Craig Coleman had a perceived conflict of interest when he
pushed for a further $3.75 million investment in failed sports betting
company Sports Alive, documents show." |
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Taxman targets the king of punters Zeljko.. |
Australian |
24 Dec |
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"According to one
insider who spoke to The Weekend Australian, Ranogajec has left
Australia to live in England. He says the move allows the mega-punter to
better control his global operation from a central location." |
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HOT OFF THE PRESS |
The latest betting news, moves and markets from around the world
From the OnThePunt.com Editorial Team
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GENERAL
Soccer punter
wins big
From
TAB Sportsbet
13:28
Sunday 8 January |
One
TAB Sportsbet
customer has woke this morning to learn they have won $286,051 - all for
an outlay of $90.
The multi bet was placed on various soccer matches; the longest leg was
only $3.30.
LEGS: 10 SPORT: Soccer BET: $90 ODDS: $3,178 COLLECT: $286,051
10 Legs consisted of matches in following leagues: French Cup (3)
English League 1 (2) FA Cup (2) English Football Conference (3)
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GENERAL
Punter lands
7572/1 multi
From
Tattsbet
17:28
Thursday 21 July |
The story of one TattsBet punter is sure
to give hope to recreational punters around the country after he turned
his $1 investment into $7573.50 betting on Round 19 of the NRL. The
shrewd customer placed $1 on a four-fold bet on the Halftime/Fulltime
market for the Warriors, Broncos, Rabbitohs and Panthers matches
selecting ‘any other result’. He effectively needed a draw at halftime
or fulltime in all of the matches and would have been nervous as he sat
down to watch the Panthers v Eels match after the first three legs of
the bet had won. There would undoubtedly have been scenes of jubilation
as Lachlan Coote crashed over after the siren however, giving Travis
Burns a conversion attempt which he kicked successfully to level it up
at 22-22.
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TENNIS
ATP Player
busted for fixing attempt
COMMENT
18:45
Wednesday 1 June |
Well, the seemingly impossible has
happened. Tennis integrity investigators have finally
nabbed a player (albeit the lowly ranked Austrian wild boy Daniel
Koellerer) for attempting to fix a tennis match. Koellerer is now out of
professional tennis for life.
Among the three
charges, the following, "Soliciting, offering or providing money,
benefit or consideration to any other covered person with the intention
of negatively influencing a Player’s best efforts..", seems to indicate
that Koellerer offered money to a fellow player to lie down.
It's over ten years since tennis first became affected by fixing. At one
point in time it became rampant. This is the first positive step in
cleaning up the sport. OnThePunt congratulates Mr Rees and the
TIU on making some significant progress. We know there will be one
fading former top-10 player who will be just a little more nervous after
digesting this news.
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