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The management of the English football association intends to investigate a case about a possible contractual match in the second English battalion. British betting company Spreadex has paid attention that in between the two match periods there was a mass movement of rates. One of the firm’s employee admitted that did not see similar things within ten years, and has expressed doubt that participants of a match behaved fairly. All data concerning the given match have been directed in to the Football Association for them to tell if the betting company was right about it or it was just speculating in order to get back its money.

Football is the most difficult type of sport where you can buy the outcome. The point is that it's a team game, and not everything depends on one player, so if you wanna bribe the match to your benefit, than you should buy at least two persons, which is more difficult to realize.

Cold_as_ice wrote:Football is the most difficult type of sport where you can buy the outcome. The point is that it's a team game, and not everything depends on one player, so if you wanna bribe the match to your benefit, than you should buy at least two persons, which is more difficult to realize.

And who are those persons?
let me guess the center referee and the coach?

no Elsi, not necessary to buy the coach or referee. It would be enough to buy any two players from the team. He could "allegedly" make a mistake and lose the ball "by chance", or score an own goal

The movement of rates could have been a simple chance. Just think, if there was an agreement to lose that match, would these rates move so obviously so that even bookmakers could notice this? NO. This is a big risk, and big risk requires carefullness, which hasn't been shown. That's why hardly possible the match was bought.

There is no way to prove the conspiracy, if it existed. Electronic betting via bookmakers' websites have made it possible for sport players to be engaged in any types of frauds for winning big money by their match loss.

yes, but this assumes great risks. Many sportsmen are sportsmen by their temper, not only physically. Thus, for them it's more important the reputation and name, acquired by years, and not just a cheap loss for an instant financial profit.

yes CAI, but as you said, they are many, but not all, while the persistance of only few of them may create big disbalances and losses for a bookmaker. Professional bookmaking offices have a lot of connections who keep the situation under control and try to avoid fake bettings.