Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Premiership Players Now Accused of Allegedly Betting on Football

Players linked with illegal bets

In a case of - it had to happen sooner or later - no sooner have we had a huge storm over jockeys betting on losing horses, now there's rumours and allegations being thrown at premiership players placing bets on football - something the FA naturally red cards.

According to the New of the World, up to £3 million has been place with one firm alone.

The report, according the Independent Online claims that the biggest punters include players from Man City, Spurs and Portsmouth.

Now, there's no secret that many footballers have historically been large gamblers, but this story, true or not, stinks of pure PR - strangely, i've never heard of the betting exchange mentioned - i'm sure it exists - but what a way to get free publicity. Cynical? surely not...

Whatever happens though - i'm sure its not the last we're going to hear of it - dare I say a Panorama special on the Beeb?

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