How do you find out that a footballer is betting on the game? They don’t walk into bookies and hand a slip over at the counter, this stuff is all done on smartphones or by telephone.
Betting information is protected by the Data Protection Act, the SFA have no authority to ask and bookmakers have no authority to tell, even if they know a player is breaking SFA rules.
Even if a player sits in the dressing room, and announces that he’s just bet on the match about to take place, and all his team-mates reported him, he would be able to dismiss the charge on the basis that his comments were a joke. No one could prove otherwise.
But, very specific charges are levelled at players.
The betting industry survives on the quality of their information being better than that of their customers. “Are you likely to win at the weekend?”, “Any inside info on who the new manager will be?”, “Who’s struggling to be fit for Saturday (and therefore unlikely to be first scorer)?”
If you are a player, you have the inside line on a market worth hundreds of millions each year. Football has an unhealthy relationship with bookmakers, at some clubs, the betting partner has their own lounge and has full access to the players’ lounge. Many players are big gamblers and some have big incomes. They are both significant clients for bookies and potential sources of inside information. Like many big gamblers, they are offered special odds, not available to the general public.
Let me tell you one way of catching a player who is gambling on football. He is tempted away from his old bookie to one who has become friendly with, possibly after giving his former bookie a bum steer on a striker who was supposed to be injured. The former bookie then ‘discovers’ that the name on one of their accounts doesn’t match the name on the linked bank account, and that this account holder is a footballer.
The bookie is now officially concerned that illegal match fixing is going on. With the possibility of criminality (even if it is without basis), they can alert the authorities. That would teach the player a lesson for leaving, while making money through advantageous odds and feeding bum information back, and destroy whatever competitive advantage the other bookie has.
Does anyone know of any other way a specific charge of gambling on football could be raised?
Maybe the players are all just daft laddies. Maybe the SFA decline to release reports into players gambling because there is nothing to see in them. Maybe you can break the rules on betting but not be punished because it’s a silly rule.
You don’t need to be match fixing to be involved in serious criminality when dealing with a bookmaker. The football watching public need transparency from the SFA on this issue, no matter how much money floods into the game from the gambling industry.
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How are ground conditions in Dingwall ?
Snow ?
Is the under soil heating being used ?
Oh wait, Ross County are a big club playing in the big league, innit :)
Goooooood moooorning CQN …….and my friend Hebcelt ….!!!!
canamalar
08:32 on 24 January, 2015
He he ….!!!!
CANAMALAR
Let him have his say,bud. Even eejits have opinions,and are allowed to voice them.
Personally,I’ve never been convinced by the argument of someone who uses insults as a stock in trade. As such,Alfie’s daily diatribes are self-defeating.
I’m off to Bristol for the day,a wee sesh wi BILLY BHOY 05 and a coupla hours watching Celtic.
Life’s good…
67heaven..,
Wonder how much it costs to run under silo heating for 48 hours, couple of hundred quid would be my guess.
Soil even
CANAMALAR
You’re due a rocket for that typo!
morning from a damp north staffs – good luck to the bhoys today. Same performance as wednesday should see us win comfortably.
big north staffs / south cheshire derby this afternoon.
BMCUWP,
Without a counter argument (ie silence) we could be taken at our word and considered complicit. That is the logic we are using to question our board, the meeja and everyone else who say nothing about the big lie.
I’m in Coatbridge Jobo and its the same.
KLV
Being a rocket that would suit me fine :)
Good morning,
Beautiful start to the day here in The Rebel County.
High hopes for the hoops today…….
I see last night we welcomed a few of our lost sheep back into the fold
after the briefest of sojourns……………………..
Haaaaaaaaruuuuuumph! CSC
CANAMALAR
I agree,entirely. And that’s why you’ll see me posting on here about those things.
I don’t think he should be silenced,just pointed in the direction of the truth.
Unquestioning,fawning loyalty ain’t for us,but neither is an attempt to silence those who espouse it. I’m too busy laughing at it to even try,tbh!
Enjoy the match,mate. Offski,a coupla Guinness to set me up for the day wi my name on them.
Is it winning captains birthday today ?
If so HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY Birthday
auld yin :)))))))))
I’ve always assumed that the ticketus sub was secured against the bigot hoose, via Craig Whyte of course.
Can any of our resident business/accountancy guys clear this up?
Is it possible for two parties to secure their loans against the same asset?
Even the gullible Clives must be thinking the latest all is well again DR fairy tale stinks.
Right, Pollock it is.
Must slide, I mean run…..
Jobo
canamalar
08:39 on 24 January, 2015
67heaven..,
Wonder how much it costs to run under silo heating for 48 hours, couple of hundred quid would be my guess.
>>>>>>>>
All part of the big lie…….HH…….they seem to immune to rules, the fools …
CQN Driving Advice Service:
I’ve had a look at some of the road cameras on the A9 and there’s plenty of snow about though the roads look fairly clear but might be a bit tricky in some places.
The official advice from CQN is to drive on the road and don’t attempt any shortcuts on the grass verges or over the hills
And remember it is illegal to verbally harass polar bears in both Kingussie and Drumochter, so make your pee stops quick and leave the wildlife alone
Safe Driving…
Gene
took the Vale on cqn coupon this week again
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepickers
08:51 on 24 January, 2015
…and you also need to keep an eye on those who criticise for the sake of criticising ……
foghorn leghorn
08:57 on 24 January, 2015
Hahahahahahaha ….brill
BT
Here’s hoping
Not wishing to step on jobo’s toes but it it treacherous in the South Side. Looks like freezing rain has left the pavements like an ice rink. Roads are cutting up after a few cars run over it but take care if you are first down a side street.
https://twitter.com/celticnewsnow/status/558902273980772352
Stunning, bright but chilly in dunblane.
This not drinking in the house malarkey is cr&p. After from the morning after when I’ll admit – grudgingly – it has its advantages.
HH jamesgang
BMCUWP,
I’m just sitting here thinking, three thoughts on poison,
Poison should be removed immediately.
Small doses of poison can make you stronger.
Small doses of poison can kill you.
See where you are coming from, I suppose knowing the difference and when to apply, has varying thresholds.
But you know me, I’m like a salmon, even when I’m no hungry I’ll bite :) or even the old scorpion stuff :) it’s my nature, a lot of times to my regret :)
Did the Hoops stay up north last night or do we travel up this morning , anybody know ?
I don’t normally gamble but after getting it right on Wednesday night I may have a wee flutter
Twitter reporting leigh griffiths being charged for signing in edinburgh boozer re skatchel (sp) song
canamalar
I’m often like you.
But a comment last night didn’t even deserve the dignity of a response.
So I said as much and blanked thereafter.
There’s an emerging ratio of half a dozen puerile political posts that I’d expect from a Murdoch tabloid then an occasional football one now and again to act as ‘leavening’.
HH jamesgang
BMCUWP,
Have a great day out with that Scottish Tory living in England, telling people how to vote in Scotland :oD
Hail hail billy bhoy 05 :)
BT
As well he should be charged. An obvious threat to Scottish society now that he’s started scoring goals!
Am I too cynical?
Or not cynical enough?
(Don’t answer that canamalar !!!)
HH jamesgang
Actually forgot Aberdeen were playing until late on last night – more points dropped for the media’s new darlings then. A win today puts us three clear with a game in hand – let’s continue the form we showed on Wednesday and we will blow Ross County away.
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
09:17 on 24 January, 2015
Twitter reporting leigh griffiths being charged for signing in edinburgh boozer re skatchel (sp) song
>>>>>>>>>>>
No problem, he is assured of justice ….just as Neil was
“Blair Spittal”
what a handle!
:)
Exslaemuirbhoy
The journey would be 4 hrs on a bus. The team will be in Inverness area having their poached eggs at the moment.
The Onlooker
cheers for that, may have a wee bearing on ma wager
My wee goalscorer interest in 90 mins today is IZZY:))))))))
BT re; Leigh story on twitter was talking to someone on wed at the game saying what stroke would be pulled in the lead up to sevco game,though we thought it might be the JF case.
I don’t normally gamble but interested on wee George’s tip. What’s odds does 3-0 return?
P