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In Australia it is impossible to avoid cricket betting. Gambling odds are regulary woven into the commentaries, with websites and phone number carefully placed.
In the old days having a bet meant deciding which team would win a match or a series. Now, as seen in the current scandal regarding Parkistan v England, practically anything can be considered worthy of a gamble.
Cricket is by no means the only sport open to gambling abuse, but while cricket officials know that betting is a problem for the game, they have yet to find a way to put a stop to it.
Betfair Australia spokesman, Hugh Taggart, states that online wagering has grown enormously in the last 10 years, opening up the opportunity for new ways to bet on matches.
There needs to be a completely transparent relationship between the sport’s administrators and the gambling operators, with named information of all account holders, so that any suspicious activity can be traced.
Mr Taggart feels that sport’s administrators need to be given complete access to all information about who is betting on their sports, so that it can be kept as free from abuse as possible in the future.
