[Politech] Tennis pros throwing matches in response to online gambling?

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 20:45:42 PDT

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    From: "Thomas Leavitt" <thomas@private>
    To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@private>
    Subject: Pro tennis players taking a dive?
    Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:31:24 -0700
    
    Declan,
    
    Did you catch this?
    
    http://www.silicon.com/news/500019/1/6385.html?nl=d20031015
    Tennis players are alleged to have thrown matches in order to clean up with
    internet betting - and online gambling site Betfair is to open up its
    records for the authorities to try and track down the players who have been
    losing for cash.
    
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    ... maybe online gambling does have some positive social benefits. :)
    
    Gotta wonder what other fishy behavior a close perusal of this site would
    reveal.
    
    Thomas
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