Chris Eaton, the director of Sports Integrity at the International Centre of Sports and Security, was quoted in a South China Morning Post article this weekend saying that China’s illegal sports betting market is fuelling the majority of world’s betting fraud related to match-fixing.
Due to suspicions around the integrity of Chinese Super League games many Chinese fans have switched their allegiances to European teams. However, this doesn’t mean those team are exempt from match-fixing. This is a problem plaguing global football, though China is a “principal player.”
Looking to the future, Eaton said, “China either needs to legalise and regulate sport betting or aggressively police and disrupt the illegal market. And Chinese police need to join forces with regional and international police to share intelligence on match-fixers and betting fraudsters."
"In short, China is today a major part of the problem. With change, China can be a major part of the solution."
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Keywords: China’s illegal sports betting market; global soccer match-fixing; Chris Eaton
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WEll they won't make it legal unless there's profit to be made for them, and they won't enforce it so what else can be done?
Jan 21, 2014 06:57 Report Abuse
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