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17160146858124775578387918472202.jpg4.94 MB You can see from this YouTube screen grab of our game today on the A League official stream just how much foreign gambling is involved in the competition.
I never see anything but bookies in A League games, no matter where in the world I watch or which game is on.
Supporter of the world's best football teams: Waikato..., Kingz FC, NZ Knights, The Nix, The Argyle & of course the All Whites
17160146858124775578387918472202.jpg4.94 MB You can see from this YouTube screen grab of the A League official stream just how much for foreign gambling is involved in the competition.
I never see anything but bookies in A League games, no matter where in the world I watch or which game is on.
Oh every footy league in the world mate. As I roughly said somewhere it’s like booze or smokes used to be and is as destructive.
17160146858124775578387918472202.jpg4.94 MB You can see from this YouTube screen grab of the A League official stream just how much for foreign gambling is involved in the competition.
I never see anything but bookies in A League games, no matter where in the world I watch or which game is on.
Oh every footy league in the world mate. As I roughly said somewhere it’s like booze or smokes used to be and is as destructive.
Agree. I enjoy a bet or two (lost money today) but I do not need it rammed down my neck. Gambling is worse in many ways then the other two vices as it often destroys families, leaving them penniless and in debt, while fuelling crime from addicted gamblers and third party fixers/organised crime syndicates.
I'm really surprised the UK is so happy to see it marketed everywhere. While NZ and Australia are bad, the UK is appalling. I can only imagine what places like China are like.
Supporter of the world's best football teams: Waikato..., Kingz FC, NZ Knights, The Nix, The Argyle & of course the All Whites
Australia is bad as well. Definitely worse than NZ. There was an annoying immaculately grommed git (Tom Waterhorse son of legendary horse trainer Gai) who about 10 years was everywhere on the media, promoting his gambling business.
Then for awhile every HT break in NRL game it was a stream of gambling adverts. Thankfully there was a moral push back on that. There is still a multitude of bettings ads. But they all now end with the 'you win some, you lose more' warning. That's something.
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17160146858124775578387918472202.jpg4.94 MB You can see from this YouTube screen grab of the A League official stream just how much for foreign gambling is involved in the competition.
I never see anything but bookies in A League games, no matter where in the world I watch or which game is on.
Oh every footy league in the world mate. As I roughly said somewhere it’s like booze or smokes used to be and is as destructive.
Agree. I enjoy a bet or two (lost money today) but I do not need it rammed down my neck. Gambling is worse in many ways then the other two vices as it often destroys families, leaving them penniless and in debt, while fuelling crime from addicted gamblers and third party fixers/organised crime syndicates.
I'm really surprised the UK is so happy to see it marketed everywhere. While NZ and Australia are bad, the UK is appalling. I can only imagine what places like China are like.
A lot is illegal in China. Hence all the advertising of internet Chinese gambling through EPL clubs shirts and match day signs to web sites that are nominally based in the Philippines. The link is to a video explainer by a Hull City fan who has a soccer channel: https://youtu.be/xhf7Z3zvx5M?si=XW2tA7Ui0uEI_axI
The US has had a year or two of legal sports gambling so that’s all about to explode in sharke as well.
In Japan, shame of shame, the great switch hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani has had his translator steal from him to pay for a gambling habit.
Macarthur CEO Sam Krslovic said he spoke with Davila on Friday, stating the Mexican was "full of remorse" and "upset that he did it".
But Mr Krslovic said he focused on providing counselling for his player rather than discussing the allegations with him.
"I didn't go into it all ... but what's been alleged, there's obviously some merit to it," he told 2GB Sydney on Friday night.
Had missed these quotes. Gotta wish good luck to Davila if he has any intention of denying the charges when his CEO has basically blabbed that he admitted to it.
Macarthur CEO Sam Krslovic said he spoke with Davila on Friday, stating the Mexican was "full of remorse" and "upset that he did it".
But Mr Krslovic said he focused on providing counselling for his player rather than discussing the allegations with him.
"I didn't go into it all ... but what's been alleged, there's obviously some merit to it," he told 2GB Sydney on Friday night.
Had missed these quotes. Gotta wish good luck to Davila if he has any intention of denying the charges when his CEO has basically blabbed that he admitted to it.
Might be trying to get him off the books as soon as possible???
Macarthur CEO Sam Krslovic said he spoke with Davila on Friday, stating the Mexican was "full of remorse" and "upset that he did it".
But Mr Krslovic said he focused on providing counselling for his player rather than discussing the allegations with him.
"I didn't go into it all ... but what's been alleged, there's obviously some merit to it," he told 2GB Sydney on Friday night.
Had missed these quotes. Gotta wish good luck to Davila if he has any intention of denying the charges when his CEO has basically blabbed that he admitted to it.
Might be trying to get him off the books as soon as possible???
Might be a blessing in disguise for MA. The 3/4/5 players could well be on a lot of coin, especially the foreigners. Will save the club loads.
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I "love" how the cops send in swat squads to arrest them for questioning. Must be hard nose serious criminals - NOT! What is alleged to have happened is wrong, but to send in swat?? Overkill at its best.
I'd be giving the Cops a Yellow Card for that overkill but then, they might want to investigate any impropriety.
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Apparently Baccus is in court next week, and Davila & Lewis will be in court in late June. Will be fascinating to find out more about exactly what went through these buffoons' heads.
I reckon the wider team will be implicated in all this as well. You can't tell me that Uli wasnt talking to or trying to coeerce others into the same thing.
Lucas Paquetá charged with spot-fixing over four ‘deliberate’ bookings. A single breach if proven carries ban of between 6 months and lifetime. https://t.co/7gISBXBNn9
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"Two more A-League players have been named as participants in an alleged bet-fixing scheme involving their Macarthur FC teammates.
"Matthew Millar and Jed Drew are accused of participating in a criminal group.”
Any word on whether one of these guys was the alleged 4th player not in NSW that they reported about the other week? Or are these guys numbers 5 and 6?
At this rate, Macarthur will fold. Dare I say it, but going back to the days of clubs needing to hit "metrics" which ones exactly are Macarthur hitting?
At this rate, Macarthur will fold. Dare I say it, but going back to the days of clubs needing to hit "metrics" which ones exactly are Macarthur hitting?
Well it's obvious they're hitting their yellow card targets.
you'd think if five people (and counting) were involved then others in the team would have been approached and turned them down. Not implausible that someone within the MacArthur playing squad was helping the police.
The 33-year-old has been accused of paying two of the A-League Men club’s midfielders, Kearyn Baccus, 32, and Clayton Lewis, 27, up to $10,000 to deliberately receive yellow cards.
Police say the betting scheme led to hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid out in winnings and was headed by a South American connection.
Davila appeared for the first time at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Monday. Baccus’s case was also mentioned in his absence after the midfielder fronted court in May.
The court heard prosecutors will present a brief of evidence to the players’ lawyers by August 22. Davila’s bail conditions were also varied by the court, requiring him to report to Maroubra police station just one day a week instead of two.
Both Baccus (Kearyn) and another player embroiled in the betting scandal, Matthew Millar, were recently released by the Bulls during an off-season clean-out.
Millar was named in court documents as one of those involved in the alleged criminal group behind the purported bet-fixing scheme, but he has not been charged.
Dávila and Lewis both remained contracted to the club after the early June announcement for their team-mates.
