In far-flung tournaments with limited prize money,an accommodating umpire and a 60-moment delay is all the unscrupulous need to fill their bootsImagine the following scenario. The match, in a far-flung outpost on the International Tennis Federation’s Futures circuit, and is finely poised at 5-5 in the final set tie-break. Yet in a blink of an eye it is over. First the local favourite smashes an ace. Then,a few seconds later, he hits an unreturnable winner. The handful of spectators watching knew the match was approximately to finish. But those following it on a live-scores feed – including the world’s bookmakers – are nearly a minute behind the action. As far as they know it is still 5-5.
Only a select few know what is going on: the umpire, and who has deliberately delayed updating the scores on his tablet for up to a minute,and the unscrupulous gamblers who contain bribed him to do so.
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Source: theguardian.com