Well, that’s one way to beat the gambling odds
Posted on February 12th, 2008 – 12:19 PMBy Michael Rand
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Reuters.com has a rather awesome and interesting tale about three men being removed from a tennis tournament. Seems they had laptops up in the stands and were gambling on the match while it was going on. Their hook: There was a delay between the time a point ended and when it was posted on a web site, giving them some serious advantages. From the story:
Three men were removed by organizers at the Diamond Games after they were found to be gambling via laptops from the stands, a spokeswoman for the event said on Tuesday. “Three spectators were removed. The two Russians and one German were holding a laptop and logged on to a gambling Web site were gambling on ongoing matches,” said spokeswoman Katia Stroobants. Tennis has been dogged by allegations of match-fixing and illegal gambling in the past year. Several male players have said they were approached to fix matches while betting exchanges have noted irregular patterns.The spokeswoman said those who were asked to leave the Sportpaleis in Antwerp late on Monday were allegedly “exploiting the delay between the time a point was won and the time it appeared on the official tournament Web site.”
Seems rather underhanded, though also a little ingenious. Our best Vegas scam is trying to convince the booth workers that we WOULD HAVE bet on a certain team. Sixty percent of the time it never works.
5 Responses to "Well, that’s one way to beat the gambling odds"
Katia Stroobants cannot possibly be a real person’s name.
Rand this moderation thing is way to touchy. I guess using terms like Russians and Germans gets to raunchy.
Jama, it’s all of those solicitations by Russian and German mail order brides. Rand doesn’t have the time to be tempted by such things.
Example:
dear, u are very nice
I greet you
Since early childhood I’ve been told that I am a beautiful girl and other people seemed to be thinking of me as of some doll. I will never accept such attitude to me from my future life partner. I am an individual, a person with feelings, emotions, worries, hopes and dreams. I am intelligent and communicative. I am not a baby-girl who is thinking only of her make-up and outfit.
Unfortunately the predictions of my friends and relatives that I will meet a charming prince at a young age didn’t come true. I ran into so many obstacles, I’ve seen real life experience and certainly I realise how much a real family, based on love and trust is important. I will value and appreciate my family more than anything in the world; I will be as devoted to my future husband as no single woman has ever been. I know that you were looking for me and I will wait for you at russiabrideonline.info/?idAff=182 with all my hopes and dreams.
Looking forward to hear from you soon
Sabrina B
Discuss…
Stu - I’d imagine the letter above could have just as likely come from Katia Stroobants, as she strikes me as an individual, a person with feelings, emotions, worries, hopes and dreams.
creative bettors if you ask me….no one can take a joke or lose a buck anymore…
