So Easy to Throw
Tennis is one of the sports that are monitored very closely for corruption
because it would be so easy for players to manipulate the outcome without anyone
knowing the better. Unlike team sports, there is just one person on each side of
the net and they have the entire control over the outcome. The online casinos
are rampant now all over Europe and the rest of the world and many sports are
now ramping up their anti-corruption efforts to compensate for the increased
risk of corruption. The media has really latched onto the fact that betting in
general has really altered the safety and integrity of sports – not even just
betting at the online casinos and internet betting sites, but the presence of
betting in sports alone.
The tennis industry is currently facing a lot of scrutiny over tennis integrity
concerns and suspicious wagers at the online casino betting sites on certain
matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit has spearheaded the investigation and
preliminarily found that there does not appear to be any corruption, but this is
just the initial finding. The media has been watching the investigation with
interest and using this situation as a prime time to speculate on the role that
the online casinos and internet betting sites are allowed to play in sports.
Sponsorships, licensing deals, and more are all ways that the land and internet
gambling brands are launching into the sports industries.
As the media spotlight continues to watch the game of tennis, a handful of
tennis pros are caught in the fervor and facing suspension for gambling. The APT
rulebook states that no players are allowed to place bets on industry matches –
and those that have are facing lengthy suspensions from tennis games. As the
integrity of the game is in question and there is speculation that there is
suspicious activity at even Wimbledon, the APT is proactively stemming the
criticism and handing out long sentences. |