Warning: Betting syndicates pose ‘high risk’ of match-fixing for Aussie sports

ABC.net.au – The managing director of Swiss-based Sportradar says he doubts this investigation, or the number of prosecutions for match-fixing within sport, is high enough to effectively deter Asian syndicates from targeting Australia. “It’s an emerging market, in a negative way,” says Sportradar’s managing director of strategy and integrity Andreas Krannich, who cannot comment on the Victorian case for legal reasons. “They see that most sports are very vulnerable, they are clueless about how to handle it, they are clueless about sports betting.” Two of the players charged for allegedly fixing Victorian Premier League matches came from an English league…