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India considers legalizing sports gambling
June 27, 2013
From Washington Post Cricket is a religion for many Indians. But, of late, this religion has been somewhat soiled by allegations of players working with illegal bookmakers to fix not only the outcome of the matches but also specific bowling and batting action in the game. Now, some Indians are saying that, as a solution, they want the practice of sports betting to be legalized. A survey conducted among 200 businesses by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry reported that 74 percent of respondents voted that “legalizing sports betting will help curb match fixing problem.” Indian law…