Tag: Irish League betting fraud
Irish League should be on alert over betting fraud
January 29, 2014
Belfast Telegraph – Alarm bells should be ringing for Irish League football. Betting was suspended on two recent games in Scotland’s lower leagues, a level of football on a par with the local game here. Scottish football chiefs already have anecdotal evidence of suspicious activity. Scottish FA Chief Executive Stewart Regan said: “What we are seeing is evidence of activity in the stands where individuals are commentating on matches into laptops on everything from the Lowland League to Under 17 games.” That is, to say, on matches that barely attract one man and his dog. There have also been accusations…