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Home History Games News Dictionary		It seems that governments and professional sports bodies concerned with keeping the integrity of the sports world in tact despite the fast-growing online gambling industry may actually have some more ammunition for their worries this week, with some suspicious tennis betting arising the management at Betfair’s online casino group. Betfair is among the world’s leaders in detection of suspicious betting patterns, with their high tech anti-corruption software coming in handy once again to potentially catch on to a cheating scheme. The tennis match that is now under investigation was held in Newport, Rhode Island, between pros Richard Bloomfield and Christophe Rochus. The first round of the Hall of Fame grass court tournament caught much more action at the internet gambling sites than was expecting, attracting more than $1.5 million in bets. The surge of wagers affected the prices dramatically, a move to fast that it was flagged by Betfair’s prevention technology, which tracks patterns in real time. The story caught on quickly with the international press, which quickly spread to online gambling news forums. The result of the match was a win by Britain’s Bloomfield, who took the match 7-6 (1), 6-3. Prior to the game, Bloomfield ranked as the world’s 552nd player, going up against Belgium’s Rochus who ranked in 160th place. They were even money in odds until the day of the match, when only hours before the set began, the odds on Bloomfield taking the title shortened to just 1-4. When he won the first set, those shortened even further to 1-8. Especially interesting is the fact that this is not Bloomfield’s first game to be under investigation, as the player had also been looked closely at in 2006, at Wimbledon. His unusual win over Carlos Berlocq during the tournament’s first round, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 was also investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit; no conclusion was ever made. "If people are willing to risk 4 pounds to win one, that is indicative of a substantial gamble," Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin told the news service.

08/01/2010

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Tennis Match Under Suspicion

It seems that governments and professional sports bodies concerned with keeping the integrity of the sports world in tact despite the fast-growing online gambling industry may actually have some more ammunition for their worries this week, with some suspicious tennis betting arising the management at Betfair’s online casino group. Betfair is among the world’s leaders in detection of suspicious betting patterns, with their high tech anti-corruption software coming in handy once again to potentially catch on to a cheating scheme.

The tennis match that is now under investigation was held in Newport, Rhode Island, between pros Richard Bloomfield and Christophe Rochus. The first round of the Hall of Fame grass court tournament caught much more action at the internet gambling sites than was expecting, attracting more than $1.5 million in bets. The surge of wagers affected the prices dramatically, a move to fast that it was flagged by Betfair’s prevention technology, which tracks patterns in real time.

The story caught on quickly with the international press, which quickly spread to online gambling news forums. The result of the match was a win by Britain’s Bloomfield, who took the match 7-6 (1), 6-3. Prior to the game, Bloomfield ranked as the world’s 552nd player, going up against Belgium’s Rochus who ranked in 160th place. They were even money in odds until the day of the match, when only hours before the set began, the odds on Bloomfield taking the title shortened to just 1-4. When he won the first set, those shortened even further to 1-8.

Especially interesting is the fact that this is not Bloomfield’s first game to be under investigation, as the player had also been looked closely at in 2006, at Wimbledon. His unusual win over Carlos Berlocq during the tournament’s first round, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 was also investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit; no conclusion was ever made. "If people are willing to risk 4 pounds to win one, that is indicative of a substantial gamble," Betfair spokesman Tony Calvin told the news service.