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Source: https://www.9news.com.au/national/a-league-three-players-arrested-alleged-betting-corruption/0a9764ca-350b-428b-b85a-7f76bf1cfc1eA-League players arrested over alleged betting corruptionThree A-League players have been arrested in Sydney over alleged betting corruption. Strike Force Beaconview was established in December 2023 to investigate alleged yellow card manipulation by players attached to a Sydney football club. Investigations revealed a senior player was allegedly taking instructions from a man – believed to be offshore in South America – to organise for yellow cards to occur during certain games in exchange for profit. The number of yellow cards were allegedly manipulated during games played on Friday, November 24, 2023, and Saturday, December 9, 2023, NSW Police said. Failed attempts were then allegedly made to control the number of yellow cards during games on Saturday, April 20, 2024, and Saturday, May 4, 2024. At about 6am today detectives executed a search warrant in South Coogee, where they arrested a 33-year-old man. He is expected to be charged with two counts of engage in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of an event, and two counts of facilitate in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of an event. At the same time, detectives executed three other search warrants in Parramatta, West Hoxton, and Emu Plains. At the Parramatta address, detectives arrested a 27-year-old man. He is expected to be charged with engage in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of an event. In West Hoxton, detectives arrested a 32-year-old man. He is expected to be charged with engage in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of an event. The investigation continues.
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ohhhh yessssssss
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Whenever something good is happening (two sold out semi finals) something stupid disrupts it were actually cursed smh
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+xWhenever something good is happening (two sold out semi finals) something stupid disrupts it were actually cursed smh This. I'm starting to believe John Safran didn't actually remove the curse from the Socceroos, he just moved it to the sport itself. Remember when the Socceroos made the 2nd round of the world cup, winning 2 matches for the first time ever, and the next thing that happened (while the WC was still underway, IIRC) was the APL announcing that the next 6 GFs would be held in Sydney regardless of who the teams were?
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+x+xWhenever something good is happening (two sold out semi finals) something stupid disrupts it were actually cursed smh This. I'm starting to believe John Safran didn't actually remove the curse from the Socceroos, he just moved it to the sport itself. Remember when the Socceroos made the 2nd round of the world cup, winning 2 matches for the first time ever, and the next thing that happened (while the WC was still underway, IIRC) was the APL announcing that the next 6 GFs would be held in Sydney regardless of who the teams were? I think you could be right, maybe not the sport but the admin of the sport.
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Macarthur players...boooooooooooo
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+xMacarthur players...boooooooooooo Trying to work out the players involved. Quite a few 27 and 32 year olds, but only one 33 year old. Very disappointed, really enjoyed watching him play this season.
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On the bright side: 3 youth players have a chance at advancement.
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Surely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned
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+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL)
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+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) the money of these bets is not even change to people like that
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+x+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) the money of these bets is not even change to people like that $10k per card
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+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) "Police will allege that that senior figure within that criminal group was acting under the instruction and direction of an organised crime figure currently offshore in South America," Assistant Commissioner Mike Fitzgerald says.
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+x+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) "Police will allege that that senior figure within that criminal group was acting under the instruction and direction of an organised crime figure currently offshore in South America," Assistant Commissioner Mike Fitzgerald says. Of course it's organised crime, it's gambling lol But doubtful cartels would bother with such pissy amounts of cash
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+x+x+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) "Police will allege that that senior figure within that criminal group was acting under the instruction and direction of an organised crime figure currently offshore in South America," Assistant Commissioner Mike Fitzgerald says. Of course it's organised crime, it's gambling lol But doubtful cartels would bother with such pissy amounts of cash "Hundreds of thousands of dollars was bet on the senior individual receiving a yellow card"
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+x+x+x+x+xSurely risk v reward here is not great. Why would you do this? If guilty should be life banned Depends if you get a call from the Cartel (Not the APL) "Police will allege that that senior figure within that criminal group was acting under the instruction and direction of an organised crime figure currently offshore in South America," Assistant Commissioner Mike Fitzgerald says. Of course it's organised crime, it's gambling lol But doubtful cartels would bother with such pissy amounts of cash "Hundreds of thousands of dollars was bet on the senior individual receiving a yellow card" ‘Is like to take a 200k bet that Davila gets a yellow card sir’ no alarm bells ringing there
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Davila booked in both games
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+xDavila booked in both games arguing with ref for one, kicking the ball away for the 2nd
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Wonder if Ref knew about the 2 recent matches
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Sydney FC. 6 reds in the last 6 matches. Wonder what odds that was paying?
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+xSydney FC. 6 reds in the last 6 matches. Wonder what odds that was paying? juicy
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Will laugh my arse off if it's that w anker uskok
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Interesting the 9news article has now removed the actual match dates.
Question, should the club itself be penalised for this? (ie, points reduction)
Macarthur won 2 of the 4 games in question.
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Its on high rotation on the radio news.... batter down the hatches APL, its gonna be a bumpy ride.
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Good advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear.
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+xGood advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear. name them. It's not a crime to say who got yellow cards in those games
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+x+xGood advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear. name them. It's not a crime to say who got yellow cards in those games I will. I don't really care. Interestingly 3 of the 4 games were against Sydney FC.... I'm not going to do the maths on ages, but every booking from those 4 matches for Macarthur (in order) 24/11 Jon Aspro Davila 09/12 Davila Clayton Lewis Isaac Hovar Kearyn Baccus Danny De Silva 20/04 Jed Drew Ivan Vujica (straight red) Kearyn Baccus Thomas Smith (straight red) 04/05 Kealey Adamson (straight red) Jake Hollman
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+x+x+xGood advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear. name them. It's not a crime to say who got yellow cards in those games I will. I don't really care. Interestingly 3 of the 4 games were against Sydney FC.... I'm not going to do the maths on ages, but every booking from those 4 matches for Macarthur (in order) 24/11 Jon Aspro Davila 09/12 Davila Clayton Lewis Isaac Hovar Kearyn Baccus Danny De Silva 20/04 Jed Drew Ivan Vujica (straight red) Kearyn Baccus Thomas Smith (straight red) 04/05 Kealey Adamson (straight red) Jake Hollman Media outlets have already named Ulises Dávila, Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus. NSW police have also said there is a fourth player they would like to interview who is currently interstate, but it's unclear if they plan to charge him.
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+x+x+x+xGood advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear. name them. It's not a crime to say who got yellow cards in those games I will. I don't really care. Interestingly 3 of the 4 games were against Sydney FC.... I'm not going to do the maths on ages, but every booking from those 4 matches for Macarthur (in order) 24/11 Jon Aspro Davila 09/12 Davila Clayton Lewis Isaac Hovar Kearyn Baccus Danny De Silva 20/04 Jed Drew Ivan Vujica (straight red) Kearyn Baccus Thomas Smith (straight red) 04/05 Kealey Adamson (straight red) Jake Hollman Media outlets have already named Ulises Dávila, Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus. NSW police have also said there is a fourth player they would like to interview who is currently interstate, but it's unclear if they plan to charge him. They said they would when he returns to NSW and if he doesn’t return, they will seek to have him extradited. Vince Rugari’s article (which I can’t access again as it’s behind paywall), mentioned that a fifth player could be involved as well.
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+x+xGood advice, but really not hard to figure it out. 9 yellow cards were given across those 4 games. 2 of those cards were given to players aged 21 and 22, so we can rule those out. One player aged 33 received 2 of those cards. One player aged 32 received 2 of those cards. Three players aged 27 received 1 card each. One of those players is not currently in the country. Difficult to speculate on the identity of the 27 year old involved, but the other 2 it's very clear. name them. It's not a crime to say who got yellow cards in those games Daily Telegraph now naming Davila, Baccus and Clayton Lewis
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the time v money resources etc to pull that off and risk v reward, would not really be in the interests of a billion dollar entitiy one would think. You’d imagine it was lower level organised crime
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Is aspo overseas playing?
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+xIs aspo overseas playing? He's at Pohang Steelers in the K-League.
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+x+xIs aspo overseas playing? He's at Pohang Steelers in the K-League. He could be the one away they want to speak with
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+x+x+xIs aspo overseas playing? He's at Pohang Steelers in the K-League. He could be the one away they want to speak with Not Aspro, but there is another ex Mariner? Hi 😉
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Interestingly the dates have Faghani and Elders and ref's.....pretty easy to get a card from faghani, just back chat him so perhaps he was picked. Not sure about Elders though.
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It's wild you can bet on shit like this. I saw some bloke who blogged for the NPL or ran a media account or something for the club and he was saying if they lost the account would be bombarded with fired up people from all 4 corners of the globe burring up. He assumes, with a high degree of confidence, it was betting related. If the Macarthur players were getting $10k each (according to Fox Sports) then you can imagine how far a couple of K would go in the NPL.
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+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Agreed. I'm not a gambler, but I can see the appeal of having a wager on the result... even the scoreline. Maybe even betting that a particular player will score a goal But betting that a particular player will get booked? Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on...
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+x+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on... Boring unless you've a hundred on to win a thousand. I've often said if you were a ref it would be so easy to give penalties every week if you were partial to a bung. Just wait until a corner and then pin the first bloke that pushed someone or grabbed a shirt. Good luck proving that was predetermined.
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+x+x+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on... Boring unless you've a hundred on to win a thousand. I've often said if you were a ref it would be so easy to give penalties every week if you were partial to a bung. Just wait until a corner and then pin the first bloke that pushed someone or grabbed a shirt. Good luck proving that was predetermined. hmmmmm I think you and I need to have chat off forum ... I have a plan.... HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAH
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+x+x+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on... Boring unless you've a hundred on to win a thousand. I've often said if you were a ref it would be so easy to give penalties every week if you were partial to a bung. Just wait until a corner and then pin the first bloke that pushed someone or grabbed a shirt. Good luck proving that was predetermined. Just speculating here, but you can almost guarantee these blokes came undone by leaving some sort of a digital trail. Nothing is private when it comes to digital communications anymore. Doesn't matter whether it's text, audio, video, money transfers. Everything can be traced. Otherwise, like you said, without a trail no way of really demonstrating that a ref has been paid off. Always the possibility of a whistleblower though.
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+x+x+x+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on... Boring unless you've a hundred on to win a thousand. I've often said if you were a ref it would be so easy to give penalties every week if you were partial to a bung. Just wait until a corner and then pin the first bloke that pushed someone or grabbed a shirt. Good luck proving that was predetermined. Just speculating here, but you can almost guarantee these blokes came undone by leaving some sort of a digital trail. Nothing is private when it comes to digital communications anymore. Doesn't matter whether it's text, audio, video, money transfers. Everything can be traced. Otherwise, like you said, without a trail no way of really demonstrating that a ref has been paid off. Always the possibility of a whistleblower though. Oh for sure. I meant as a ref you could blow a penalty every day at the week on a corner and suspicion wouldn't be raised one dot with the amount of shit that goes down in there.
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+x+x+x+x+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. Sounds both highly susceptible to fixing as well as just a damn boring thing to bet on... Boring unless you've a hundred on to win a thousand. I've often said if you were a ref it would be so easy to give penalties every week if you were partial to a bung. Just wait until a corner and then pin the first bloke that pushed someone or grabbed a shirt. Good luck proving that was predetermined. Just speculating here, but you can almost guarantee these blokes came undone by leaving some sort of a digital trail. Nothing is private when it comes to digital communications anymore. Doesn't matter whether it's text, audio, video, money transfers. Everything can be traced. Otherwise, like you said, without a trail no way of really demonstrating that a ref has been paid off. Always the possibility of a whistleblower though. Oh for sure. I meant as a ref you could blow a penalty every day at the week on a corner and suspicion wouldn't be raised one dot with the amount of shit that goes down in there. Actually I'd be pretty suspicious after seeing the first time in history that someone got pinged for holding a shirt/torso/neck at a corner
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+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. I saw some bloke who blogged for the NPL or ran a media account or something for the club and he was saying if they lost the account would be bombarded with fired up people from all 4 corners of the globe burring up. He assumes, with a high degree of confidence, it was betting related. If the Macarthur players were getting $10k each (according to Fox Sports) then you can imagine how far a couple of K would go in the NPL. Can vouch for this Muz... every NPL crowd, no matter how small, has the dodgy Asian betting guy with tablet in hand measuirng the stats as he goes for the live feed in malaysaia or wherever it is... Some of the comments after upsets or poor losses on NPL clubs socials are hilarious... Some Nigerian dude telling the world Hellas is a shit club after choacking last eyars GF is just fun to read. hahahahaha
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+xIt's wild you can bet on shit like this. People were betting on State League 2 games a few years ago. Ridiculous anyone takes money on this
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Question is are we wasting our time watching football or sport in general? Hope nothing else is fixed otherwise it'll be like living a lie 😂
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now now, hear me out
what if all players could do stuff like this to cover the reduced distribution to clubs for the apl
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hilarous that betting is all over the game, rammed down our throats yet this is the worst thing ever
GET RID OF GAMBLING
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+xhilarous that betting is all over the game, rammed down our throats yet this is the worst thing ever GET RID OF GAMBLING If you got rid of gambling football would probably have a chance against the other codes which are all funded by pokies
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Just another salary cap rort, really.
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Just mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way.
Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers.
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+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is very similar to the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistani cricketers in 2010 where players were paid to bowl no balls at certain points of the match. All three players involved went to prison.
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+x+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is very similar to the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistani cricketers in 2010 where players were paid to bowl no balls at certain points of the match. All three players involved went to prison. Think he was alluding to Warne and Waugh.
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+x+x+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is very similar to the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistani cricketers in 2010 where players were paid to bowl no balls at certain points of the match. All three players involved went to prison. Think he was alluding to Warne and Waugh. I know but the Pakistan example is more relevant to this case.
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+x+x+x+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is very similar to the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistani cricketers in 2010 where players were paid to bowl no balls at certain points of the match. All three players involved went to prison. Think he was alluding to Warne and Waugh. I know but the Pakistan example is more relevant to this case. I can tell you that I used to referee here in W.A and I was refereeing a Women's state cup game at 7:45 on a Wednesday night in fremantle and it was freezing and awful rain and a guy walks up to me while do my pitch inspection and goes you got any info who is going to win , need to let a few people go , I'm like to myself that's commitment for gambling
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+x+x+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is very similar to the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistani cricketers in 2010 where players were paid to bowl no balls at certain points of the match. All three players involved went to prison. Think he was alluding to Warne and Waugh. I was, SB.
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+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Not quite true, but I get your point. Any of the players on a yellow would have to have been more careful/reluctant to challenge for the remainder of the game or risk the second yellow. It has to weigh on their minds in a split second and it is also going to affect the coaches thinking about subs. It doesn't take much more than those things to impact on a result in a sport where a single goal or mistake can make the difference.
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+x+xJust mentioning that no result of any game was affected in any way. Not condoning it, but it is small beer on a global scale. Some where around giving cricket pitch reports to bookies, and that didn't end up any careers. Not quite true, but I get your point. Any of the players on a yellow would have to have been more careful/reluctant to challenge for the remainder of the game or risk the second yellow. It has to weigh on their minds in a split second and it is also going to affect the coaches thinking about subs. It doesn't take much more than those things to impact on a result in a sport where a single goal or mistake can make the difference. Good point.
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And, it was the United Kingdom Gambling Commission which first alerted Australian authorities to suspicious betting involving Macarthur FC.
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/aleague-2024-three-macarthur-fc-players-arrested-after-police-investigation-yellow-cards-betting-probe-details/news-story/44337aec548b757a9f16dd8c255d7317Footage of arrests. Pretty heavy. I guess links to anything like organised crime poses risks of weapons etc. Really wonder what's to come of this and you'd assume the police have some pretty damning evidence.
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https://www.espn.com.au/football/story/_/id/40946566/betting-agencies-roped-league-men-corruption-scandalBetting agencies roped into A-League corruption scandalDavila and Baccus adjourned to October 17th, The day before the A-League kicks-off ! Lewis adjourned to Sep 12th
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Would make for an interesting marketing launch....
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+xWould make for an interesting marketing launch.... This version saying they're all on Oct 17th https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/betting-agencies-roped-into-a-league-corruption-scandal/104259000This is the bit I'm looking forward to more detail on Police also allege unsuccessful attempts were made to do the same thing during matches on April 20 and May 4. Was the Ref tipped off ahead of the game ?
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The scary thing is with reduced franchise revenues and therefore player salaries, the temptation would be there for more players to try it this season...
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+xThe scary thing is with reduced franchise revenues and therefore player salaries, the temptation would be there for more players to try it this season... Not necessarily. Davilla, Lewis and Baccus were probably 3 of the higher paid players at macarthur. Davilla was marquee wasn't he? This is all about their characters and personalities. Not what their salaries are.
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+x+xThe scary thing is with reduced franchise revenues and therefore player salaries, the temptation would be there for more players to try it this season... Not necessarily. Davilla, Lewis and Baccus were probably 3 of the higher paid players at macarthur. Davilla was marquee wasn't he? This is all about their characters and personalities. Not what their salaries are. Thats even worse mate....
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I just really feel for the betting companies here.
I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community.
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+xI just really feel for the betting companies here. I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community. I know right. Won't somebody think of the children? 
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+x+xI just really feel for the betting companies here. I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community. I know right. Won't somebody think of the children? completely against all betting advertising
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+x+x+xI just really feel for the betting companies here. I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community. I know right. Won't somebody think of the children? completely against all betting advertising :P I know mate, just stirring. I agree, except when its an NST club of course... hahahahah https://www.clubmarconi.com.au/whats-on/the-poker-palace/
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+x+x+x+xI just really feel for the betting companies here. I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community. I know right. Won't somebody think of the children? completely against all betting advertising :P I know mate, just stirring. I agree, except when its an NST club of course... hahahahah https://www.clubmarconi.com.au/whats-on/the-poker-palace/ LOL, touche eh. I'm with you tsf, I've never been drawn into gambling/betting BUT I LOL at please gamble responsibly hahaha like WTF.
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+x+x+x+x+xI just really feel for the betting companies here. I cannot believe these heartless players potentially got deliberate yellow cards, resulting in the absolute devastation it caused these pillars of the Australian sporting community. I know right. Won't somebody think of the children? completely against all betting advertising :P I know mate, just stirring. I agree, except when its an NST club of course... hahahahah https://www.clubmarconi.com.au/whats-on/the-poker-palace/ LOL, touche eh. I'm with you tsf, I've never been drawn into gambling/betting BUT I LOL at please gamble responsibly hahaha like WTF. Not even in your Aleague days LFC??? hahahahahahah  Or even the mighty Reds :) 
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hehe nope, yer even bloody LFC amongst so many more Clubs. I'd sooner eat and drink my $ instead of hoping to win x gambling. Sad state of affairs to me - its all about the mighty $ no matter what and where you go.
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+xhehe nope, yer even bloody LFC amongst so many more Clubs. I'd sooner eat and drink my $ instead of hoping to win x gambling. Sad state of affairs to me - its all about the mighty $ no matter what and where you go. Hahahaha Im the same man, gambling never really held any appeal... Ill play the odd Powerball, or put a bet on the Melbourne Cup once a year but apart from that not really interested..
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Probably isn't a money thing.
I have many old friends who get up to questionable behavior by society's standards. I don't think money is always the prime objective. Maybe the thrill and rebellion, or just sheer fun of doing shit you should not sometimes plays a part.
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+xProbably isn't a money thing. I have many old friends who get up to questionable behavior by society's standards. I don't think money is always the prime objective. Maybe the thrill and rebellion, or just sheer fun of doing shit you should not sometimes plays a part. Davila, 33, allegedly acted as the conduit between the south-west Sydney team's players and an unnamed criminal group in Colombia, organising for the cards to occur during particular games.
The midfielders pleaded guilty today to engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of an event. A second charge of participating in a criminal group was withdrawn. Lewis had previously pleaded not guilty to both charges, but reversed his plea to one of the charges after negotiating with prosecutors. Both former A-League players maintained blank faces as their pleas were entered. The pair will face sentencing in September. Davila, the alleged local ringleader of the criminal group behind the betting corruption, has not yet entered pleas to the nine charges he faces. He will return to court in August. Gaming-machine records and bookmaker statements from BetPlay Colombia, Bet365 New Jersey and Bet365 Bulgaria comprise part of a lengthy brief of evidence being prepared by prosecutors. Police say the betting scheme led to hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid out in winnings. Davila's contract with Macarthur FC was terminated shortly after his initial arrest, which the team described in a statement as mutual. Baccus was released by the Bulls during a 2024 off-season clean-out and Lewis remains suspended. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/former-a-league-players-admit-to-roles-in-betting-corruption-scandal/ar-AA1IjwDV?ocid=socialshare
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