Do matches/games get rigged?

[stretch]

Just how safe is it to bet on sporting events?

Match rigging. This is something that has crossed mind many a time. Lets be honest, it happens in horse racing and at the dogs (which is why i rarely bet on these). There was the thing with bruce grobalaaaaar and john fashinu in the footy which im sure everyone remembers. I guess what im trying to say is, are sporting events rigged more than what than we and the officials realise? This kind of thing could be happening weekly.

Thoughts on this anyone?

[John Holmes' Stunt C**K]

Sport, and Horse Racing inparticular, are in no way bent

The answer to your question, Yes, sport is bent

[Prowler]

i dunno if this answers your question but its an amazing bit of info i just found out from a friend in the game.....

a certain premiership manager has had a MEGA and i mean MEGA bet on thierry henry winning the golden boot this year, which might explain why a certain horse faced striker keeps getting ruudely left on the bench!!!

[John Holmes' Stunt C**K]

I'll tell you a funny story from 2 years back.

Whilst at uni, me and my flat-mate got a part-time job at an online betting exchange. It was a pukka job, and there were some real charactars there.

Anyway, in the second week we were there, one of the other members of staff was on the phone to a big player in the horse racing industry. Between us we made out the conversation went..."yeh, horse x has been sitting in the field for the past week eating grass and hay, it doesn't stand a chance of winning.."

Me and my mate then log-on to betfair, and see this horse trading at 1.43 (around 4/9) for a win, and 1.26 for a place. we both lay it largely (on the uni computers ) and then leg it down to the bookies to watch it. it was a shitty race at Wolverhampton, and the horse came last.

Is this classed as cheating though??

Pm me if you want to know the horse and trainer in question

[Johnny Casino]

how do you rig the dogs? Tell all the other dogs to let Max come first and you let them share a french poodle for the evening.

[alexross1977]

you can drug the dog.. get it drunk, make it run before the race or sit on his back.

[stretch]

Originally Posted by Johnny Casino

how do you rig the dogs? Tell all the other dogs to let Max come first and you let them share a french poodle for the evening.

Run it into the ground on the day of a race, give it 20 bowls of water an hour before the race,etc. Yes the dogs are rigged!

[anfield road]

Originally Posted by stretch

Run it into the ground on the day of a race, give it 20 bowls of water an hour before the race,etc. Yes the dogs are rigged!

No they aint.

No sport thatis bettable on is rigged. as the bookies would have a big big fine to pay if they found to be cheating puntters

[stretch]

Originally Posted by anfield road

No they aint.

No sport thatis bettable on is rigged. as the bookies would have a big big fine to pay if they found to be cheating puntters

It aint the bookies who rig it, its the owners of the dogs! Not all of em, but some.

[Prowler]

i have a bit of experience in dog racing as my dad used to be a trainer, the simplest way to stop a dog winning is to feed it an hour before the race, no need for drugs or punch in the nuts as people used to say happened, just a few sausages does the trick, luckily these days once a dog reaches the track, usually a couple of hours before the racing starts, the track puts them in kennels where ONLY the kennel hands are allowed into, also the manager of the track is the only one who knows which dog is where and informs the kennel hands what dog from which kennel goes into what trap at what time so noone knows what dog to mess with, that has stopped pretty much all the fixing in dog racing so you can waste ya hard earned cash free of worry