SUSPECTED 'IN RUN' BETTING GAMBLER EJECTED FROM
AUSSIE TENNIS MATCH
16 January 2009
European concerns that mobile live betting could
corrupt tennis carries over to Australia
In a reprise of a similar incident last year, when
European gamblers using laptops and mobiles were ejected
from a major tennis match (see previous InfoPowa
report), an alleged mobile better was removed from a
Brisbane International tennis tournament match last
week.
The spectator was removed by tournament security staff
last for transmitting information via a mobile phone,
the Couriermail newspaper reports.
Tennis Australia and Brisbane tournament director Steve
Ayles declined to confirm or deny the report, and he was
backed by TA chief Steve Wood who said: "Our policy is
not to comment on such queries - we don't confirm or
deny any incidents."
The issue surfaced when a fellow spectator contacted the
Couriermail, revealing that he had reported a man
watching a match who had been repeatedly speaking on a
mobile phone between points.
In a related statement, Australian Open officials said
that the use of mobile phones at Melbourne Park will be
under intense scrutiny in the first Grand Slam to be
played under the auspices of the International Tennis
Integrity Unit.
Australian Open officials have hired a security
organisation for a second year to monitor spectators for
evidence of betting and have also banned the use of
laptops.
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