PADDYPOWER SUSPENDS IRISH FOOTBALL BETTING
1 May 2009
Suspicious activity alerts Irish bookie
The BBC reports that Irish land and online bookie
PaddyPower has suspended betting on all Irish League
games, including those involving Linfield and Glentoran.
The suspension follows reports of an unusually high
number of bets being placed on teams which had no chance
of winning the league title.
"This isn't
necessarily something sinister," said a spokesman for
the bookmaker. "People on the ground might know that a
key player is or isn't playing or something as simple as
that."
The spokesman said that the company would
not resume betting on the bulk of Irish League sides
until the start of the new season.
"This also
happens in relation to the lower English divisions and
in Italy as well," he explained to media. "Things just
aren't as competitive at this time of year and we're
therefore not willing to take the same risk.
"Teams often field younger players, might not be
training fully or might even play after a night out."
Irish Football Association President Raymond
Kennedy suggested that something must be going on and
proposed a deterrent approach: "We could take the line
that teams can be told before kick-off tomorrow that we
are aware of the situation and just to be watching their
step."
A spokesman for Belfast-based bookmakers
Toals, which is still taking bets on all Irish League
games, said there had been "very, very unusual" betting
in relation to Glenavon, Dungannon and Newry City, with
continued "treble betting" for all three sides to win
despite the odds being slashed from 16-1 to 4-1.
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