Goldmember - Haven't you ever heard of Bruce Grobbelaar who as a football (soccer) goalkeeper for Liverpool?

He was accused by the British tabloid newspaper The Sun of match fixing during his time at Liverpool to benefit a betting syndicate.

What is the difference between betting one team (or tennis player) to lose or the other team (tennis player) to win?

You don't need betting exchanges to do make money out of a fix, it has been quite possible to do this for many years by betting with the bookies or with SportsTab, by betting one team (or player) to win a punter is in affect betting the other to lose.

Fixes of this nature go way back in time before betting exchanges, it is just that they have the facility to advise the authorities of the possibility of a fix going down. The bookies or the SportsTab don't and that's a big plus for the exchanges IMHO.

[ This Message was edited by: La Mer on 2004-09-05 15:06 ]