21Apr

Honouring ANZAC Day – the Spirit of Australian Sport

I was invited to give a keynote speech in Melbourne, Australia for their Sporting Integrity Conference hosted by the Victoria Police. It was at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Club. I spoke about the widespread corruption, match-fixing and the toxic nature of the "experts" paid by Qatar diverting much of the sports integrity industry. I will write later about those themes and why such a speech is impossible in Canada - because our fabulous athletes are constantly betrayed by our politicians...

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21Jan

How the NCAA Match-Fixing Actually Worked…

Exclusive interviews with match-fixers to show how corruption linked to the international gambling market is an existential crisis to US sports. One of the alleged participants in the NCAA match-fixing ring. To begin with the obvious and necessary: people lie. They lie for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes they lie for profit, sometimes they lie because they like lying, and sometimes they lie because they are on the wrong side of an interrogation table...

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21Nov

The Sporting Plague: No One Will Speak About

Capitol Hill, Washington DC - The Launch of Family and Friends of Gamblers Capitol Hill, Washington DC. The major announcement of a new group in the fight for proper regulation of gambling. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Representative Paul Tonko, hosted the event. I spoke about the widespread sports gambling addiction among athletes. Below - the text of my speech: ** It is a silent plague. A disease that-none-dare-mention-its-name is hitting American athletes. Gambling addiction is sweeping our athletes from the very top leagues down to high school students. Over...

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10Nov

We are all the Turkish Football League Now: Why the Match-Fixing Tsunami Continues in Sports

Sports around the world are in danger: Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, NCAA, UFC and soccer/football in 33 countries. Here are the facts that no one else will tell you. “When you want to fix, go to the country where it is easiest.” It was the day after a major Champions League game. The final round of the old-formatted, group stages where most teams had nothing to play for. I was talking to one of the biggest Asian match-fixers. He told...

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03Nov

Why has the Sports Integrity Industry Failed?

The FBI investigation of the NBA, and alleged Mafia involvement raises a massive question - why has the sports integrity industry failed so badly that few are surprised by this scandal? The New Yorker, asked me to contribute my quotes to their article “The Sports Betting Disaster”… here is my longer response. The Match-Fixer The match-fixer was completely at his ease. I thought he was going to be nervous. His gang travels around the world corrupting major sports events, so I...

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27Oct

The NBA Match-Fixing Scandal II – The Unspoken Secret of the Gambling Integrity World

There is a secret that no one dares speak about in the sports betting integrity world. It lies at the heart of the current FBI investigation of the NBA. Well they would say that wouldn’t they? This is my response to many of the commentators who have been claiming the FBI arrests are a triumph of the legal betting market and its ability to show corruption in the bets. Some of the people making these comments are simply shills for the...

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23Oct

The NBA Match-Fixing Scandal

Organized crime mobsters, coaches, athletes, the NBA and the FBI. If you think it just one sport or league - you are in a dream world. This is the tip of the iceberg. Gambling addiction is rife among athletes. This is the big sports news that I have been hinting about for years. The day has finally, arrived when American sports stars and coaches, along with their alleged mobster chums, have been arrested for match-fixing. There is more - much more...

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12Jul

The Of Course World of Match-Fixing

Suspicious games, match-fixing and corruption from around the world. "Yeah, there's tons of big events which are being fixed.Especially now, lately the trend is very huge events in e-sports as well. Because there is no punition. You can just fix and not get punished." Interview with match-fixer, July 2024. The list is long and varied. It is compiled by Francesco Baranca - the brilliant, controversial and brilliantly controversial sports gambling monitor - and the team here at the University of New Haven....

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25Jan

“In sport, corruption is normalized…”

An honour and privilege to be interviewed by the superb French journalist Patricia Cerinsek on bribery, corruption and criminality in sports.She asked the fundamental question, "Why are so many athletes corrupting their sports?'Three main reasons:i. They are told to do so by their bosses. Il sistema/the system/cooperativa is alive and well in many sports leagues. To be a 'good professional' is to learn to lose as well as win.ii. They are not paid their salaries. Non-payment of salaries is...

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06Sep

Stupid vs. Criminal: the Iowa Gambling Scandal

The sad failure at the heart of the Iowa/Iowa State Sports Gambling Scandal It is a sports scandal that reveals much about America. The state of Iowa is an icon.  It is an agricultural place at the center of the country that has a far larger influence than its relatively small population. Iowa is the purported home of honest, decent folk who work hard all day in farms, fields and barns. The men are supposed to wear baseball caps and be good guys....

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