IOC to step up monitoring of betting at the Beijing Olympics
As if there wasn’t enough controversy already at the Beijing Olympics, the IOC is planning to set up a special unit to monitor suspicious betting. I was kind of surprised to learn that they allow betting in the first place.
The IOC has created agreements with major betting companies to monitor irregular betting during the Olympics.
“We rely on them to advise us if there is an abnormal pattern in betting and then they will advise us if something is suspicious,” International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said. “It is (in) their interest to work with us. It is (in) our interest to work with them because these betting companies definitely also want a clean sport.”
“I was kind of surprised to learn that they allow betting in the first place” <– they have no choice in the matter - this isn’t betting *at* the Olympics, this is people betting on it in their own countries or over the internet. Even if the IOC said it wasn’t allowed, this would have precisely no effect.
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