So, the Premier League just kicked off its new season this past weekend, and soccer fans were probably surprised to see Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta playing for West Ham on Saturday, despite facing serious spot-fixing charges. Paqueta looked great on the field and even scored a penalty to tie the game against Aston Villa, though […]
Tag:match-fixing
Is There Match-Fixing in eSports?
The short answer to this question is – of course. If you have been betting on sports online, you undoubtedly have seen the addition of eSports events to an immense number of Internet gambling platforms in the past decade, especially in the past five years. That said, people competing in video games is nothing novel, […]
Point Shaving an Insidious Form of Match-Fixing
Today, thankfully, match-fixing is not as prominent as it once was. That is, in large part, on account of the level of statistical analysis involved in high-profile contests and games getting filmed from multiple angles. Hence, it is much easier than before to snuff out nefarious activity. Nonetheless, any sport’s integrity can still get compromised […]
Sports That Have Gotten Plagued the Most With Fixing Scandals
It goes without saying that any competition can get rigged. Nonetheless, over the past century, some sports have been more vulnerable to manipulation than others. That has occurred because various elements within certain athletic competition types and one’s outside them have distinctly affected them in this area. Today, it is harder than ever for anyone […]
Five Big Match Fixing Sports Controversies
We recently did an article on the biggest sports betting scandals. Well, here is another piece of content in a similar vein, except this one goes into five sporting events whose results many think were not legit. The Battle of the Sexes – 1973 In 2017, Fox Searchlight Pictures distributed a sports film based on […]