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When we think of sports betting, we usually imagine the more mainstream games of soccer, basketball, baseball and maybe horse racing. These are all exciting sports that offer bettors a great chance of making some winnings. ut there are also plenty of other less-well known sports from around the world that also offer the possibility of placing a wager. Some of these are both strange and unique in that they are so obscure as to only have one paricular town and it's people participate in.

Though there's probably a lot of match-fixing going on in many sports, tennis has attracted more than a fair share of betting mafia attention. Due to the nature of bigger bets being allowed in Asian countries, the potential profits are that much bigger than for European sports gamblers. With huge sums of winnings at stake, the easiest means of fixing a match is to encourage the players themselves to lend a hand in the process, especially with so many tennis players struggling financially.

Every gambler needs to believe that they are playing on a level playing field. That the odds are the same for all players. With huge sums of cash changing hands during betting games, especially with sports betting, then it's no surprise that some might be tempted to cheat. And it's so much easier to do this from within the sports/casino companies themselves, out of the sight of the bettors themselves. Over history, there have been a number of famous cases where the perps were caught out.

It's true that Azeem Rafit suffered horrible racism whilst playing at Yorkshire. And this is absolutely unacceptable. Unfortunately, after the PCA had to suffer their worse public grilling in front of a select committee, some personal negative news appeared to leak out about Rafiq. Apparently, it was that the PCA was disappointed with the ex-player. After all, hadn't they helped him when he had a serious gambling problem? To the point of clearing his gambling debts and giving him counselling.