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One recent example is the man who ran onto the field at the Super Bowl after having proxies place $370,000 in bets on that occurring. However, he bragged about
by jetrink 6y ago
One recent example is the man who ran onto the field at the Super Bowl after having proxies place $370,000 in bets on that occurring. However, he bragged about what he had done on a radio show and those bets were invalidated.
- notahacker 6y agoAnother example that springs to mind is a British bookmaker that ran a promotional betting offer on a fat lower division substitute goalkeeper eating a pie during a televised cup match. The fat goalkeeper ate a pasty whilst sitting on the bench, and was promptly banned for a couple of months even without any evidence of financial gain for "intentionally influencing a betting market"
- roganartu 6y agoThere was another example of this in Australia back in 2016 where some prediction markets offered a novelty bet on what colour tie one of the TV hosts would wear. The host got wind of it and, for fun, changed ties at least five times throughout the evening. https://twitter.com/sportsbetcomau/status/749219697359396864 https://twitter.com/sportsbetcomau/status/749219697359396864 https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-2016-laurie-oakes-ties-up-bookies-with-multicoloured-offering-20160703-gpxhr0.html https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-201...