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"Tennis bans courtsiders to protect the sport’s integrity, U.S. Open tournament director David Brewer said." "In 2011, the men’s and women’s tours made a deal
by No1 12y ago
"Tennis bans courtsiders to protect the sport’s integrity, U.S. Open tournament director David Brewer said."
"In 2011, the men’s and women’s tours made a deal to sell their scores through a company called Enetpulse, majority owned by IMG. Many of the buyers are sports-gambling websites that provide the scores for in-play betting — wagering on the match after play has begun."
So when someone goes to a match and transmits the points, it ruins the integrity of the game, and when the tournament operators do it, it's totally fine.
I wish there were a law against blatant hypocrisy.
- Someone 12y agoCounterpoint: allowing those watching the game to place bets on an event after it happened (or to pass information to others that enables those others to do so) is dishonest towards those who do not have access to that information. In some jurisdictions it also is against the law. If the tournament organizer is the only channel through which information flow as towards the betting office, by definition, it is impossible for the better to know the outcome of something he bets on at the time of the bet. Of course, there are other ways to prevent this. For example, one can forbid bets on events that are expected to happen within five or ten minutes. I guess that isn't done because it decreases revenue.
- yuliyp 12y ago5-10 minutes isn't what they're betting on. They're betting on matches. You predict outcome of the match based on current information. If you have more of the match behind you, you can make more accurate bets, even if the outcome is still an hour away. The information asymmetry means you can find winning bets even if the market is otherwise efficient.