It's all rigged...RIP football...

[Nechtology 0]

Sounds like a "conspiracy theory", but look at the facts. We have just signed a lucrative deal with Coral, SkyBet hijacked the play off final, and all I could see flashing around the perimeter hoardings yesterday was "Ladbrokes".."Bet365"....etc etc etc. Whoever allowed betting companies to get their filthy paws "officially" on our beloved game needs shooting. Betting companies, by the very nature of their trade, is to make as much money as they possibly can, and that''s dependant on results. If they can buy into football clubs, they become the boss, and will then have the power to dictate the outcome of a match, to suit themselves. Jerome''s goal WAS a goal, and we should''ve had a penalty. But that wouldn''t have suited where all the betting money was being placed. You have 11 players sweating their nuts off, and a manager going bananas on the touch line. But all that is irrelevant, because the outcome isn''t based on that anymore. It''s about what result will make the bookmakers the most money, and now they have direct control over the club and officials to ensure that happens. And when there is billions at stake, money will win every time. Sad times.

[CDMullins 436]

LOL

[E.L.F. 0]

And a justice system perfectly arranged to protect the scheme as well. Sad times indeed.

[Muddy funster 0]

.....except...The bookies would prefer the underdogs to won every time! If anything we should have got both decisions for us and won 3-2 - more people would have lost money to them that way. Very nice sentiment but flawed in this case.

[Muddy funster 0]

Win not won - edit

[Indy 3,284]

It''s a valid point in part, with so much connection to football, could it have an impact, knowing the money betted in the Far East, could they be bribing refs?

[grefstad 0]

OP needs to read up on how the bookmaker business works.

A bookie who has done his job properly will rarely care about the result, and will never allow huge bets on one outcome without balancing the book (otherwise he faces bankruptcy).

In almost all games the bookie has got a reasonable margin on all odds offered, and if the book is balanced reasonably well, the bookie makes money whatever the result. All a bookie will ever care for is the turnover, as long as his oddscompilers and bookbalancers are doing their jobs properly.

If a bookie gives odds on a cointoss, he will not offer 2.0 on head and 2.0 on tails. Most likely around 1.90 or maybe 1.95 at best on each outcome. If a lot of bets come in on heads, he will lower the odds and cut the limits, to make people bet more on tails, thus balancing the book.

Comprende?