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Could the World Cup be rigged?
Is it a staged event merely for betting purposes? Could it really be rigged? Are players really bought and matches being staged beforehand to the bookie's advantage?
It has bothered me every world cup whether a match is fixed or not. The last WC, France lost to Senegal, and everyone was complaining it was fixed. Once again, Frace drew to Switzerland this year, and Henry is not performing (he never performs under his WC team) - Could he have been bought?
3 goals by Australia in the last 8 minutes. Could this be a desperate attempt by bookies to cash in on score predictions by punters?
In Asia, bettings are "Handicap", i.e. you give a certain no. of balls to the opposing team for advantage over the game. Sometimes, when too many bets are on one side, the game always seem to favour the bookies. "A heavy boat will sink" so they say. This time, it was the Brazil - Croatia match. Only 1-0? Are you kidding me? The handicap being 1.5 to Croatia, and whoever that gave the handicap and took Brazil would've lost their wager. No surprise as Brazil were the favourites that night, regardless of the handicap.
So what do you think? Is it really just a show?
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