Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[Protein Junkie]

Insider trading ok as well?

No

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

How does this work ? Would have thought betting patterns weren’t openly available to anyone other than the individual betting companies

Can look at changing odds I suppose but not sure how you would monitor this carefully enough without massive resources. Which players markets and company would you check ?

Assumed the FA had the info and told city rather than face legal issues for allowing transfer to go ahead assumed they knew about it a while but that wouldn’t be fair on City snd questions would need to be asked Westham should also have known again questions need to be asked same with the player.

If City have found this out and not the betting companies or the Premier League or FA that’s shocking for the game and questions need asking

I'm told, whether anyone believes it or not, that an agent who was close to Paqueta was the one who flagged it. Betway, who are West Ham's shirt sponsors, allegedly knew about it but weren't keen on it being flagged, for obvious reasons.

It may be the agent wanted to scupper the transfer for some reason, or it was a an inter-agency issue. Paqueta supposedly changed agents a few weeks ago and agents often keep their clients' dirty dealings secret, then reveal them if they change agents. That happened with the spit-roast video involving Micah Richards and Ishmael Miller, which mysteriously found its way into the media after one, other or both moved from being represented by (iirc) Jerome Anderson.

 

[BlueRockape]

Insider trading ok as well?

only if you own Tottenham ; )

 

[chesterbells]

I'm told, whether anyone believes it or not, that an agent who was close to Paqueta was the one who flagged it. Betway, who are West Ham's shirt sponsors, allegedly knew about it but weren't keen on it being flagged, for obvious reasons.

It may be the agent wanted to scupper the transfer for some reason, or it was a an inter-agency issue. Paqueta supposedly changed agents a few weeks ago and agents often keep their clients' dirty dealings secret, then reveal them if they change agents. That happened with the spit-roast video involving Micah Richards and Ishmael Miller, which mu=ysteriously found its way into the media after one, other or both moved from being represented by (iirc) Jerome Anderson.

lol, Micah would just love that being brought up again now, wouldn’t he?

Re LP, all that sounds believable tbh mate.

 

[MarsLlama]

I think the betting industry is fucked if you can’t tell your mates you are signing for another club. Not really insider trading just a restriction on free speech which no gambling institution should control.
Just an opinion though.

Agree on this. When does it stop? I know a pilot who sometimes flies footballers. If he flies someone who’s heavily linked with City from Germany to Manchester, what’s stopping him putting a bet on - would the player get in trouble for that too?

Easiest solution is to stop giving odds on players to sign for clubs.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Agree on this. When does it stop? I know a pilot who sometimes flies footballers. If he flies someone who’s heavily linked with City from Germany to Manchester, what’s stopping him putting a bet on - would the player get in trouble for that too?

Easiest solution is to stop giving odds on players to sign for clubs.

Double like :-)

 

[homerdog]

Sullivans trying to roger us... makes sense we pulled out

Always a good policy!

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Easiest solution is to stop giving odds on players to sign for clubs.

What would you propose in this instance.
This was for yellow cards received.

Only real solution is to ban betting on corners, bookings, offsides etc.

 

[Coatigan]

I think the betting industry is fucked if you can’t tell your mates you are signing for another club. Not really insider trading just a restriction on free speech which no gambling institution should control.
Just an opinion though.

Quite a few lines of work have confidentiality expectations, with or without the gambling industry. While I could actually agree with that, it becones one of those where do you draw the line. Telling mates about a transfer, holding up a transfer to get it on a specific date so someone can benefit from it? Getting yourself carded in a game, costing your team points, costing another team etc.

 

[bluenova]

What would you propose in this instance.
This was for yellow cards received.

Only real solution is to ban betting on corners, bookings, offsides etc.

I suspect the bookies make much more money from the extra betting opportunities.

It's probably also easier to spot irregular betting. It might be simpler for a player to pick up a yellow or give away a corner, than affect the result, but the market will be much smaller, so any cluster of larger bets than usual will stand out a mile.