Football Bookies in Asia

When it comes to a major football tournament, I would get to see many people putting bets on matches being played on that night or nights to come. Heard of friends' offices that organised betting pools for a particular match or bet on tournament winner only.

During those same period, I have seen football bookies sitting in restaurants accepting bets via phone calls openly. Curiously, I did ask them what was the bet like for that match that we were watching. Many ways of betting quoted by him. Didn't place any though but he did ask me "want to bet or not?" ........... haha. Friendly guy anyway, maybe need to as to maintain good public relation.

The Interpol are getting ready for the coming Euro 2008 that would be held during June/July 2008 and the crackdown on football bookies were discussed in their Global Conference on Asian Organised Crime in Singapore recently. "Football bookies, here we come" - that could be Interpol's theme for 2008.

Wondering whether Interpol was involved in the on-going African Nations Cup? Benin's coach, Reinhard Fabisch, has publicly announced that he was approached by an African representative on behalf of a Singapore based syndicate. Later, his team lost 1-0 to Mali. Were his players on the take?

Have you placed any bets for the African Nations Cup? With Euro 2008 coming, I'm sure many one-off gamblers who are football fans would be placing tons of monies. As for me, would be grabbing lots of titbits in anticipation of those late night matches and maybe pop in lots of vitamin B.

It was such menace that made me lost interest in Malaysian football. Since the massive crackdown in the 1990s on dozens of players in the main local league, I have gave up hope on Malaysian football. With the pathetic display by the Malaysian football team in international matches, I found it hard to even read about it.

Somehow, Asian bookies tend to be at the forefront when major football tournaments are being organised.

Reading: Interpol cracks down on football betting - Stars
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