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14 August 2005
Bookies Welcome Footballer Bets
Ban
Bookmakers
last night welcomed moves to clamp down on betting scandals
in Scottish football.
Scottish
Football League
secretary Peter Donald has written to every club reminding
them that betting on matches in which the players are
involved is banned.
A spokesman for Ladbrokes
said: "It is our policy not to take bets knowingly from
footballers. We welcome anything that backs up our
stance."
Last season, we revealed
that £250,000 was gambled on a meaningless
end-of-season game between Queen's Park and Elgin City.
Despite warnings, bookies were stung for £200,000. Both
clubs were cleared by a League investigation.
And in the season before,
£250,000 was staked on Ayr United to win an
end-of-season match with Raith Rovers. One bet of £800
was placed on an internet account held in the name of the
son of Raith director Willie Gray.
An SFL investigation found
that the club had done nothing wrong.
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