Japan Sumo Association\u2019s Grand Tournament<\/a> had to be scrapped in 2011, for the first time in six and a half decades after 13 senior wrestlers were involved in betting and match fixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeems like they were looking for a \u2018sizeable\u2019 fortune!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horse racing Down Under<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nHorse racing aka the Sport of Kings, is not without its share of controversies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is one of the most notorious for fixing allegations ranging from ringer jockeys to horses paraded as supposed amateurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Champion jockey Damien Oliver<\/strong> was a few years ago accused of betting on a rival jockey\u2019s horse, Miss Octopussy<\/strong>, through a go-between. He admitted to having done so.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFine Cotton, a comedy of errors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe lust for money was also brought to the forefront through trainer Hayden Haitana<\/strong> and bloodstock agent John Gillespie<\/strong>. The duo was embroiled in a ring-in and substitution scandal that involved some of the country\u2019s elite. The painted Bold Personality, a bay gelding, brown so that it could be entered as another horse, Fine Cotton<\/strong>, in the Commerce Novice (2nd division) Handicap over 1,500 meters at Eagle Farm Racecourse<\/a>, Brisbane, Queensland. Their bluff was caught when the odds swung from 33-1 to 7\/2 before the race. A shoddy paint job where the paint started running down the horse\u2019s leg after the race, was the final nail in the duo\u2019s coffin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betting, for the most part, is clean when it comes to sporting events. However, there have always been a few in the gambling fraternity that hope to rake in some extra moolah and end up causing some of the biggest scandals and controversies. From match fixing to doping, point shaving and players looking to fast […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAmazing Sports Betting Scandals That Rocked The Sporting World<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n