{"id":9845,"date":"2023-01-16T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?p=9845"},"modified":"2023-01-18T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:50:14","slug":"match-fixing-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/blog\/match-fixing-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Match Fixing in Sports Betting: Myth or Reality?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Match fixing is often thrown about in sports betting<\/a> circles. Spend time around sports bettors, and you\u2019ll often hear somebody say something like, \u201cthe game was fixed,\u201d or \u201cit\u2019s clearly match-fixing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question is, does match fixing really go on? The simple answer is yes. Match fixing is a thing, and it has and does happen. Over the years, there have been numerous cases of match-fixing across several sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we take a look at exactly what match-fixing is and go over some real-life cases of match-fixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is match-fixing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OK, so what is match-fixing? Essentially, match fixing is the action of pre-determining the result of a match or sporting fixture for financial gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, before the event, players or officials agree to do something in order to fix the result. Why would this happen? So that somebody knows what\u2019s going to happen before the event occurs. They are thus able to bet on the outcome knowing full well what\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why would players or officials in any sport agree to match-fixing? I hear you ask. Well, that\u2019s a very good question, to which the only answer is financial gain. The only reason why players or officials would agree to partake in match-fixing is that they\u2019ve been paid to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does match fixing take place regularly?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are often reports<\/a> of match-fixing, many of which are proven to be both true and false, across many of the world\u2019s minor sporting leagues. This is partly because it is much easier for those who wish to influence minor fixtures than it would be to fix major events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, match-fixing is absolutely not contained in lower-level sporting competition. Over the years, there have been several high-profile match-fixing scandals in several sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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