It's probably my naivety, but I'm surprised there's so much money involved in lower league betting. I'd expect big wins to stand out with the bookies, and low wins would seem to not make it worthwhile.
Ah, I never thought of that, and I should have, because I went through a period of betting on the last 10 minutes of random games. They seem to have fixed it now, but every now and again it would give very long odds on a team that were already well ahead. I was suspicious, as there were times when a team well up with less than 10 minutes left, and with long odds, still lost. Quite often, these were in places at the back of beyond in Asia. I couldn't believe that they really had people reporting the scores back from each of these games. I'm not even convinced some of the places even existed.
Aye, I get that. I was more referring to me forgetting the amount of betting on obscure games that takes place in Asia, which could possibly mask someone rigging things to win big.
I remember watching something with I think Le Tissier years ago. Being a forward he always took the kickoff and his mates decided to lump on massively that there'd be a throw in to the opposition in the first minute. He went to kick it straight out of play, but the opposition kept it in and he ran around like a mad man trying to win the ball back so he could kick it out in time.
