US EditionTurkey investigating over 150 referees for betting on soccer matches
The Turkish Football Federation found 152 referees actively betting on matches over five years, with some placing over 10,000 bets, prompting disciplinary actions to protect sport integrity.
- The Turkish Football Federation revealed that 371 out of 571 active referees had betting accounts, with 152 actively gambling on matches, according to TFF President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu.
- A single referee placed 18,227 bets, and 42 referees bet on over 1,000 games each, as per TFF findings.
- Haciosmanoglu emphasized the need to clean Turkish football, calling the scandal a wake-up call for integrity reforms.
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Players may also be involved in the betting scandal that rocked Turkish football on Monday.
152 referees are said to have placed bets, the focus of the investigation should now be on clubs and professionals.
In Turkey, hundreds of football referees, some of whom operate at the national level, bet on matches in violation of a ban, said Monday 27 October the president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), promising immediate sanctions. This internal investigation is coupled with a judicial investigation by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office.
A few days after the revelations in the basketball professional league NBA, the headlines belong to Turkish football. According to the president of the football association TFF, a Ref alone placed more than 18,000 sports betting.
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