Italian tennis player gets punished for match fixing; Vegas proxy service keeps growing

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An Italian tennis player was barred for 18 months and fined 40,000 euros following accusations of match fixing.

Many countries do not devote significant resources to policing match fixing in tennis, but Italian authorities have been among the most effective in the world at exposing improprieties. Last year, two other Italian players, Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace, were barred for life by the federation for match fixing, but the federation’s appeals court cleared Starace and reduced Bracciali’s punishment to one year.


Covers published a feature article about a proxy service for the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook’s SuperContest.

Now in their eighth year, Simo and Law are coming off a record-setting season, as they handled 570 clients in 2015, about a third of the entire field of more than 1,700. And for the second time in three years, they proxied for the winner, a gentleman who collected more than $900,000. The extraordinary growth of the SuperContest itself – this year’s winner might just be the first to earn $1 million – has allowed their business to flourish, as well.


A Canadian lawyer said his country is missing out on significant tax revenue by not regulating daily fantasy sports.

“It’s like the government has its head in the sand. It refuses to do anything at all about the matter,” says Michael Lipton, a gaming law partner at Dickinson Wright LLP.

Without regulation, “There’s a tremendous loss of tax revenue that’s being suffered by the government,” Lipton adds.

“The revenue I think could be in the billions of dollars.”


Michigan has been the most popular bet to win the college football national championship at multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks.

The Wolverines’ championship odds have moved from 15-1 to 7-1, making them the second favorites behind Alabama at the Westgate SuperBook.

More money has been bet on Michigan to win the championship than on any other team at the SuperBook, and Jim Harbaugh’s squad has attracted 10 percent of all the national title bets at William Hill’s Nevada book. The Wolverines also have attracted the most bets to win the title at the MGM and Westgate sportsbooks.


Another South Korean baseball player is under investigation of match fixing after he recently confessed.

According to police, Yoo told investigators Monday that he deliberately allowed walks in the first innings during two games in 2014 when he was playing for the Hanwha Eagles.

Police cited Yoo as saying he took a total of $2,640 in return from a broker.


Westgate Las Vegas Superbook director (and Denver Broncos fan) Jay Kornegay thinks the Broncos are still serious with Mark Sanchez at the helm.

“I think Sanchez will play better for the Broncos than Manning did at the end of last season,” Westgate sports book director Jay Kornegay said. “A lot of people are underestimating the Broncos right now because of their quarterback situation. But if you look at the rest of their team, what is their weakness?”