Is IPL just for gambling and betting?
India is notorious for being the biggest market of sports gambling in the world with cricket being at top. Millions and billions of dollars exchange hands during the cricket tournaments and series especially http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup and Indian Premier League (IPL).
Many analysts think that the IPL is just made for gambling and betting. The ongoing fourth edition of the league is evident as there has been put a lot of money in the black market. The state of gambling has reached to an extent that a bookie committed suicide
in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 some days backk after losing a heavy amount in betting.
Sport gambling is illegal in India. Only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Jones-c2531 race is immune of the ban. There are a few registered casinos that organize gambling. Besides it, there is a wide network of underworld gambling mafia which just works on cricket.
According to a rough estimate, illegal gambling in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 even exceeds the national income of the country. Almost $20 billion pass through the gambling process annually in India. Specially the matches, which are played on the Indian soil, draw abundant betting.
The rates of the Indo-Pak match are the highest of all.
The Indian police and security agencies have tried a lot to detect and hack the gambling network but in vain. The underworld mafia has strong ties with top brass of media, government and security agencies which extend their patronage to the black business.
Some gamblers have established their websites and organize online gambling. The online gambling is somewhat easier and safe and it is hard for the police to detect it. Lon in to internet and you will find hundreds of gambling website that are being operated
by the Indians.
There had been a hot debate in India on the issue of legal and illegal status of gambling. A few months back, an Indian courted ruled to give the sports gambling a legal cover but the parliament turned it down.
A few days before the start of the World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief,http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, suggested the Indian cricket authorities to bring the cricket gambling under the legal net. Haroon was of the view that if the betting is legalized,
many nefarious practices could be eradicated. But India is still sitting on fence.
Gamling is not a vice in itself, rather it has many evils attached with it. Cricket betting gives birth to corrupt practices like match-fixing and spot-fixing. The bookies invest heavy amount to purchase players to save their interest. The purchased players
deliberately underperform on the field and thus tarnish the image and standard of the game.
The IPL tournament, since its inception in 2008, has been an easy safe heaven for the bookies. As the league franchises are owned and operated by the corporate and media tycoons, the gambling finds an easy way in it. Moreover, the T20 format of league is
more favourable for the black business.
Just after the end ot the World Cup, the IPL tournament has started, giving the Indian gambling market a lucrative and unabated business. Every tournament match is drawing huge betting from around the country. The two Indian cities, Mumbai and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, are
considered to be the hub of the underworld gambling gangs. The incidents of clashes and fights are order of the day but now suicides have started too.
If such types of outrageous activities are not controlled, the IPL will soon lose its charm and credibility as it has already lost viewership and media rating to a large extent.
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