Abstract

Sports betting has increased in popularity and complexity in the past 5 years. With the leverage of communication technology the betting sector has become similar to financial markets. Bets, and particularly sports-related bets, which can be bought and sold in real time, are similar to financial derivatives. Thus, a betting underwriter is similar to a trading house or investment banker. While the investment industry is regulated and supervised the betting industry is completely unregulated. Some major cases of financial crime are linked to the betting industry and were recently noted by investigators.

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