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Bets, lies and table tennis: How police pinged an international pong – Sydney Morning Herald
The arrest of a high profile former table tennis player in Australia today has thrown light on a murky new betting market that opened up during COVID lockdown.
The agency data crunchers, who use computer analysis to detect unusual betting patterns, uncovered a pattern of curiously consistent winning among certain gamblers down Australia’s east coast.
‘Men Morning Australia’
The data suggested someone either was an astute punter who defied all statistical norms, had a crystal ball designed for international table tennis or knew in advance the outcome of certain matches.
So the nation’s newest sports corruption watchdog, Sports Integrity Australia, and the…
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