Choker or cheater?
Carlos Berlocq of Argentina is ranked 89th in the world. Richard Bloomfield is ranked #249 and only got in as a wild card. So when bettors put more than half a million dollars on Richard Bloomfield to win and he did, more red flags went up than at a communist parade.
Betfair, a british online gambling site, said that the bets on the match were 30x more than normal on similar matches and that the odds went from 2-1 against to 10-1 against. Because of the unusual betting pattern, they alerted the International Tennis Federation and Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association who are investigating it.
After reading this story, the only thought we have is, “crap! why didn’t someone tell us about the fix!” We don’t condone gambling or anything…
[AP]: Officials investigate Wimbledon betting
