Soccer Bookmakers Pulled Bets Twice in 2014 on False Data
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Perform Group Plc’s RunningBall unit, which supplies real-time soccer data, said it sent false data to bookmakers twice this year as prosecutors in Portugal investigate one case for betting fraud.
The Portuguese public prosecutors’ office said in an e-mail it’s investigating a supposed Aug. 4 exhibition game in the country that didn’t take place even though at least six bookmakers offered wagers based on RunningBall’s live scoring updates. RunningBall said in a statement late yesterday it also supplied false data to oddsmakers for a Jan. 29 exhibition in Armenia that didn’t happen.