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What is the punishment for match fixing?

What happens if I help fix a match? You will at least risk a multi-year ban from football. In various countries match-fixing is considered a criminal offense, meaning that players who are found guilty of being involved with match-fixing risk a jail sentence.

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What is match-fixing?

Match-fixing is the illegal manipulation of the result of a sports match, or elements of a match, such as a specific throw-in, penalty-kick, corner or yellow card.

What is the purpose of match-fixing?

The most common reason for match-fixing is to achieve a financial gain through betting activities. When the outcome of a match is determined before it begins, match-fixers can win a lot of money with a correct bet. The betting market (legal and illegal) is enormous and globally generates more than 1 trillion USD per year. Match-fixing is not always about betting. There is also sports motivated match-fixing, which arranges a sporting advantage such as winning a match or a competition, qualifying for a competition or preventing relegation. These non-betting cases occur far less than betting-related match-fixing cases.

Who organizes match-fixing?

Betting-related match-fixing is mostly orchestrated by members of organised crime groups. According to Europol [link to report], they often operate internationally. These groups are not only involved in match-fixing, but also in other sorts of crime such as money laundering, drug trafficking, extortion, property crime). They often have a wide network of connections in sports. These organised crime groups consider match-fixing to be high-profit and low-risk, and therefore Europol warns that these groups aim to invest even more money in their match-fixing activities. Some criminals buy football clubs to make it easier to fix matches.

How common is match-fixing?

There are no exact numbers of fixed matches. According to Europol, less than 1% of football matches are suspected to have been fixed. Regardless, football is by far the most targeted sport by international organised crime. On average, one out of ten players will be approached during his career.

How do the match-fixers operate?

Criminals often have persons working for them who approach players, coaches, referees or club executives to help fix a match. These persons (also called runners) could be other criminals, but also former players or player agents.

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around 10% The amount you tip in South Africa will depend on where you are and what type of services you're buying. As a general rule, expect to tip around 10% of the bill. If you get exceptionally good service, say thank you with a tip closer to 15-20%.

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