In the last couple of years there has been a recent discovery of a major problem in soccer. Since betting money became introduced in lower division in soccer, there has been a lot of attention around criminals that are threatning players, referees, and coaches to either lose or win for them to make money on these games.

This is common in other sports as well, but lately there has been a lot of incidents regarding soccer. In Europe, betting is legal and it takes two minutes to go in and put money down on a team. Therefore, criminals have discovered the opportunity to make money on this. They can control a whole game if they get the referee to make calls that will turn the game to one team. Or if they get a player, they can control the game by giving away the ball, making own goals, or taking a redcard.

This usually takes place at games with barely any media attention, therefore, they go to the lower division games. I think you should be able to bet money on games, but only in the professional leagues. Otherwise it is a lot easier for criminals to go through. Hopefully, governments will make more restrictions regarding betting in non professional leagues, which will lead to less incidents.

In this example, it’s clear to say that the goalkeeper is not doing his best to stop the ball.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggISbsu62U