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If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading

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Towards an anti-drugs and anti-corruption body for all sports? — BetFair’s proposal…

Play The Game [I like that website title ]: Betting industry leader calls for sport world anti-corruption agency 8 April 2008 by Michael Herborn Mark Davies, managing director of global betting giant Betfair, has called for a world anti-corruption agency … Continue reading

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