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| A review of gambling in sport has recommended that a new unit is set up to investigate corruption in betting across all events. The report, put together by the former Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry, also calls for tougher sanctions for cheats. The review was commissioned by the sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe following increasing concerns about betting on sport leading to cheating. Last year, Accrington Stanley footballers bet on their side to lose, and 48 suspicious betting cases in the 18 months to 31 March were referred to the Gambling Commission. "The report that I've delivered to the minister today presents a clear way forward in tackling the growing threat of corruption to the integrity of sport," Parry said. "We have to take the toughest possible approach if we want to stamp out cheating – and that's why it's so vitally important that the recommendations are taken on board and followed through. "This should be a no-compromise approach – the panel has identified a number of areas that need work and we now need the full sign-up of the government, the gambling industry, sports governing bodies, the police and the Gambling Commission to put them into practice." The proposed unit, called the Sports Betting Intelligence Unit, would be housed within the Gambling Commission Other proposals included: • A comprehensive education programme for competitors. • A new code of conduct on sports betting integrity for all sports governing bodies. • Every sport to have a system for capturing intelligence and report regularly to the new unit. • A review of the two-year maximum sanction, under the Gambling Act. "I am very keen to keep up the momentum on this vitally important work," said Sutcliffe. "There is no place in sport for cheating of any kind and we must make sure we're doing all we can to protect its integrity. But this issue cannot be tackled by government alone. "The report puts a range of recommendations to sports governing bodies, bookmakers, the police and importantly the Gambling Commission. I hope all of these bodies will take this report seriously and consider in detail what practical steps they are now going to take. "We must all work together towards one common goal – an effective, watertight intelligence-led system that means cheats have nowhere to hide." |
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