Sunday, November 12, 2006

The Football Association (FA) is to investigate allegations made by a former
bookmaker that several Premiership managers have placed bets on top-flight
fixtures. It is understood that a former employee of the offshore bookmakers
Victor Chandler made the accusations about four managers, one of whose bets
totaled 12 million pounds in one year. Various claims were also made about
the gambling habits of various Premiership players. FA rules forbid any
player or manager to bet on any game in a competition in which they are
involved. An FA spokesperson said: "We will investigate these reports to see
if there has been any breach of our regulations and we would welcome any
information that would help our inquiries." The news comes days after a
report suggested that number of players were addicted to on-line gambling
and pornography.