Which Factors Favor Betting Related Cheating in Sports? Some Insights from Political Economy

Rebeggiani, Luca; Rebeggiani, Fatma

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02582-7_9

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“…Lastly, nine studies addressed the consequences of fraud in sport in terms of the reputation of private sector entities. In fact, competition manipulation decreases the public's trust in sport in general as the premise of sport contests links winning with a mastery of the discipline in question, and the amount of training and efforts invested in a specific contest (Rebeggiani & Rebeggiani, 2013). Even the reputation of international sport federations, such as the IOC, is harmed by fraud in sport (Robinson & Parry, 2018).…”

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“…Here, a link can be drawn to the rational choice approach that is often used in the study of crime (Jancsics, 2014). In fact, participants to betting-related competition manipulation seem to be driven by a cost-benefit analysis of their situation before making a decision (Forrest, 2013;Rebeggiani & Rebeggiani, 2013;Van Der Hoeven et al, 2020). However, this analysis is mostly bound by 'limited rationality' as offenders are confined by the limits of time and the availability of information during their decision-making process (Clarke & Felson, 1993).…”

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A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport

Vanwersch

Willem

Constandt

et al. 2022

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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This study provides a structured overview of the literature published between 2010 and 2020 on the causes and consequences of fraud in sport using a systematic search strategy. Our results show that the current literature on this phenomenon is mostly focused on football as a specific type of sport, and on competition manipulation as a specific type of fraud. Guided by the routine activity theory, we observed that motivated offenders, suitable targets, and the lack of capable guardians render sport vulnerable for fraud in general, and for competition manipulation, corruption, financial fraud, and human trafficking in particular. The consequences of fraud in sport are mostly financial, through a diminution in the public's trust combined with a decrease in attendance and spectatorship to sport events. The phenomenon of fraud in sport remains strongly under-researched through empirical designs, and an interdisciplinary approach is required to tackle its complex nature and scope.

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Section: Betting-related Competition Manipulationmentioning

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A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport

Vanwersch

Willem

Constandt

et al. 2022

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…Examining sports corruption, Kihl (2018: 202) claimed that “corruption is both a state and process”. Moreover, as argued by Rebeggiani and Rebeggiani (2013: 165), the legal perspective is too narrow while the moral one is short of convincing employability. Here, we may envisage that diverse dimensions shall be examined.…”

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Examining the fabrics of match-fixing: The underground sport betting system

Tzeng

Ohl

2022

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This study aims to examine the very fabrics of underground sport betting system that is associated with match-fixing. Mafia, syndicates, and bookmakers are the three levels of actors in the hierarchy. Having grassroots bookmakers as our particular focus, we examine their roles and networks, what regulates the system, and how the system functions. Thanks to our academic links with the mafia, we had access to bookmakers to carry out observations and 25 interviews. We rely on the social capital model in which structural, relational and cognitive dimensions are identified. Findings reveal that actors are empowered by their social capital to streamline their underground business. Far from the stereotype of a competitive market under the control and coercion of very powerful mafia, our observations of bookmakers, mainly women, show that they cooperate, trust each other, and have great autonomy in their activities. Because of their strong shared culture and networks, betting activities are considered acceptable in their own small community.

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“…Boeri and Severgnini, 2011;Maennig, 2005) and techniques (e.g. Cheloukhine, 2013;Park, 2018;Rebeggiani and Rebeggiani, 2013;Vodde, 2013). With regard to its causality, economists have offered productive insights and have even established their own schools of thought (see Wolfers, 2006).…”

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“…According to Haberfeld and Abbott (2013b), a comprehensive framework for research on match-fixing should incorporate at least three dimensions: cognitive, structural and relational. First, the intrinsic and extrinsic utility value of sports cheating is a common factor in economists' analysis (Rebeggiani and Rebeggiani, 2013), and these two types of utility value are strongly associated with actors' cognition (Kasser and Ryan, 1993). Second, the non-monetary costs of match-fixing (see Bag and Saha, 2011;Forrest and Simmons, 2003) are related to actors' social norms (Kohlberg, 1975), and this issue should be examined from a relational perspective (Jancsics, 2014).…”

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Understanding match-fixing from the perspective of social capital: A case study of Taiwan’s professional baseball system

Tzeng

Lee

2020

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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The present study aims to explore the social conditions and underlying mechanism of match-fixing, especially when it is not facilitated in a quid pro quo relationship. Analyzing scandals in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League, our research investigates how both individual agendas and organizational interests are served in match-fixing. Practically, the prerequisites and actors’ rationales for their involvement in match-fixing are explained. Theoretically, actors’ motivations and the exchange of intangible resources (not in the form of money) are examined. Our findings speak to theories of structural, cognitive and relational social capital by elaborating on the dark side of social capital. The relational attributes possessed by actors embedded in their social networks are involved in the cognitive process of actors’ decision making. Alternative policy implications are proposed to reduce the potential for match-fixing.

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Which Factors Favor Betting Related Cheating in Sports? Some Insights from Political Economy

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport

A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport

Examining the fabrics of match-fixing: The underground sport betting system

Understanding match-fixing from the perspective of social capital: A case study of Taiwan’s professional baseball system

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