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 Austrian tennis pro Daniel Köllerer has been banned from competing for life after being caught trying to match-fix one of his games. The Tennis Integrity Unit, which is based in London and run by former Scotland detective Jeff Rees, announced earlier this week that Köllerer had been found guilty of "contriving or attempting to contrive the outcome of an event; soliciting or facilitating a player not to use his best efforts in an event; and soliciting, offering or providing money, benefit or consideration to any other covered person with the intention of negatively influencing a player's best effort in any event".
The unit said that Köllerer was found guilty of three anti-corruption violations between October 2009 and July 2010. They would not provide any details on what matches he allegedly attempted to fix saying that information was "confidential," and Köllerer's manager, Manfred Nareyka, said that there was no proof that he was guilty of any offence and that they would planned to make an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Sports betting is big business and because in many countries sports betting has gone underground it's hard to tell just how much money exchanges hands following a big game. Accusations of match fixing have been made in some of the world's biggest sports leagues and it's not surprising considering that sports is one of the few types of gambling that rely solely on the efforts of one or more players.
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