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2023-02-07T17:14:09Z

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Alvin Chau (pictured) has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of charges related to organised crime and illegal gambling activity 10 Premier League clubs are partnered with 8 betting companies targeting the Asian market RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 122 shares TGP's nominal HQ is based above a low-profile betting shop in Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man. Among dozens of betting brands, TGP works with eight Asian-facing betting brands who together have partnerships with 10 Premier League clubs. TGP has also licensed and provided websites for defunct brands that formerly worked with Premier League clubs, such as 138.com, and brands that partnered with PL clubs but no longer do, such as HTH Bet, a former sponsor of Manchester United. There is no suggestion any of the clubs or those brands knew of any potential link between Chau and TGP. But our investigation raises serious questions about the circumstances in which the clubs receive millions of pounds from such betting sponsors, and how the sector is regulated. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Gambling Harm has told the MoS they will launch an inquiry unless the Premier League and the Gambling Commission, which regulates TGP, provide satisfactory answers about these apparent links. Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the APPG vice-chair, said: 'The reputational harm to the EPL, which has been a global success story, is considerable and this risk is not to be taken lightly. APPG vice-chair Sir Iain Duncan Smith (pictured) has said they will launch an inquiry unless the Premier League and the Gambling Commission provide satisfactory answers over the apparent links 'The APPG are particularly concerned about the nature of the relationship between the Isle of Man company TGP that provides the UK Gambling Commission licence for these brands, 138.com and SunCity, whose founder and controlling shareholder Alvin Chau has been sentenced for serious crimes in China and stands accused in an Australian Parliamentary inquiry of associating with known triads. 'The APPG would call on the Gambling Commission, the Premier League, the clubs and also TGP itself to explain the nature of these links and if we are not satisfied with the explanation, we will be holding an inquiry.' The call follows an investigation by The Mail on Sunday into Asian brands' growing visibility in English football, where their adverts and messaging are almost unavoidable at any top-flight match. Asian betting brands frequently advertise in Chinese, including on the hoardings at Premier League games which are watched worldwide. While some ads are legitimately directed at Chinese expats, concerns have been raised that brands may be using their relationships with Premier League teams to appeal to customers in China, where gambling is illegal. Sir Iain added: 'Is it appropriate for these online brands to be using EPL clubs, shirts and grounds, to be advertised in jurisdictions, such as China, where gambling is illegal? And what kind of message does this send to people in the UK, including supporters of all ages, about gambling? There is no suggestion TGP is involved in illegal activity but the ultimate beneficial ownership of the firm is not possible to identify from public records. TGP currently provides betting licences and website services for Arsenal and Southampton's betting partner Sportsbet.io, for Aston Villa's partners BK8 and Kaiyun Sports; and for Manchester City's Asian betting partner, 8xBet. Premier League club Southampton have their shirts sponsored by Sportsbet.io Everton are sponsored by TGP-assisted stake.uk.com, while other TGP-powered brands include Fun88, commercially tied to Tottenham and Newcastle, Leeds's main sponsor SBOTOP, Crystal Palace's partner Bk8, and Wolves' partner brand 12bet.uk. The Gambling Commission admit they do not have the power to force companies to reveal the beneficial owners behind trusts registered in domains such as Jersey, as is the case with TGP, although they insist they carry out appropriate due diligence before issuing a licence. TGP Europe, which is licensed by the Gambling Commission, is part of a network of related Manx companies including TGP Holdings and Xela Holdings, but its ultimate ownership is unknown. Its CEO is Manx-based Garth Kimber, who lives in a seaside mansion boasting a tower and stunning views. In 2013 Newcastle United posted a picture of him alongside Newcastle players to announce a deal with 138.com, with Kimber billed as '138.com chief executive officer'. But in the same year evidence emerged of a more controversial link to Chau's SunCity empire. The trade magazine Gaming Intelligence noted Kimber had become CEO of Xela Holdings, TGP's parent company, saying Xela was 'the online arm of Macau's leading VIP junket operators, SunCity'. The following year a sports betting company, SB Tech, noted it had signed a deal with 'TGP Europe, [which] is owned by TGP Holdings, part of the SunCity Group, the largest provider of live casinos in Asia'. The MoS has also spoken to a former 138.com commercial director, Daniel Stracey, who confirmed that 138 and its predecessor, 138SunGame, were ultimately owned by Chau's SunCity. The 138 brand in all its forms is now defunct. These links suggest those controlling SunCity, including Chau, were also controlling Xela and TGP from around 2012, but there has been little public indication of the nature of the relationship in recent years, since Chau came under serious scrutiny from China's legal authorities. Leeds United are also sponsored by a betting company - SBOTOP SunCity was set up by Chau in 2007 to attract high rollers to casinos in Macau, the former Portuguese colony which is China's only territory where gambling is legal. So-called 'junket operators' such as SunCity provide credit as well as luxury accommodation to gamblers. SunCity's extraordinary success led to a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange and Chau rapidly became a staple of local newspapers for his rise in business and his colourful private life. But in February 2021 a report was published by an Australian judge, Patricia Bergin, for the New South Wales Parliament on corruption in Australian gambling circles. It stated: 'There were clearly links between Mr Chau, SunCity and organised crime groups.' She added it was 'probable' that Chau had 'continued his associations with members of triad groups'. In November 2021 Chau was arrested in Macau after China's Public Security Bureau said he 'had formed a cross-border criminal group' and set up overseas gambling operations illegally targeting Chinese gamblers. The HK-listed SunCity Group Holdings, rebranded as LET Group Holdings since Chau's arrest, denied it was 'related' to TGP but would not comment on another arm of Chau's empire, the privately owned Sun City Gaming Promotion (SCGP), based in Macau. It also pointed out that Chau had stepped down as chairman of the listed company and was no longer a shareholder. Chau closed down SCGP last year after his arrest. His conviction, however, raises uncomfortable questions for TGP, its brands, the Gambling Commission and the Premier League clubs that have been happy to take the huge sponsorship deals on offer despite the opaque nature of industry. One long-time industry insider claimed that the Asian-facing betting brands in partnership with Premier League clubs who use TGP to build and run their UK-facing websites 'are not actually much interested in UK customers using their sites'. Instead, said the source, they are interested in using TGP, because TGP provide them with a Gambling Commission licence, and therefore a UK government approved licence. 'So the brands can assure their clubs their UK operations are licensed and regulated, and the clubs do deals in the knowledge they can assure fans their partners are licensed and regulated.' Sportsmail contacted all 10 Premier League clubs in question and none responded on the record, although a majority privately agreed any proven links between TGP and Mr Chau would be troubling. Premier League strugglers Everton are sponsored by the betting company Stake.com An official at one club voiced concerns that some partnerships are signed without extensive due diligence and believed that was the case elsewhere. All the clubs who responded stressed they did due diligence on their betting partners while not feeling it was practical or necessary to extend that to due diligence to other companies their partners work with, such as TGP. As Sportsmail in December it is unknown where Manchester City's Asian betting partner 8xBet, registered in Curacao, has an operational base. The firm's PR company, based in Dubai, will not say. Asked who owns 8xBet, the company said it was owned by a private individual Ryan Li, who has no public profile. As we reported last year, quotes from Mr Li said a promotional video with Teddy Sheringham was an official launch of that partnership but the MoS discovered it used a lingerie model from London posing as an 8Xbet executive. Kaiyun Sports, which signed a deal with Aston Villa last year, claims to have an HQ in Hong Kong despite the legal problems this would appear to present, and states it is registered in the British Virgin Islands, although no record could be found under this name. The only named Kaiyun official comes up on the Real Madrid website as chief marketing officer Byrne Howard. There appears to be no professional or personal profile for such an individual. Sportsmail repeatedly approached Garth Kimber and TGP with our evidence and a raft of questions but received no response. The Gambling Commission declined to answer questions about TGP or the brands, stating that it does not discuss individual cases but said it did full due diligence on licence applicants. The Gambling Commission also declined to say whether there was any open investigation into TGP's ownership. 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Looking Ahead At Baseball Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024

2023-02-07T17:12:44Z

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Comparing Rolen to Beltre, each valued defense, although Rolen earned eight Gold Glove Awards while Beltre earned five. Beltre hit 477 home runs compared to Rolen's 316. Beltre finished in the top 10 of MVP voting six times while Rolen did it once. "(Defense) affects your team immediately," Rolen said on the MLB Network broadcast immediately after learning of his induction. "It affects your pitcher, it affects your team, you save runs. ... I believe in infield defense, I love it, so I really took a lot of pride in defense." Rolen will join former Atlanta Braves first baseman Fred McGriff as a member of the Hall Class of 2023 after McGriff was named by the contemporary baseball era committee in December. Looking past this summer's speeches and celebrations, an eclectic group of new inductees and holdovers could be set to create the BBWAA's largest class since it voted in four players in 2019. Longtime Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton just [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00224871211000071 missed induction] this year, while longtime Houston Astros left-hander Billy Wagner also inched closer. Helton received 72.2 percent of the vote, while Wagner was at 68.1 percent. They both are expected to break through the required 75 percent threshold next year. A worthy 2024 class could include Helton, Wagner, [https://www.zpartner.eu/zpartner-teched-in-barcelona-2019/ deneme bonusu] Beltre and center fielder Andruw Jones, who played 17 seasons and had a run of 10 consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a member of the Atlanta Braves from 1998-2007. Jones was named Tuesday on 58.1 percent of the ballots. Aside from Beltre and Wright, also making their ballot debut in 2024 will be six-time All-Star Jose Bautista, 21-year veteran Bartolo Colon, five-time Silver Slugger Joe Mauer and eight-time playoff participant Chase Utley. 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The latest bit of baseball malfeasance where judgment is coming to pass is the Houston Astros' 2017 cheating scandal. A major player in that sordid affair was Carlos Beltran, who played the last of his 20 seasons with the 2017 World Series champion Astros. Beltran's role in the sign-stealing affair already has cost him a chance to manage the New York Mets, but it might not damage his Hall of Fame prospects. Beltran was named on 46.5 percent of Hall ballots, the best of this year's first-timers. Beltran can take comfort in the fact that Rolen received 10.2 percent of the vote in his first year on the ballot in 2018 before going to 17.2 percent, 35.3 percent, 52.9 percent and [https://bit.ly/deneme-bonusu-giris bit.ly] 63.2 percent in subsequent years before reaching 76.3 percent this year. 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Gambling Group In Touch Games Fined £6.1m

2023-02-07T17:12:07Z

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Eight Illegal Gamblers Thrown Out Of SA20 Cricket Matches

2023-02-06T21:09:35Z

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Eight illegal gamblers, including two from England, have been kicked out of Twenty20 matches in during the first two weeks of the SA20 competition amidst concerns over corruption. A Sportsmail investigation has unearthed details of Cricket South Africa's anti-corruption operation at the new franchise tournament, which is primarily aimed at clamping down on criminal gangs exploiting poor workers to service 's £100billion-a-year illegal gambling industry. The group stages of SA20 has featured England stars such as and alongside top South Africans Kagiso Rabada and Quinton de Kock, a combination that has attracted the country's first sell-out crowds for domestic matches in a generation. Eight illegal gamblers have been kicked out of T20 matches in South Africa in the first fortnight of the new SA20 competition, for which icon Graeme Smith (right) is League Commissioner RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share But the glitz and the glamour disguises a seedier side to the tournament. After spending time with CSA's anti-corruption officers at several of the competition's six venues, Sportsmail can reveal: - Eight punters were thrown out of matches for the illegal practice of pitch-siding - passing on live match information from inside stadiums to bookmakers without a licence - including two from England, three from India, and three from Bangladesh, although anti-corruption officers say the real numbers involved are far higher. - The Indian and Bangladeshi gamblers evicted were employed by criminal gangs based in the sub-continent, who pay them a daily rate of around £50 plus accommodation and food in return for live commentary on the match, which enables them to gain information and data ahead of the big gambling operators and therefore beat the markets. - Individual punters can make millions from pitch-siding, with one of the UK-based gamblers kicked out by anti-corruption officials openly showing them his career earnings, which totalled £3.8m. Pitch-siding is prohibited at all sports venues, as by giving illegal gambling operators a time advantage of up to 10 seconds compared to those relying on television pictures it can severely distort betting markers. A Sportsmail investigation has unearthed details of Cricket South Africa's anti-corruption operation at the new franchise tournament, aimed at criminal gangs exploiting poor workers Anti-corruption officials have also told Sportsmail that there is considerable evidence of individuals who start off pitch-siding being drawn into acting as go-betweens to facilitate corruption and spot-fixing, particularly those employed by criminal gangs. During SA20 those caught pitch-siding for the first time were kicked out of the stadium and given a banning order from all other grounds. Those guilty of a second offence were handed over to the South African police and charged with trespassing, as they had breached the terms of a previous banning order. Whilst there are a few individuals who practise pitch-siding for personal gain such as the English punter boasting of his £3.8m winnings, the majority are in the pay of illegal gambling syndicates. At less well attended T20 events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi it is common to see large groups of men with several phones openly pitch-siding, but with limited resources devoted to anti-corruption, the offence remains difficult to prove. Anti-corruption officials have estimated that there are around 100,000 bookmakers operating illegally in India with sport betting largely focussed on cricket. The group stages of SA20 has featured high-profile [https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars England stars] such as Jos Buttler, and Jofra Archer (pictured). There is no suggestion either is involved in any criminal activities There are no betting shops or legal operators so there is no way to track bets, with every bet and financial transaction undertaken digitally. 'There's a lot of money to be made,' a CSA official told Sportsmail. 'One of the guys from the UK we evicted was happy to show us his lifetime's earnings, which were £3.8million. I'm not sure how long he'd been gambling for, but that's a lot of money. 'It's very difficult to spot pitch-siders in big tournaments, as the stadiums are full and most of the crowd are constantly using their mobiles anyway. The number of people caught probably represent a fraction of those actively involved in illegal gambling. 'A lot of people start off as pitch-siders and then become corruptors, as they spot the potential for even greater earnings. Our job is primarily to make sure that the players are not approached by these individuals. 'We take a zero tolerance approach and anyone suspected of illegal gambling or suspicious activity is thrown out of the stadium.' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share If you treasured this article so you would like to collect more info pertaining to [https://bit.ly/deneme-bonusu-giris deneme bonusu] generously visit our own site.

China HK Stocks Rise On Strong Foreign Inflows Amid Signs COVID...

2023-02-06T01:06:26Z

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Looking Ahead At Baseball Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024

2023-02-05T05:03:52Z

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The Baseball Hall of Fame announcement Tuesday was a celebration of third base, and it could be more of the same in 2024. Former Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds star Scott Rolen was officially announced as a Hall of Famer through a vote by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America and will be enshrined at Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 23. And while it might be a bit early to look ahead at the 2024 Hall of Fame class, before Rolen has even had a chance to work on his acceptance speech, there is no denying that a theme could be developing. Rolen became the 18th third baseman inducted and a 19th might be on the way in 2024 when former Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers standout Adrian Beltre hits the ballot for the first time. Another first-timer on next year's ballot is former New York Mets third baseman David Wright. Comparing Rolen to Beltre, each valued defense, although Rolen earned eight Gold Glove Awards while Beltre earned five. Beltre hit 477 home runs compared to Rolen's 316. Beltre finished in the top 10 of MVP voting six times while Rolen did it once. "(Defense) affects your team immediately," Rolen said on the MLB Network broadcast immediately after learning of his induction. "It affects your pitcher, it affects your team, you save runs. ... I believe in infield defense, I love it, so I really took a lot of pride in defense." Rolen will join former Atlanta Braves first baseman Fred McGriff as a member of the Hall Class of 2023 after McGriff was named by the contemporary baseball era committee in December. Looking past this summer's speeches and celebrations, an eclectic group of new inductees and holdovers could be set to create the BBWAA's largest class since it voted in four players in 2019. Longtime Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton just missed induction this year, while longtime Houston Astros left-hander Billy Wagner also inched closer. Helton received 72.2 percent of the vote, while Wagner was at 68.1 percent. They both are expected to break through the required 75 percent threshold next year. A worthy 2024 class could include Helton, Wagner, Beltre and center fielder Andruw Jones, who played 17 seasons and had a run of 10 consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a member of the Atlanta Braves from 1998-2007. Jones was named Tuesday on 58.1 percent of the ballots. Aside from Beltre and Wright, also making their ballot debut in 2024 will be six-time All-Star Jose Bautista, 21-year veteran Bartolo Colon, five-time Silver Slugger Joe Mauer and eight-time playoff participant Chase Utley. Like Beltre, Mauer and Utley have a chance to push toward first-time ballot-inductee status. 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Ties to gambling kept Pete Rose off the Hall of Fame ballot, while the Steroid Era has prevented the likes of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez from enshrinement. The latest bit of baseball malfeasance where judgment is coming to pass is the Houston Astros' 2017 cheating scandal. A major player in that sordid affair was Carlos Beltran, who played the last of his 20 seasons with the 2017 World Series champion Astros. Beltran's role in the sign-stealing affair already has cost him a chance to manage the New York Mets, but it might not damage his Hall of Fame prospects. Beltran was named on 46.5 percent of Hall ballots, the best of this year's first-timers. Beltran can take comfort in the fact that Rolen received 10.2 percent of the vote in his first year on the ballot in 2018 before going to 17.2 percent, 35.3 percent, 52.9 percent and 63.2 percent in subsequent years before reaching 76.3 percent this year. Then there is always the contemporary era committee, which elected McGriff to this year's class, but that group has not been kind to Hall prospects such as Bonds, Clemens and even Curt Schilling, who said he would rather be judged by his peers than the writers. It hasn't helped his cause. The contemporary era committee is the last available path to enshrinement for longtime second baseman Jeff Kent, who now will fall off the writers' ballot after receiving 46.5 percent of the latest vote. --Doug Padilla, Field Level Media If you cherished this write-up and [https://bit.ly/deneme-bonusu-giris deneme bonusu] you would like to receive more information regarding [https://bit.ly/deneme-bonusu-giris deneme bonusu] kindly visit the web site.

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