Bookies react to ‘Danny Gate’ before media

 

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By ScottWoodward.me, 21 Dec 2009 ScottWoodward.me is a Roar Guru

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Bookmakers reacted quickly on Saturday afternoon to suspend betting on the NRL based on ‘mail’ that the Newcastle Knights could have further trouble associated with teammate Danny Wicks’s alleged drugs scandal.

It seems that the bookies have been more reactive than the media, especially the Newcastle Herald, who did not report any further incident in ‘Danny Gate’.

The Sydney Sunday Herald was the exception which reported that “a number of Newcastle Knights first-graders have allegedly been caught on police phone taps or surveillance seeking to purchase, or buying drugs.”

How is it that the “bush telegraph” can deliver this front page story to the bookmakers on Saturday and only a single newspaper runs with it the next day?

One thing is certain, if these allegations are accurate the Knights will struggle to field a competitive team next year and will firm into favouritism to win the Wooden Spoon.

The only bookmakers betting on the Spoon were Sportsbet and IasBet who had the Knights at 9.00, but suspended betting around 2pm Saturday.

The Knights standing in the 2010 NRL will depend on the qualifications of the allegations, and if proven correct, what action the NRL head office take.

The NRL have the power to deduct premiership points which obviously will be crucial before any betting markets can be published again

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