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malaise

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7. Deep corruption in sports for eons

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:01 PM

Dec 2025

The gambling tents were a big part of cricket as far back as the 19th century. Indeed many of the rules of the game were written to protect the corrupt connected who huge sums of money.
I always laugh when idiots tell me about the gentlemen’s game.

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