LONDON: Describing India as a "grey market" of gambling in cricket, former International Cricket Council chief Ehsan Mani has urged ICC to ask Indian government to legalise betting.
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Mani, who was ICC president from 2003-06, said as India has not legalised betting the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit cannot be effective in dealing with the bookmakers there.
"From what I understand, whenever India play a one-day match $200m to $300m will be bet. The ACSU works very closely with the bookmakers in countries where gambling is legal. So when there is a sudden change in the direction of the odds, it is quickly on to it," Mani told Wisden Cricketer magazine.
"But in the grey markets, particularly India, where it is totally unregulated, the ACSU's intelligence can only ever be superficial. So this is the time for the ICC to say to the Indian government that you have to bring this into the loop. I don't know why it hasn't happened as the government would make a lot of money out of it," he said.
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Image via WikipediaMani, who was ICC president from 2003-06, said as India has not legalised betting the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit cannot be effective in dealing with the bookmakers there.
"From what I understand, whenever India play a one-day match $200m to $300m will be bet. The ACSU works very closely with the bookmakers in countries where gambling is legal. So when there is a sudden change in the direction of the odds, it is quickly on to it," Mani told Wisden Cricketer magazine.
"But in the grey markets, particularly India, where it is totally unregulated, the ACSU's intelligence can only ever be superficial. So this is the time for the ICC to say to the Indian government that you have to bring this into the loop. I don't know why it hasn't happened as the government would make a lot of money out of it," he said.
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