{"id":372,"date":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/sri-lanka-bans-sports-betting\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T00:00:00","slug":"sri-lanka-bans-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/sri-lanka-bans-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"SRI LANKA BANS SPORTS BETTING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The segment was already illegal but Sri Lanka has banned sports betting on overseas competitions as well in order to prevent match-fixing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">Sri Lanka.- Cricket is a huge sport in Sri Lanka, but was involved in a match-fixing scandal recently. National team players were suspended for corruption and pushed Sri Lanka to ban sports wagering completely<span style=\"color: #1d2f5f;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The segment was already illegal in the country, but the prohibition now includes overseas events<span style=\"color: #1d2f5f;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The ICC had branded Sri Lanka as one of the most corrupt cricketing nations in regards to sports betting. Moreover, Sri Lankan sports minister Harin Fernando said: \u201cMany tried to prevent this piece of legislation. But I am happy that it was taken up today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1d2f5f; letter-spacing: .25pt;\">The sports betting market is one of the most successful verticals in the world. 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