Summary of betting on Betfair: Martin Vassallo Arguello --started the match as a 1 5 favourite on Betrair (2/1 on) as he was the higher rated player, ranked 48 by the ATP compared to a ranking of 74 forVassallo Arguello (MVA), who was priced accordingly at 2/1 Timeline 10.36: Match starts 10.45: MVA starts the match strongly and wins the 1s: 3 games At this point his odds move. quite correctly. from 3 to around the 2 0 mark 10.51: The 'giargiana' and 'gemellino1' accounts begin to lay MVA at odds ranging from 2 to 2 06 11.00: By 11 00 MVA had closed the 15' set out. wtnn'ihg 672 The Betfairaccourit 'giaigiana' is still laying at odds of 2.072 06 At 10.48 account 'varenne123' begins to lay MVA The odds at this point should have been 1.57 for MVA and 2.75 for- This is the 15| sign that these linked accounts knew how the match would pan out. 11.10.- MVA started the 2m1 setwell and by this time was 271 up With games going with serve 11.15.- MVA breaks-s serve for the 15' time commanding lead in the match at 6-2 3-1. The odds should be heavily weighted in MVA's favour at this point in the region 0H 2 7 but amazingly the accounts already mentioned are actually still prepared to lay at adds up to 2 1 This is a very suspicious betting pattern. The odds are actually greater now than when MVA was just one break of serve up in the 15' set This clearly shows a highly unusual level of confidence that MVA would lose the match from this very strong position 11.15-11.21: In the minutes between 11.15 and 11 21 Betfair accounts nicolichia1979', lonamattea'. 'pernetto'. 'mottolo', 'peppoto'. and 'picciurro123' all pin the 3 accounts already mentioned in laying MVA and backing- i believe the timing of these accounts commencing trading to be very significant because as soon as the accounts appear -. who has only won 3 games (all on serve) or the 12 games played so far in the match. proceeds to win 8 games in a row to completely change the Complexion of the match the accounts named above had now stopped laying MVA and backing I it is almost as it the accounts knew exactly how the course ofthe match would go. 11.33: 'giargiana'. 'nicolicchia1979' and 'lonamattea' all put lays of. on order at 1.01 (100/1 on. the lowest available odds on Betiair). These bets were matched at 12 02 A 12 09 Again, this shows confidence that-would Win the match, or at least trade at 1 01, when at 11 33 MVA was Still a set up I believe these lays were placed in an attempt to mask the suspicious betting activity which took place between 11 00 and 11 23 12.09: The match ends With- Winning 2-6 5-4 6-2, MVA only won 2 more games after 11 23 With-Winning a further 9 games, Thesusg us tra 'giargiana This account started backing. at 10 46 at odds of 2 0 and laying MVA at the same odds of 2 0 at10 51 when the match score was 4-1 to MVA. By 11.12 when MVA was 672 271 up 'giargiana' had actually Increased his lay odds to 212 In effect the account holder is suggesting that he wanted to lay MVA. irrespective of the odds available This account stopped laying MVA at 11 22, then put up a lay of ?37.007 at odds of 1.01 at 11.33 which was matched between 12.04 and 12.08 'nicolicchia1979: Between 11 17 and 11 23 this account laid MVA for ?36,151 at odds between 1.65 and 1.85, seemingly perfectly timed to coincide with-taking control of the match A lay of ?24895 at 1 01 was put on order at 11 33 which was matched at 12 09 'gemellino1' From 10 51 this account both laid and backed - At 11 18 the account stopped trading when the match still had almost an hour left to go 'varerine 3' Started laying MVA at 10 48 at 1.95 then continued laying MVA and backing- until 11.17 when the account ceased trading. 'lonamattea'. This account backed-tor E3 520 between 07 10 and 09 22 at odds between 1.44 and 1.51. The accounts trading then followed an almost identical pattern to the previous ones, stopping at 11.16. This account then requested a lay of -at odds OH 01 at 11 39 which was matched at 12 09, 'oernetto: Started laying MVA at 11 02, then backed and laid-and MVA until 11 19. Laid-at odds of 1.05 at 11 42 'mottolo': Interestingly. this account actually LAID -at odds of 1.45 at 10.01 to 10 04, presumably in order to hold the price of-up. From 10 44 until 11.14 the account then backed- and laid MVA for a total of ?5 21E 'sarapiccione': Backed-at odds between 1.75 and 1.91rorn 10.44 to 10.46, The betting on this market from this account I do not deem in isolation, to be suspicious The account did however back- to Win 2-1 in the 'set betting' market 'pepgotto' Only struck one bet laying MVA at 11.21 for ?693.04 The bet was placed at unrealistic odds (price should have been approx 1.2 not the 1.73 the bet was struck at) 'picciurro123': Strangely laid MVA for exactly the same amount as 'beppotto'. ?693 04 at 11 23 Apart from a few lays of - at 1.05-1.01 all the accounts stop trading between 11.14 and 11.23. This in itself would suggest some sort of collusion between account holders. It is very significant in my View that the accounts do the vast majority of their trading between 11.00 and 11.23 when one would have expected MVA's odds to have been at their shortest, and hence most profitable for laying. As it was, the accounts all commenced and ceased trading at approximately the same time, therefore creating unrealistic odds for both players but odds which the accounts were only too wiling to take. How the profits made by the accounts compare to their previous tennis grofits 'giargiano' The ?36865 won on this match was in the llSI of top profits for the account after the ?43,879 won when -- Won {35902 on MVA - This was the highest amount made by the account on any tennis match, some way clear or the ?13 912 made on the same --match as mentioned above. 'gemellinol' Won ?19,358 on the match The only other tennis bet on this account was when Winning 268 on-- :varennejZS' This account won ?15,353 on this match The account had previously only ever traded on 2 tennis markets, ?5,473 on a set betting market when Lee beat MVA 30 on 26/06/07 and loslng ?245 on 03/02/07 when Home beat MVA 'lonarnattea' Profited by ?11,945 which was the highest amount made by the account on tennis. The next highest amount won was ?9875 on the same match from-- '9e'rnettJ'J/Von ?5181 which was not in the to 'lo rohtaole markets on the account The hlghest amount won was ?27 723 _on 'mottolo' Framed by 23,521 3'd In the list or hlghest wins by the account behind the ?3134 made on the-- match from and 29 502 when beat-370 on 'saragicclone' Won ?8,564 Only other tennis bet on Betfalrwas when wmning ?1248 when - beat-- on 'gepotto' Won ?593 next hlghest profit was ?287, 'Qicclurroiza'r Won ?369 which was the 2"fl top profit on the account It has been brought to my attention that 'gemellino1', 'picciurro123', 'peppotto' and 'nic chia1979' are all registered in the same name,-- --This is a common way in which corrupt betting account users try to disguise exactly where the bets are coming from by seemingly spreading the bets around different accounts so as not to arouse suspicion. There is no other genuine reason for an account holder to spread his bets around in this manner as in fact the account holder will actually lose money by doing this as he will ultimately end up paying more commission to Betfair.