Australian cricketers toured England in 1972 for the princely fee of £1200 each.
In 2011, an English 40-over match attracted bets through the regulated gambling websites totalling more than $24 million. Global betting giant Betfair had $573 million in bets on 22 Big Bash games in Australia in 2012. The amount of betting with the illegal betting syndicates in South Asia is only a matter of speculation. There was a narrow upset loss after batting collapse
Spot betting with the illegal betting syndicates in South Asia has extended to suburban soccer in Australia. The facilities at these suburban soccer pitches were inferior to those that I played on as a high school kid: primitive changing sheds and to soccer goals in a suburban park.
The seeds of corruption in cricket were sown in the 1970s when county and tournament games in England and other countries were allegedly fixed by teams to secure points and league positions.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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