David King under police investigation for suspicious Rising Star betting

[The Prosecutor]

As per the HUN, the AFL referred this to police.

http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...rising-star-bets/story-fnii5sms-1227226025268

DUAL AFL premiership player David King is under police investigation over bets he allegedly placed on one of footy’s most prestigious awards.
The former star wingman is under scrutiny over successful wagers he placed on last year’s Rising Star award for the league’s best rookie.

It was won by Brisbane smallman Lewis Taylor.

The matter came to police attention after information was provided by the AFL.

The obvious suggestion is that he was leaked the information or was provided the results through his position with Fox. Interesting to see where this leads, if anywhere.

 

[CotchNCo]

Never heard of the bloke.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Never heard of the bloke.

He's a pretty kind bloke.

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Why isn't he allowed to bet on the rising star?

Is he a club employee or is it a concern of inside information?

 

[fabulousphil]

Never heard of the bloke.

Rodney's brother

 

[fabulousphil]

Why isn't he allowed to bet on the rising star?

He is not allowed to know the winner, so he loses money like the rest of us.

 

[beta_condition]

Too bad he couldn't get insider knowledge to help him with his Grandfinal prediction

 

[tige19]

This guy is the ultimate wank.. Get him offffffffff our screens

 

[dee64]

Jeez I hope he loses his Fox Footy gig. Can't stand him as a media person. And you really have to be a dumb sh#t to get caught betting on an event that has low turnover. It makes it so easy to detect any winning bets on a surprise winner, as Lewis Taylor was.

 

[master bate]

Would rather our police get back to the real stuff. Are any punters feeling ripped off? What about the sports betting companies, are they crying poor?

If you're going to investigate David King then investigate him for running a ridiculous 'war room' segment, collecting bogus and irrelevant stats and wearing terrible ill-fitting suits on TV.

 

[LordLucifer]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/david-king-rising-star-betting-scandal.1088353/#post-37130294

 

[andrew coombs]

Too bad he couldn't get insider knowledge to help him with his Grandfinal prediction

Go easy on him. He was only 133 points out. This is what happens when you base all your opinion on champion data stats. King is so in love with them he dosent even really need to bother watching the games.

 

[Paul Kersey]

Had Wayne Carey even joke about his 'war room' and regurgitation of stats.

 

[Engimal]

Considering it wasn't that much of an upset that Taylor won the Rising Star, you'd hope they have some significant evidence against him.

 

[drummond2fevola]

It would be more suspicious if an underdog like Bontempelli won it and he had put a large sum of money down.

 

[bombard]

Considering it wasn't that much of an upset that Taylor won the Rising Star, you'd hope they have some significant evidence against him.

Highly illiquid market though - means a) it's easier to trace flows and connect them to events outside the market (i.e the date/time the winner was known internally) and b) it takes relatively fewer resources to investigate and pursue.

I would think that Fox Sports / AFL have some sort of morality clause in their agreements. If they do, he's probably just lost his job.

 

[SEN_Fan]

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[Super Hans]

It would be more suspicious if an underdog like Bontempelli won it and he had put a large sum of money down.

Bontempelli was around $1.30 to win it, so he did back the underdog.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Bontempelli was around $1.30 to win it, so he did back the underdog.

You're better than falling for that Pogba

 

[Super Hans]

You're better than falling for that Pogba

It's late

 

[Dan]

He's a pretty kind bloke.

FIGJAM in my experience.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

It's late

I'm surprised you're not wasted yet

 

[The Prosecutor]

FIGJAM in my experience.

Probably is, but that was in reference to me originally spelling his name as 'Kind' in the title.

 

[floodbuster]

Taylor was the second favourite and he had been talking him up for a couple of months and also the other thing in his favour is that when people have inside information and try to cheat they have others place the bet which he didn't.

Still the police have to look at it due to large sums being won on a non favourite by someone involved in the industry.

 

[tige19]

Go easy on him. He was only 133 points out. This is what happens when you base all your opinion on champion data stats. King is so in love with them he dosent even really need to bother watching the games.

No this is what happens when you spend more time with your nose stuck to night club toilet seats! The guy is a reptile