Seeing as my previous article Football Manager Live and the World of Gambling got some replies, I feel the need to write another one about my idea, in order to answer the comments and put some light on the actual implementation.. A better explanation was definitely needed. The first comment I received was from FMLBlog (good site by the way, too bad it’s only in Italian) and it sounds like this: “Match fixing? No, thanks.” This was an accurate and level-headed point of view that only came to my mind sporadically whilst writing the first article, which is a shame. I completely agree, match fixing scandals could be even more frequent in the world of Football…
I don’t really consider myself a gambler and apart from spending a few dollars in some casinos to kill some time while waiting for the girlfriend or to get warm in winter nights and of course the odd bet in a sport betting agency when I think I know the correct score, I really don’t believe in making money using my brilliant and unprecedented luck in the astonishing and exponentially growing hazard industry. Possibly the fact that I never win kind of has this effect on me. I consider gambling to be not more than a hobby, but I truly understand the men who managed to make a living out of it. Smart people. However I was always amazed by the creativity and…
