Australia will impose tough new penalties of up to 10 years in jail for match-fixing and betting on fixed matches after a meeting of the country’s national and state law ministers, according to sports minister Mark Arbib.
The move follows a series of betting and match-fixing scandals involving international cricket, highlighted by Pakistan’s Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif being jailed for fixing parts of a Test match in England last year. “We want to make sure we do everything possible to send a message to those people who want to be involved in match-fixing that there will be jail time, and it won’t be a light punishment,” said Arbib.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2011.
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