An athlete from Paulista made a police report at a police station in Jundiaí, São Paulo, against an alleged gambler. According to the sportsman, the person promised R $ 5,000 to score against the game against Desportivo Brasil, in the A3 Series of the Paulista Championship.
As per the player’s statement, the bettor also requested that he try to convince teammates to do the same thing and act to manipulate the outcome of the game. However, the athlete informed the board of Paulista and was removed from the confrontation, which ended with a victory for his team.
According to a report by GloboEsporte, the complaint has to do with an investigation by Drade (Police Department for the Suppression of Sports Intolerance Crimes), which investigates a possible interference in two matches of the 12th round of the A3 Series of the Paulista Championship.
Linense’s victories over Barreto and Olimpia over Paulista de Jundiaí. According to the calculation, bettors were aware that Paulista would win in the first half and Olimpia would be the winner of the game.
Federação Paulista and Sportradar are investigating the complaints
“It all started with a message on Instagram. He called me to exchange ideas and ask about Paulista’s management. I thought I could be a sponsor and ended up talking about it. He gave me the contact and I thought it was strange because it was a commercial account ”, said the player in an interview with GE.
He added: “he called me again and said he was a gambler, that he had done with Barretos and Linense and it had worked, that he wanted to do it again. I wound up and went to see how far he would go. I was in shock. He already came with an offer, if I could talk to six more players for each one to receive R $ 5,000 to score against, do a corner, receive a card ”.
Delegate César Saad asked the São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) to report two games of the A3 Series of the Brazilian Championship. The fact is that due to the nebulous and undefined situation of betting regulations in Brazil, the national sports scene is still obliged to tolerate and witness such episodes.
However, Sportradar, a FPF partner and a company that follows the sports betting market, is investing in the situation. In addition, the Federation also reported that its Integrity Committee is examining the case.
