An absolutely absurd betting scandal has been uncovered in India and we can probably go ahead and start planning the eventual movie now.
It involves a wildly popular cricket league, a fake Telegram channel, nearly pitch-perfect impersonators and a bunch of savvy farmers who might as well have been trained by the crew from Ocean’s 11.
According to Ashish Chauhan in The Times of India, a group of farmers in the Gujarat region were able to put together fake matches for the very real Indian Premier Cricket League. The “players” were given scripts to follow and the whole thing was broadcast on YouTube with commentators who sounded exactly like the IPL’s familiar voices. It all looked real enough that bettors in Russian cities were wagering on the fake action through Telegram channel the scammers set up.
