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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Sam Rigney

Gambling racquet: Former table tennis pro avoids jail for betting on fixed European matches during COVID

AIMLESS after his professional table tennis career came to an end and unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam Michael Green in 2020 reached out to an old European table tennis contact to ask for some tips.

Green, of Broadmeadow, was hoping to supplement his unemployment benefits with gambling during the pandemic, but the "innocent question" about tips quickly evolved into an agreement where Green would use inside information and multiple sports betting accounts to place about 1100 bets on fixed matches in Ukraine, raking in almost half a million dollars for himself and associates overseas.

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