Where You Stand: Trust and Fixing in the Asian Sports Gambling Market

Abstract

This chapter examines how and why Asian bookmakers have surpassed the rest of the sports gambling market in betting volume. It critically unpacks the size, structure and operations of this market, before examining the globalisation of match-fixing that accompanies this, largely, unregulated market. While there has been some excellent research on the structure of the Black/Red Mafia controlled gambling in Communist China or match-fixing in national markets like South Korea and Taiwan, this chapter is one of the first comprehensive examinations of the globalised Asian gambling market and its contribution to sports corruption.

Citation

Hill, D. (2023), "Where You Stand: Trust and Fixing in the Asian Sports Gambling Market", McGee, D. and Bunn, C. (Ed.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age (Research in the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1476-285420230000018009