Oct 15, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
In this episode, we are looking at sports fraud, from the biggest scandals to the smaller scale incidents, and why they happen. We’ll take a look at what motivates the fraudsters, the impacts on…
Guy RuddleHost
I've sort of got two things sort of going on in my head at the same time, [chuckles] which is about, one's about money and the, and the question of, you know, is, is it, or yeah, is there a direct line, direct correlation between likelihood of fraud and amount of money in the sport? And the other is about whether actually sometimes it's easier to do it in sports which are less obvious, less, you know, less in the public eye.
I, I, I don't know whether those are the same or, or, or different questions, really.
Well, I, I think with online gambling now, you can bet on anything, and even the smallest outcome you can win a bet on.
there were games set up, tennis matches, and I think, uh, you know, but table tennis and other things of that nature, and streamed on YouTube, and they were just set up for gambling.
You, [laughs] you know, the, uh, so, so people were betting on a match that never took place, phantom games, if you like.
Uh, and then there's an overarching aspect to this that don't forget good old common corruption, embezzlement, contract fraud, backhanders, all this sort of thing goes on in and around sports.
I agree with Johnny, not to a huge extent, but sufficiently for it to be a concern in some sports.
Yeah, I mean, that, that, the, the, we're sort of moving slightly into a different area there, aren't we? We started off the other-
I've sort of got two things sort of going on in my head at the same time, [chuckles] which is about, one's about money and the, and the question of, you know, is, is it, or yeah, is there a direct line, direct correlation between likelihood of fraud and amount of money in the sport? And the other is about whether actually sometimes it's easier to do it in sports which are less obvious, less, you know, less in the public eye.
I, I, I don't know whether those are the same or, or, or different questions, really.
Well, I, I think with online gambling now, you can bet on anything, and even the smallest outcome you can win a bet on.
there were games set up, tennis matches, and I think, uh, you know, but table tennis and other things of that nature, and streamed on YouTube, and they were just set up for gambling.
You, [laughs] you know, the, uh, so, so people were betting on a match that never took place, phantom games, if you like.
Uh, and then there's an overarching aspect to this that don't forget good old common corruption, embezzlement, contract fraud, backhanders, all this sort of thing goes on in and around sports.
I agree with Johnny, not to a huge extent, but sufficiently for it to be a concern in some sports.
Yeah, I mean, that, that, the, the, we're sort of moving slightly into a different area there, aren't we? We started off the other-
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.