Unbridled betting is going on in the State capital over the cash rich cricket league – the Indian Premiere league (IPl) matches ever since it started early this month. Bookies are active and the betting is on full bloom with latest technology playing major role in boosting the business.
The IPl has emerged as the favorite sport among the youngsters nowadays for the wrong reason of betting. Such is the craze of IPl betting that the youngsters who do not wish to be noticed while calculating their plus and minus of the betting start finding peaceful places to watch matches and bet on them a couple of hours before the match starts.
Some smart people are making money out of this as understanding the younger ones’ need, they provide them place to watch and bet on the matches at a cost. Hotels, resorts, hostels and farm houses near the city besides some private houses are solving the purpose of the young ones who are ready to spend mullah with the greed of earning easy money through betting.
The IPl is becoming popular for the bettors as the format yield results in just three hours. It is a tournament where a person can bet on a particular team and also gets plenty of chances for betting and recovering money.
The betting goes on because the police believe that it is hard to stop betting in general but when specific information is provided police acts tough against the bookies and bettors.
A bettor on condition of anonymity informed that in a single match there are over half a dozen chances to bet and make money. There are two sessions of nine over each in every inning, a ‘lambi pari’ (Full inning of one side) and a ‘match’ (full match) on which bettors could bet any time during the ongoing match beside there is ‘langda ghoda’ (lame horse) in the extreme negative conditions where bookies offer huge mullah if bettors put up money on the side that’s victory seems impossible.
These factors excite bettors and the bookies in the State about the IPl tournament.
The bettor further said that unlike international matches or tournaments, IPl draws a number of small-time bookies who get active for a limited period. The bigger fish employ such bookies to divert attention of police investigators. A handful of bookies in the city control the trade, he added.
He said bookies have become smarter also and expecting police action and ruckus from the losers they now roam around in vehicles, use unusual places such as hospitals and farm houses for conducting the business, and operate from rented places.
Talking about the modus operandi of the bookies, the bettor said that television channels' broadcast lags behind by three balls. Taking advantage of that, a conglomerate of bookies pays a person to be present at stadiums and provide ball-by-ball commentary that can decide the rate for the following deliveries. Such a person is provided with an all-expenses paid trip.