Monday, November 13, 2006

It is understood that a former employee of the offshore bookmakers Victor
Chandler made the accusations about four managers, one of whose bets totaled
12 million pounds in one year. Various claims were also made about the
gambling habits of various Premiership players. FA rules forbid any player
or manager to bet on any game in a competition in which they are involved.
An FA spokesperson said: "We will investigate these reports to see if there
has been any breach of our regulations and we would welcome any information
that would help our inquiries." The news comes days after a report suggested
that number of players were addicted to on-line gambling and pornography.