A match-fixing scandal which may see up to thirty players in Austria’s top two football divisions convicted of betting-related corruption offences has prompted the country’s Worker’s Union (AK) to urge the government to enact strict restrictions on sportsbook operators that would see live, in-play and virtual betting banned.
Giving its support to calls for betting restrictions by Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) chairman Dr Leo Windtner and Bundesliga president Hans Rinner, the AK claimed in a statement [...]
