Source: Daily_Mail
Arsenal's Arsene Wenger slams bookies for taking bets on children's games
[LNB]Arsenal'sArsene Wenger is the highest-profile figure in football to condemn thepractice of bookmakers taking bets on games involving children.[LNB]Speaking out: Arsene Wenger[LNB] SBObet, shirt sponsor to West Ham and Cardiff, and 188bet, shirt sponsor of Bolton and Wigan, were happy to take bets on Premier League academy games until the practice was exposed last month. [LNB]Now that has been suspended but the companies continue to make markets on the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. 'I don't agree with it because the corruption potential in youth football is higher,' said Wenger. [LNB]'I am old fashioned and in general suspicious of this kind of thing.' The Premier League have already said that no responsible betting company would offer markets in youth football but 118bet, which is also official betting partner of Chelsea and Aston Villa, and SBObet don't seem concerned.[LNB] ARSENAL FC
