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TabCorp. That evil company that helped make online poker less accessible to Australians just last year, just got nailed to the wall by the UK Gaming Commission.
What was their offense? A player ate a pie.
You heard that right. A player. Ate. A. Pie. (player denies it was a pie lol).
There was a sports prop about said player and the accusation is that there could have been some illegal wagering based upon said prop bet.
Sunbets had offered odds of 8/1 on Sutton United’s reserve goalkeeper, Wayne Shaw, eating a pie during his club’s FA Cup match against Arsenal. The fifth-tier Sutton was looking forward to its big day against Premier League Arsenal on Feb. 20, 2017, but the action on the field isn’t what wound up dominating the headlines.
Wayne Shaw’s antics stole the media’s attention in a story that came to be called ?pie-gate.? After about 82 minutes of play, Shaw could be seen eating a pie although he later claimed that it wasn’t a pie but rather a ?pasty.? Sutton lost the game 2-0.
Immediately after this occurred, suspicions arose that Wayne Shaw had eaten the pie after placing bets himself or having his friends bet on his behalf. He claimed that he had heard about the unusual betting market being offered on him, but he denied any impropriety, such as tipping off his friends to bet on the outcome. He claimed to have had no financial interest in eating the pie and said that he did it as a joke.If you’re curious in reading more details as to how they were fined over $100,000 (and lost money on the prop bet), here is the original news article.
