The European football federation UEFA is investigating forty matches in the Champions League and European League. Especially in several qualification matches, of which the results where manipulated.

According to Peter Limacher, head of disciplinary matters at the UEFA, East European clubs know they can not get far in the tournament and therefore decide to make the best out of it by selling them and gamble on them. According to Limacher it mainly concerns qualification matches in the Champions League and the UEFA Cup in the last four yours, including fifteen in the last two years. Limacher said: “What we see in the results is determined in advance of those matches. First the half time and then the final score.” According to Limacher, UEFA is to set up a network so that these practices can be prevented in the future. He also added that the UEFA is closely working together with several police forces to investigate the cases. He closed saying: “It might take some time, but we hope that we and the police can come to a number of convictions.” Gambling fraud has always been a problem for sports betting, maybe the new network will prevent casino gambling fraud.