A special temporary courthouse at Dhaka’s main cricket stadium expelled 20 punters for placing illegal bets during the first three days of the Bangladesh Premier League, an official said Wednesday. Betting is illegal in Bangladesh but rampant during cricket matches, where gamblers exploit a brief delay between live play and the official broadcast of results to place frantic bets. The temporary court at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium fined 20 gamblers and barred them from the grounds in the first three days of the BPL, which started Sunday. Also read: Sri Lanka cricket rated most corrupt by ICC: Sports Minister“They were caught on the grounds placing live bets with their mobile phones. Nearly 80 spectators were thrown out of BPL matches for placing bets using mobile phones during the last edition of the Twenty20 franchise.

Source: Hindustan Times January 09, 2019 08:03 UTC