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Addicted game: This is how an Indian cricket-loving con managed to work on the gamblers | Israel today

2022-08-06T07:25:17.280Z


An impersonator who pretended to be broadcasting, background noises of an audience and simulated extras • The amazing story of the fake league in cricket, which brought in thousands of dollars from the residents of Russia for two weeks


The events that took place this summer on the territory of one of the agricultural farms near the city of Vadnagar in the state of Gujarat, India, are worthy of a Hollywood movie.

Similar to the Hollywood dream industry, the extras who arrived at an abandoned farm played a role and sought to make a dream come true, even if it smelled strongly of fraud.

Arriving there, they were given sports uniforms of well-known teams, equipped with bats and a ball, and instructed to pretend they were playing cricket.

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Footage of the Fake IPL, which somehow conned people in Russia into betting on it.



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The fake games were recorded by HD cameras, and the broadcast was broadcast on a dedicated YouTube channel accompanied by a narration that sounded completely authentic.

An impersonator was recruited for the task, successfully emulating the voice of the most famous sports broadcaster in the country, and the background noise of full stands was added to the audio channel.

Even the graphics on the screen resembled those used in top matches of India's premier cricket league.

the accomplices in the fraudulent act after their arrest,


What is happening on the field appears to naive and inexperienced spectators as a real cricket match, and some of them were quick to bet while playing on one move or another or on the final result.

Of course they fell into the trap.

The entire show is designed for exactly this purpose - to make the viewers gamble and take the gambling money from them.


The end of the celebration came when in early July persistent rumors of a strange competition on the farm began to reach the Gujarat police.

The detectives visited the dummy court, confiscated phones and computers from those present, and were amazed to discover in them Telegram channels intended for receiving bets.

This was enough to stop the organizers, because sports betting in India is only allowed on horse races.

The investigation revealed that all the gamblers were Russian, and the whole idea was born in a Moscow pub, where an amateur cricketer from India worked.

West Indies player in action.

Cricket is very popular in India, photo: AFP

He saw with envy the people on the pub island putting their money on a variety of sports, some of them far away and not really understandable to them, and decided to join the celebration.

The man returned to his home village in India, recruited actors from among the poor of the place, assigned them roles and started directing broadcasts, pretending to be professional cricket matches.        


As we know, the popularity of cricket in India is skyrocketing.

The domestic Premier League in cricket is ranked sixth in the world among all types of sports in the number of spectators in the stands.

The Russians, unlike the Indians, are less knowledgeable in the exotic industry, so it was not difficult to work on them.

The simulation did its job - the distant Russians poured in their money, while the organizers analyzed the bets in real time and instructed the referees and simulated players how to act to help the gamblers part with their money.


The organizers of the Indian sting did not underestimate any detail.

They leveled an empty field to make it look like a proper field, provided adequate lighting and "signed" the extras for an entire season.

Thanks to the diligence of the police, their glory days were short-lived - the Pike League lasted only two weeks.

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Source: israelhayom

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