AFL to investigate claims some Western Bulldogs players allegedly backed team to lose

[Ozza]

Re: AFL to investigate claims some Western Bulldogs players allegedly backed team to lose

Sack him.

Who? Hunter or the vfl player?

[LostDoggy]

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Surely there is some sort of trail or footprint where the bet was placed? Ie mobile pc etc. Where and when?

until proven otherwise I think lachie is in a lot of trouble.

[KT31]

Re: AFL to investigate claims some Western Bulldogs players allegedly backed team to lose

A friend used my account is a likely story. Good luck getting out of this one Lachie. For the clubs sake I hope this is actually true.

At the start and with the headline I thought this was major, I'm not condoning betting or such but if it is a $10 bet and it wasn't Hunter, lets give the kid the benefit of doubt.He is a great asset to our playing future and hopefully he will learn from this.
It's not like he was found passed in a lane way with drugs on him, because you could never come back from that.
Sometime with the reactions, such as sack him we could be easily mistaken for another overactive forum.

[Greystache]

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Good that the leadership group is strong...but must admit my initial reaction to a 4 week penalty for being 15 mins late is heavy handed.

Guess it's the right time of the year to be heavy handed.

I wouldn't think it's a first offense.

[Throughandthrough]

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How good or promising he is, is irrelevant. How much the bet was for is also irrelevant. I'll relent to an obvious level if he is guilty, he should be sacked. Mainly for being incredibly stupid. These guys are lectured long and hard on what they can and can't do. This is a definite strong no no.

[Bornadog]

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So the story from the boys is that a footscray player has had a $10 multi on Melbourne to win along with several other 'legs' (eg soccer matches) on Lachie's account. Lachie was made aware of it at half time in the game- and reported it to the club.

Whilst I would suspect there's an element of bs in their story- reportedly the footscray player will be going in to the afl with a stat dec tomorrow.

If that all stacks up then I'd say the papers have turned this into a hugely disproportionate story.

I hope this is the case and he did report it half way through the match.

On the other hand, WTF is he doing with a betting account at his age. His Bloody father should get a grip and not teach him to bet. Its a bloody sickness gambling and he needs help and we don't need his son to be doing the same.

[Remi Moses]

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The whole saturation gambling coverage is out of control. Massive trap for people and with online and mobile betting it's become an epidemic. Heading to the Valley tommorow night so I shouldn't throw stones

[jazzadogs]

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I hope this is the case and he did report it half way through the match.

On the other hand, WTF is he doing with a betting account at his age. His Bloody father should get a grip and not teach him to bet. Its a bloody sickness gambling and he needs help and we don't need his son to be doing the same.

I'm not sure if you're surprised, or just against betting in young males overall, but I would not be surprised if over 50% of men aged 18-25 had a betting account online.

Not convinced by the VFL player's story, it only makes sense to me if:
- he lives with Lachie and accidentally used his account on the communal laptop/iPad, OR
- Lachie had borrowed the player's phone to place a bet on the horses, and remained logged in. VFL player then placed a bet, before realising it was still logged in as Lachie and telling him immediately (is a Footscray listed player allowed to bet on Western Bulldogs matches?)

[Topdog]

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I hope this is the case and he did report it half way through the match.

On the other hand, WTF is he doing with a betting account at his age. His Bloody father should get a grip and not teach him to bet. Its a bloody sickness gambling and he needs help and we don't need his son to be doing the same.

He isn't 13 years old

[SonofScray]

Re: AFL to investigate claims some Western Bulldogs players allegedly backed team to lose

I hope this is the case and he did report it half way through the match.

On the other hand, WTF is he doing with a betting account at his age. His Bloody father should get a grip and not teach him to bet. Its a bloody sickness gambling and he needs help and we don't need his son to be doing the same.

He loves the punt. Twitter bio describes his job as "form analyst"

[always right]

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Not a great look. If proven he's in some strife. Silly boy,

[Happy Days]

Re: AFL to investigate claims some Western Bulldogs players allegedly backed team to lose

I hope this is the case and he did report it half way through the match.

On the other hand, WTF is he doing with a betting account at his age. His Bloody father should get a grip and not teach him to bet. Its a bloody sickness gambling and he needs help and we don't need his son to be doing the same.

I'm his age and I have a betting account, your point? He's a grown man.

This is beyond retarded of him to do, but come on man. This is not the take away here.

[Throughandthrough]

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The apple hasn't fallen far from the tree

[The Underdog]

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The apple hasn't fallen far from the tree

Son of professional gambler in gambling controversy non-shock

[Bornadog]

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I'm not sure if you're surprised, or just against betting in young males overall, but I would not be surprised if over 50% of men aged 18-25 had a betting account online.

He isn't 13 years old

He loves the punt. Twitter bio describes his job as "form analyst"

I'm his age and I have a betting account, your point? He's a grown man.

This is beyond retarded of him to do, but come on man. This is not the take away here.

Ok sorry, I should have explained myself better, I was angry when writing. I have nothing against betting and his age group or any legal age group. What I was pissed off about is his father is a professional gambler and surprise surprise so is his son.

Surely he taught him something about life and the responsibility he has in being a professional Footballer.