1.   According to Zen-Ruffinen, some players had been offered gifts by men thought to be part of a Malaysian betting syndicate, three of whom were arrested.

2.   He was sentenced to five years for evading taxes on a betting syndicate.

3.   A betting syndicate could make massive gain if the game was abandoned when the score was favorable.

4.   A huge match-fixing scandal involving betting syndicates has engulfed Malaysia and Singapore for the past few months.

5.   A source said it was believed betting syndicates, hoping to tap conversations of trainers and jockeys, were behind this.

6.   According to the Malay Mail newspaper, Malaysian betting syndicates know of other English League matches that have been fixed.

7.   Banks has watched the same video footage of matches during which the prosecution alleges the Zimbabwean goalkeeper deliberately let in goals to gain money from betting syndicates.

8.   BETTING syndicates are believed to be bugging the telephone lines of senior Jockey Club executives and racehorse trainers.

9.   Besides Singapore, he said, leagues in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia are popular among betting syndicates and attract regional bookies using various tactics to penetrate the league.

10.   For that reason, it was alleged, he began taking money from a Far Eastern betting syndicate to fix the results of games.