NEW DELHI: Indian police are cracking their whip at bookies who are betting illegally on the cricket World Cup in South Africa and who made a killing when the host nation crashed to the West Indies, newspapers said yesterday.
Bets worth 1.5 million rupees (US$312,500) were placed on Sunday when South Africa took on the less fancied West Indies in the opening rubber, they said.
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