ATHENS: UEFA president Michel Platini on Friday urged European lawmakers to use bloc-wide liberalisation of gambling to protect football from illegal Asian betting syndicates.
“We have this incredible opportunity in the coming weeks or months through the liberalisation of betting (in Europe),” Platini told a press conference at the end of a Council of Europe-organised conference here held to tackle problems concerning ethics in sport.
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