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Sports betting: just a game? (part 2)

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France is in shock as its Olympic handball heroes possibly face match-fixing charges. As the big business of sports grows bigger, is sports betting out of control?

DEBATE
  • Stefan SZYMANSKI, University of Michigan Center for Sport Management, author of "Football Economics and Policy" (from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA);
  • Jens SEJER ANDERSEN, International Director, Play the Game (from Vejle, Denmark);
  • Arnaud FLANQUART, Sports economist, Terra Nova think-tank;
  • Dan LEVY, France 24 sports editor.

Watch Part One

Produced by Christopher Davis, Pauline Heilmann, Mary Colombel, Anelise Borges

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