Journalist - sports, integrity, fixing, MCO, illegal betting, unrecognised countries. 2023 IJ4EU Impact winner
Joined May 2020
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1 Apr 2023
Great privilege to be among fantastic company as one of 3 winners of the #IJ4EU Impact award for the Devil in the Data project that I worked on with @PhilippeAuclair, @JournoAndy and @jckkrr that was published in @JosimarFotball
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Greenland sing their national anthem before their third place play-off with Canton Ticona at the 2026 ConIFA Euros but when will they get to do this agin?
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The Top 5 betting operators attracting the most complaints from customers in 2025 at AskGamblers.com are also major sponsors of sport, football and cricket in particular. Do those sports know? Do they care? Probably not
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FIFA is embracing the betting industry with troubling consequences in a remorseless attempt to commercialise everything everywhere all at once- for @playthegame_org playthegame.org/news/fifa-s-…
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FIFA’s growing ties to betting operators, prediction markets, and data companies are opening new integrity risks⚠️ Experts warn that football’s global body is commercialising betting opportunities faster than it can police them.
Article by @MenarySteve👇
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Apr 30
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Popular Norwegian football app FotMob is being used as a platform to advertise illegal betting across the globe.
By @MenarySteve
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Has multi club ownership peaked? Number of linked clubs looks to have fallen for the first time … #MCO linkedin.com/posts/steve-men…
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4 games in English women’s Metro Cup cricket were available yesterday with a live stream in India, where betting is largely illegal, on 1xBet. Given clubs are ultimately responsible for this livestream, how is it getting there?
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New investigation by Jack Kerr and myself on how shady offshore betting companies linked to porn are exploiting women’s cricket for @playthegame_org
@CricketAcademic
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Gambling site promoted by Irish tipster uses ‘fraudulent licence’, says overseas central bank
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Kherson are playing Zaporizhzia and the game is available for in-play bets because someone is collecting and selling live data. Surely this is a problem?!
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Apr 1
How did a computer science academic and reality TV show contestant from Zagreb end up representing illegal sports-betting operator Z6 when it signed an agreement with the Croatia national football team?
By Philippe Auclair and @bellingcat
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Another striking presentation on cricket & betting by @MenarySteve whose latest research finds that illegal betting sponsorship in cricket has doubled between 2021 and 2025 @playthegame_org @bestcricstories @ICC @ECB_cricket #CRN2026
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Feb 11
EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket. Brilliant by @MenarySteve
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Why is England’s cricket team unwittingly being used to promote illegal betting? Time for a rethink on the rules? For @sportingintel and more in person at the next @CricketAcademic annual conference on Feb 26 open.substack.com/pub/sporti…
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Private Equity firms are using complex offshore arrangements to channel insurance money into football. This Bermuda Triangle strategy ended badly for 777 Partners, but could be a preview of the future. For @playthegame_org, with thanks to @KieranMaguire
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Jan 15
REVEALED: FA targets low-hanging fruit for illegal betting as game drowns in gambling ads
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There are now 444 clubs in some form of multi club ownership #MCO linkedin.com/posts/steve-men…
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12 Dec 2025
Unlicensed betting companies are using FIFA’s own streaming platform to offer in-play wagers on low-level matches worldwide. Many smaller federations are unaware that their match data is exploited this way, write @MenarySteve and @samindrakunti 👇
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11 Nov 2025
"It’s like saying I have a bike lock and expecting your bike won’t be stolen.”
An investigation found that NCAA games have been exploited since the 2025 college soccer season kicked off.
@MenarySteve @PhilippeAuclair @JournoAndy @jckkrr @samindrakunti
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11 Nov 2025
⚽️🎲 Remarkable insight into the reach of offshore gambling in this article by Steve Menary @MenarySteve, Jack Kerr, Samindra Kunti @samindrakunti & Philippe Auclair
From an investigation supported by a @FundFIJ Seedcorn grant
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