Sport is made for betting

With a disqualification or suspension imminent, one of Melbourne's leading rails bookmakers, Simon Beasley has called it quits. Embattled bookmakers calls it quits A shame, he and his team of staff brought a lot of life to the track and off-course festivities at racing carnivals, but when you break the rules....

The former star footballer has been a leading bookmaker in Melbourne for a decade or more now, but an error on the books a few months back, allegedly showing bets being taken off the record, seems to have turned into a much deeper problem. Detectives probe bookie bets Not sure I'd want to be in his shoes at the moment...