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Ok, fine, because it does work.
Anual profits.
I don't real wish to start a discussion on the italian situation.
In Italy, it is common knowledge that the Prime Minister of the country/Owner of the #1 ranked team in the world AC Milan, played a great role in it.
All the Italian case shows, is a little glimpse at whats really going on in the world of highly wagered sports.
There are multiple cases in the USA of gambling fixing, but it all surrounds small people of the game, and not the true bosses.
In soccer, there are all kinds of cases of politics.
Some major teams are tools of laundering money.
Its so clear, you'd have to be ignorant, or blind not to see it.
Teams puchasing "ready to retire" players, with huge contracts(False)
Who, in the end, barely see's a day on the pitch(Excuse of injury etc.)

If you had the ability to see where the money is actually wagered, and how much, you can determine wether or no they will take it.
That would require them to get involved on pre-determining the result.
Your image of bookies is far from the reality that I see.
FYI, the bulk of all heavy wagers are taken by one group of people.
That group of people just happen to control the media.
Using it constantly to create an imbalance as they see fit.

In this case, when it comes to media brainwashing and heavily one-sided wagers, I'm 100%.
They simply do not brainwash people for anything other than profit.