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Parry to chair panel on sports betting integrity

4:50pm Thursday, 25th June 2009

A new expert panel of police, players, fans, governing bodies, legal experts and the Gambling Commission tasked with ensuring that current rules are sufficient and studying how best to identify suspicious gambling patterns will be chaired by outgoing Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry.

Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe said of Parry and the panel: "His expertise in the nation's most high profile sport, along with that of the other panel members, will give this project the impetus it needs to tackle sports betting corruption head-on. We cannot be complacent and need to act now to prevent this becoming a real threat to the integrity of sport. There are some complex issues involved and this is by no means an easy task, but I have great confidence in the panel and I look forward to hearing the recommendations."

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