Jeremy Luke says then when it comes to gambling, Canada is flirting with disaster.
Luke, the president and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), says that as Canada embraces legalized gambling, a betting “scandal” involving match fixing or athletes betting on sports in which they participate in is inevitable.
“I think this is a major issue facing sport. I’d suggest it’s as big, perhaps even bigger of an issue than doping is as far as the integrity of sport is concerned,” Luke told CBC Sports. “The potential for manipulation and corruption, it’s a huge risk that faces sport