Ex-table tennis champ avoids jail for illegal bet spree

Mark RussellAAP

A former leading Australian table tennis player has avoided being sent to jail for betting on rigged table tennis matches in Ukraine.

Adam Michael Green, 43, admitted placing 1170 bets on fixed table tennis tournament matches in Ukraine from his Newcastle home with Australian online bookmakers, winning $473,000 for him and his associates overseas.

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Source: thewest.com.au

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