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Tennis Tweets Banned for fear of Gambling Tips

August 31, 2009

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Grand Slam Committee (GSC) are very concerned that their game may be affected in this information Era. Twitter is the latest craze for communications on the internet, that is sweeping the world.

With Twitter you can send mini-blog messages to anyone who is interested on the web. According to officials in the tennis world Twitter has a large influence on people who gamble online on tennis matches. The passing of insider or sensitive information for the purposes of sports betting directly or indirectly will be seen as actively breaking the USTA’s rules. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) which is the watchdog organization for casino gambling on tennis is on the hunt for violators of these rules. At the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Centre and the Arthur Ashe Stadium there are bold warnings against the use of Twitter during matches. Players, helpers, friends and family are forbidden to disclose inside information about present or future tennis matches, except for what is already publicly disclosed. Things like the health of the players, inside interviews and sentiments not publicly expressed are banned from being distributed around the world. Andy Roddick defied the warnings of the TIU on the Twitter messages. He thinks that they are overzealous with their concerns about internet gambling and Twitter. Roddick recently posted on his Twitter account: “I think it’s lame the US Open is trying to regulate our tweeting, I understand the on-court issue but not sure they can tell us if we can do it on our own time. I definitely respect the rule about inside info and on court, but you would seriously have to be a moron to send inside info through a tweet. Not very subtle.”

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