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M.S. Gill. NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Minister, M. S. Gill, has expressed his concern over the prediction game started by the Indian Premier League (IPL) recently. In a statement on Saturday, Mr. Gill said: “I see the commercial use of cricket for business gains that is going on. I am concerned at knowledgeable comments from serious followers of cricket about the latest venture of encouraging viewers to make ball by ball predictions, of runs scored, for economic gain, in the shape of cash prizes. “This is viewed as openly encouraging gambling and betting — which official bodies do not resort to even in countries where betting is legal; all this to make money and enlarge their TV viewership base. “Cricket is part of the family of sports in our country. Its current riches do not set it apart from other games. The actions of the BCCI are bound to impact the thinking in other sports sometime or the other. We have already had, sometime back, a match-fixing scandal in the game. “It seems the ICC (International Cricket Council) had expressed concerns about such possibilities in the IPL league. Larger responsibility“All these are concerns, which must be taken note of by those who run the game. I would suggest to the BCCI to always bear in mind that as the richest and most powerful sports body today they have a larger responsibility to discharge. “They should bear in mind that today’s commercially successful venture may not be so in five years time and the game has to be protected for future generations. “Modify the structure by all means, but after grave and serious consideration, of the larger ethical and moral questions, and the long term interest of the game.”
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