Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

Three Virgin Media employees have been caught using inside information on telephone voting patterns during last year's series of The X Factor to place more than £16,000 in bets on the hit ITV1 show.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...r-betting-scam

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

IMO, the show's a scam anyway.

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

Naughty, looks like Virgin sorted it though.

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

A Bookmaker complaining about people using inside information? Pots and kettles come to mind.

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

It amazes me how stupid some people can really be, to make so many bets, its going to flag up.

Atleast VM acted correctly and dealt with the situation in a good manner.

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

a couple of guys came into the betfred by ours this morning and put £20 grand on the superhub being scrapped

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

What were the odds 1/1,000,000 no return there.:D

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

:D

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

they just went past my window with an asda trolley that had £20,000,000,000 in cash in it

VMNG500 pllllleeeeeeaaaaaaaassssseeeeeeeeee

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

More likely a MKII Superhub.:D:D:D

Re: Guardian: Virgin Media staff caught in The X Factor betting scam.
 

more likely a flying pig