There are games like hockey, soccer, and basketball but they dont look quite right.
A game of short football, a kind of miniaturized soccer, can end in 10 minutes.
Some of the games involve players as young as 14.
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A joint investigation betweenBellingcatandJosimardove deep into the surreal, off-putting, and borderline illegal world of 1xbet.
The site is a large gambling website with millions of daily viewers.
Its illegal to get into the site in several countries, including the United States.
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One day in September, the online gambling website 1xbet live-streamed 1,297 games of short football.
The report estimated that 1xbet may be airing half a million games every year.
These games are not played for the love of the sport.
Its obvious from the footage that these games are about industrialized gambling.
Table basketball is like air hockey with a plastic ball played on a glowing arcade cabinet machine.
Some of the games are broadcast from Ukraine and Russia and involve 14 and 15-year-old teens.
1xbet was founded by Dmitry Kazorin, Roman Semiokhin, and Sergey Karshkov.
In July, Spanish football club FC Barcelonaannounceda partnership with 1xbet that will run until 2029.
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