With the start of the 2011 cricket world cup, bookies are trying out new ways to keep enforcement agencies away. They have found a new software to manage all data and calculate profits and losses, which run into crores everyday. The software, Back N Lay PRO, is being used by bookies in Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and other major cities, said senior police officers.
“The bookies feed the rates, numbers and names of all the punters, and amount placed on each bet, in the software. At the end of the match everyday, the software automatically generates a list of winners and losers (along with the money won or lost),” said additional DCP (crime branch) Sanjay Bhatia.
Police have also said that for the first time, bookies are also getting rates for every match via emails instead of phone.
These revelations were made by the eight bookies, who were arrested by the crime branch on Saturday during the match between India and Bangladesh.
Till date, officials said, bookies have used only notebooks to calculate amounts placed on every over, every ball, players and the whole match. It was a continuous and tedious process as punters kept on increasing and calculation used to take them long hours at the end of a match. “This is interesting that now they feed all the details in the computer and get the results by pressing the enter button at the end. The software gives the amount won and lost by a particular person. We have recovered several computers from them,” said Bhatia, adding that the software is easy to maintain and processes data very fast.
Officials have also claimed that earlier, bets were accepted over phone. “This is also changing as they are using the Internet (emails) now to get rates. Usually, cellphones are used for getting the rates and for taking bets from punters. The bets are then recorded on the cellphone. One set of cellphones is specifically used for receiving the rates, which fluctuate ball by ball. Now, they are also receiving the rates on email. They keep data cards to access the Internet. But the entire data are also maintained manually on notebooks as a backup,” said Ashok Chand, DCP, crime branch.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Internet-software-aiding-punters-now/articleshow/7535553.cms
