FA investigates unusual bets (AP)
Published 5/4/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
England's Football Association will investigate a League Two soccer result after at least two bookmakers closed betting on the match because of unusual gambling patterns. Accrington Stanley lost 2-0 to Bury on Saturday in the last round of the season. William Hill closed the book on the match on Friday evening, while Coral stopped bets at 1:45 p.m.
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