'X Factor' betting scam revealed

Three Virgin Media employees have been caught using inside information to place more than £16,000 (€18,253) in bets on the hit TV talent show 'The X Factor'.

'X Factor' betting scam revealed

Three Virgin Media employees have been caught using inside information to place more than £16,000 (€18,253) in bets on the hit TV talent show 'The X Factor'.

The trio were found to have abused their access to Virgin’s data on voting patterns to make “unfair” bets on which contestants would be eliminated from the ITV programme last year.

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