Your friend is not the only one. During peak hours in the evening you can find some bengs, uncles standing and staring at the tote screen.
Maybe i should ask them this. "Uncle you like that bet tahn wu jiak boh?"
the mentioned friend became rich gambling and still rich gambling. not bluffing you. As i say. this Very controversial. Soccer is all kelong. He told me this once.
Teams bring in players because of few reasons. One is players who can bring them audience and revenue. like beckham. for the rest of the players whose skills are almost on par 70% of the team, its based on their ability to read odds and play accordingly. So no "corruption". We pay you to play soccer. you use your brain how to play so that we can answer our shareholders, sponsers and mafia.
This is what i heard. so dun kill me. i go kill my friend. :p