Jacques Rogge president of international Olympic Committee admits that London 2012 is at great risk because of illegal betting.
Rogge expressed that the IOC was calling a conference on March 1 to look an approach to the problem alongside governments and sporting bodies.
The betting issue had been monitoring for some long time by IOC said Rogge and further stated that there had been no reason as yet to suggest the Olympics has been affected so far.
"Illegal and irregular betting is a major threat for sport, probably at the same level as doping," he said.
"We will call upon the support of governments the same way we did in 1998 to create the World Anti Doping Agency."
"We should not be so naive to think it will not happen to the Olympics some time in the future, possible even in London."
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