Once a year the Brits secret services shut down,the PM's of several commonwealth countries are distracted at various times and the people directly(and sometimes indirectly) involved are offered obscene amounts for their 'opinion' on such trivial matters as the lay of the land and/or the weather. Some of the same people interested in such trivia may or may not have been caught betting on the whereabouts of the next religious atrocity. WTF am I on about now? Cricket. How is that an APster precursor? Well JB himself saw AP,(as it was known then,circa 96) as,perhaps best instigated as a betting proposition.Now we have had spread betting on the various stock exchanges for years and various scandals and bank collapse's later,we might recognize APster as being so close now its not funny. There may even have been a plane crash pool for Hansie. Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets - [23/07/2001 ... ... Sports. Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets Vijay Dutt London, July 22 The sacked South African Hansie Cronje owned eight properties and ... www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230701/detSPO14.asp - 30k - Cached - Similar pages Not that auditors are too be trusted.APster,it's not just cricket.