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 ...
   [1]www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230701/detSPO14.asp - 30k - Cached -
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   Not that auditors are too be trusted.APster,it's not just cricket.

References

   1. http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230701/detSPO14.asp