Joshua Wilson and Benjamin Trevisiol plead guilty to Dally M betting charges
A young boss embroiled in the Dally M Awards betting scandal has pleaded guilty to his “stupid mistake” in court after telling his mates at the pub Craig Bellamy would win coach of the year and betting on the winner.
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A young boss embroiled in the Dally M Awards betting scandal has pleaded guilty to his “stupid mistake” in court after telling his mates at the pub Craig Bellamy would win coach of the year and betting on the winner.
Joshua Dallas Wilson, 29, the ex-boss of the software company StatEdge contracted by the NRL to hold the judges’ votes for last year’s event, pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court on Friday to using inside information to enter a bet and communicating that information to others.
Wilson’s employee and StatEdge managing director Benjamin David Trevisiol entered a plea of guilty to the same two charges in court.
Magistrate Megan Greenwood told Wilson’s lawyer Chris Cole his client was facing “serious charges”.
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She said the pair would be sentenced in late October.
The duo placed bets of their own on Melbourne Storm supercoach Bellamy winning his fifth gong at the awards on October 2 — which he did.
They have since stood down from their jobs at StatEdge and Wilson resigned as CEO of super fund Grow Super, which he co-founded.
The pair were charged following an investigation from the NRL Integrity Unit after betting companies raised red flags on suspicious wagers in the lead-up to the ceremony.
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Wilson told the Unit it was a “stupid mistake” when he told friends at the pub Bellamy was a “good chance to win” and they all put a few bets on, according to court documents.
The 29-year-old Paddington resident used SportsBet to bet a total $1000 in two bets on Bellamy, winning $1975.
Alexandria’s Mr Trevisiol won $950 after placing two bets of $486.
Bellamy had been at 7-1 odds to win the award before a late surge of money slashed his price to $1.80.