History of match fixing

Since the creation of mankind, man has always wanted more. To earn more in less time is our basic extinct. Match fixing arose due to this very nature of human beings. Match fixing was such an activity in which there were very less chances to get caught. In the history of cricket the first match which was fixed, it was fixed in 1817 and the cricket stars involved in it were banned for life times. Since than it has become part and parcel of cricket world and which spoiled the real essence of cricket.
Match fixing or spot fixing are actually gambling and the games lost due to these gamblings are known as thrown games. Match fixing is recorded throughout the history even in ancient olympics is was found that athletes used to accept bribes. Match fixing has imposed many negative impacts on the society, a common lover of a game loses the trust and love of the game. Those players who are involved in match fixing are commonly considered as heroes and many people consider them as their ideals, when a young kid see that his hero is involved in match fixing or accepting bribes he thinks that its might be the right way but its not.
There is nothing impossible, even if the the history of match fixing is very old but we can still turn the tables around and we can modify this chaos in a positive side, for that sincere efforts are required.