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It is a fraud on the game or sport. It has its origin the tongo germania, which means compromise or delusion. The first recognizable form appears in a medieval game of betting with tokens or coins in what is now Spanish territory, where as a " 34 tongo; It was a " stacking objects " , the toco of tokens or coins, which gives the name to the game. The germania appears afterwards for making trap, that is no longer a " 34 tongo; but a person " 34 thong; a " 34 accomplice; that helps to win any of the bettors. . . or to the House. The term survives until today in the Río de la Plata slang, where a " 34 thong; He is the Assistant of a 34, punguista " ( " thief descuidista " ) , or employee who pretends that it wins in casinos and organise to encourage true gamblers. To be forgotten posture original, " 34 tongo; He ended up as a synonym for sporting fraud, where extended to bribery to force a result.

  

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