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Legal gambling enhances sports integrity—despite what critics claim

Jack Butler’s recent National Review piece, “Bad Bets: The New Culture of Sports Gambling,” argues that sports gambling is corroding the integrity of American sports. Citing high-profile scandals—most notably, the NBA’s lifetime ban of Raptors center Jontay Porter for manipulating his in-game performance to influence bets—Butler claims that the legalization of sports betting is to blame for corruption. But, in truth, cases like Porter’s  demonst…
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Reason Foundation broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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