US EditionNBA Restricts Prop Bets After Rozier Gambling Arrest
More than 30 charged in FBI probe reveal Mafia-backed rigged poker games and insider sports betting schemes involving NBA players and coaches, with tens of millions in fraud.
- The National Basketball Association announced a review of betting-related issues to protect the league's integrity following a federal indictment concerning leaked information about players to gamblers.
- The review will specifically focus on proposition bets offered by legal online sports bookies, as stated in a memo to the NBA's board of governors and team executives.
- The indictment claims that defendants had access to private information about NBA players or coaches, which was misused for profitable betting with companies like FanDuel and DraftKings.
- Terry Rozier is accused of informing a friend about leaving a March 2023 game early due to injury, leading to unusual betting patterns detected by the NBA.
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Easy sports betting is only going to lead to more social ills
It was inevitable that a major professional sports team would once again be ensnared in a high-profile criminal matter involving gambling. Last week, the National Basketball Association, the premier professional basketball league in the world, was rocked by the news that an active head coach, Chauncey Billups, and an active player, Terry Rozier, were allegedly involved in an illegal gambling operation. A former coach who maintains relationships …
NBA gambling scandal has a touch of ‘Sanford and Son’
On Dec. 1, I’m sure I’ll do two things. First, I’ll call my friend Bryan Haynes, an internationally famous artist who I met in third grade at Robinson Elementary School in Kirkwood. It’s his birthday. Second, I will place my first legal sportsbook wager in Missouri. It will be Day No. 1 for legalized gaming in the Show Me State. For those of us who support legal wagering, last week was rugged. The U.S. Justice Department announced that 34 people…
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The Washington PostLeagues worried about prop bets. An NBA scandal confirmed those fears.
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The game was fixed long before the bets were legal
The integrity of sports is in trouble again, or so the headlines say. The FBI last week arrested more than 30 people in a wide-ranging gambling probe that ensnared Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.A former Cleveland Cavaliers player, Damon Jones, was also charged in two separate cases — one involving sports betting improprieties, the other tied to Billups’ alleged participation in an illegal po…
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