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A look at some notable US game-fixing scandals

Notable game-fixing scandals in the United States: 2013: Auburn basketball player Varez Ward is charged with trying to fix Auburn’s Jan. 25, 2012 game against Arkansas. 2012: Former San Diego basketball player Brandon Johnson and former assistant coach T.J. Brown plead guilty in a scheme to fix a 2010 game against Loyola Marymount. 2004-2006: Gamblers target Toledo basketball and football players to fix games; seven former players and two gamblers eventually plead guilty. 1997: Former Arizona State basketball players Stevin Smith and Isaac Burton Jr. plead guilty to conspiracy to commit sports bribery for fixing four Sun Devils games in the 1993-94 season. 1981: Former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn and four others, including New York mobster Jimmy Burke, are convicted of conspiring to fix basketball games in the 1978-79 season.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

NBA gambling ring also includes games involving at least 3 college programs, report says

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! A suspected gambling ring under federal investigation for its role in two NBA betting cases also was involved in unusual wagering activity on at least three men’s college basketball programs this season, ESPN reported Monday. Three North Carolina A&T players were suspended indefinitely last week …

1 year ago

Betting scandal with Ohtani’s interpreter is far from the first in professional sports

Associated Press

Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight in the wake of the Los Angeles Dodgers firing Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter and close friend of newly acquired star player Shohei Ohtani. Here is a glance at other betting scandals involving professional sports: — In 1920, a Chicago grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges …

1 year ago

Betting scandal with Ohtani's interpreter is far from the first in professional sports

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a glance at other betting scandals involving …

1 year, 7 months ago

Athletes’ confidence, competitiveness explain willingness and risk to bet on own games, experts say

Associated Press

Allegations of Iowa and Iowa State athletes illegally wagering on sports is one thing. While fans of both schools have asked why athletes would risk losing eligibility and possibly going to jail over relatively small amounts of money, National Council on Problem Gambling executive director Keith Whyte said he isn’t surprised by allegations of athletes betting on their own games …

1 year, 8 months ago

There have been 175 sports-betting violations since 2018, 17 active investigations, NCAA head says

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — The NCAA has found 175 infractions of its sports-betting policy since 2018 and there are 17 active investigations, according to a letter from the sports organization’s president that was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The NCAA told the AP in an email that less than 0.25% of its approximately 13,000 sporting events “are flagged for suspicious …

1 year, 9 months ago

NFL finalizing discipline for several players linked to gambling violations, AP sources say

Associated Press

The NFL is finalizing disciplinary action against more players for gambling violations, including Indianapolis Colts defensive back Isaiah Rodgers Sr., two people familiar with the plans told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The first indication Rodgers was involved came when a website that covers sports wagering, sportshandle.com, reported in early June that an unidentified Colts player had been involved with …

1 year, 9 months ago

NCAA approves new penalty structure for different levels of sports betting violations

New York Times

The NCAA Division I Council has approved new reinstatement guidelines for sports betting violations that provide more leniency than in the past. For all other betting violations, such as pro sports, it will depend on the cumulative amount of money wagered: $200 or less: Only further education is required $201 to $500: Loss of 10 percent of a season, plus …

1 year, 9 months ago

NFL players on gambling policy, suspensions: ‘That could have been any one of us’

New York Times

Late last month, when Lions receiver Jameson Williams told reporters that until he was suspended by the NFL he had no idea he was in violation of the league’s gambling policy, the second-year pro’s self-professed naivete was met with more than a few eye-rolls. Nobody spends time on it.” The free-agent veteran player called Williams and Berryhill “sacrificial lambs.” All …

1 year, 10 months ago

As legalized gambling becomes pervasive, NCAA rules against it remain strict with tough penalties

Associated Press

More than 40 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State could be facing discipline from both law enforcement and the NCAA for impermissible online wagering. As legal gambling on games has become pervasive, NCAA rules prohibiting it remain strict and college sports leaders are cautious about dialing them back. College athletes can bet on horse racing where it is legal and …

1 year, 10 months ago

Gambling’s place in campus culture portends scandals to come

Associated Press

With the proliferation of legal wagering in the United States the past five years, it wasn’t a question of if but when a college sports gambling scandal would become public. It wouldn’t surprise us if there’s more problems that surface.” East Carolina assistant professor Michelle L. Malkin, who researches ties between gambling and criminality, said placing sports bets has become …

1 year, 10 months ago

College sports gambling scandals: A brief history from the Brooklyn Five to Brad Bohannon

New York Times

Sports betting has come to the forefront of the conversation surrounding college athletics. 1978-79: Boston College men’s basketball What happened: Several Boston College players were recruited by organized crime to shave points during nine games in the 1978-79 season. Hill was portrayed by Ray Liotta in the 1990 film “Goodfellas.” 1985: Tulane men’s basketball What happened: Three Tulane students recruited …

1 year, 11 months ago

Is NFL hypocritical or hypervigilant in betting punishment?

Associated Press

Sixty years after Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended a full season for wagering on football games, gambling is now as much a part of the NFL spectacle as mock drafts, tailgating and Super Bowl halftime shows. They have seminars and stuff up in the locker room to educate them.” The NFL suspended five players last week for violating …

1 year, 11 months ago

Is NFL hypocritical or hypervigilant in betting punishment?

The Independent

5 years, 11 months ago

Emmert: NCAA committed to prohibiting athletes from gambling

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! “The membership wants a prohibition of athletes gambling in any sports, period,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday. “Another thing that we’re moving forward on aggressively is we need to have integrity services in place where we can effectively monitor what’s going on in all …

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Dave Portnoy says Texas A&M player 'should be in prison' after March Madness scare

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Dave Portnoy claimed a Texas A&M basketball player 'should be in prison' after he nearly cost him a bet on the opening day of March Madness. 2, Hayden Hefner, drove towards the basket in an attempt to add to his team's points tally, which would have been catastrophic for Portnoy's hopes. Dave Portnoy claimed a basketball player should 'be in …

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