No surprise, everyone knows that this happens, when the major sports leagues allow gambling sites to advertise during games.

https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1981372908921385302

Just 2 days ago my son was telling me the NBA was rigged. Looks like he is right.

Not surprised at all.

I gave up on most of the pro sports like the NFL, NBA and MLB after some of these players and executives get huge salaries and charge ridiculous prices for tickets and sports apparel.

Just turn on sports talk radio around here

It's literally nothing but ads for sports betting apps and services now

NCAA approves change allowing student-athletes, staff to bet on pro sports.

Link to news

As I tell everybody, all professional sports games are rigged, everyone of them other than the one single exception - professional wrestling. It’s the only sport where every match is based solely on skills - mano a mano.

I've been watching the Amazon mini-series "Cocaine Quarterback." It's about a USC back-up who was on their '05 national championship team. His original USC scholarship was for volleyball and he turned to steroids to get an edge then walked on the football team despite never playing organized football. He partied with several starters who were dating celebrities (e.g. Paris Hilton) and many went on to big $ NFL contracts so he had quite the rolladex. He used his steroid contacts to supply HGH, steroids, uppers, and downers to team mates. After college, the back-up went on to SoCal real estate but then it crashed in '08.

The part applicable to this thread is he opened a Costa Rica based gambling operation leveraging his NFL and celebrity contacts. He claims over a dozen NFL players were betting with him.

The other part applicable to this thread is organized crime. He did a favor for a whale (i.e. routine big better) by flying a bag of money from brownsville, TX, to {95% sure it was Mexico} for a 10% commission. Then did another favor on selling a kilo of cocaine. Turns out the whale was a lieutenant with the Sinoloa Cartel, and soon in addition to his gambling operation he's moving over $1 million per day in cocaine for the Cartel. On his own, he was only able to figure out how to launder $160k per day and his downfall came with who he partnered with to launder the remainder of the $1M per day.

You can go to a casino to bet on sports, gamble and play cards, same with doing it on your computer or on your smart phone, so why in the hell get involved with the mob. Sheer stupidity and greed.

As have many others, I ask “When did we vote in online sports betting?”
I sincerely hope that the end result of the current bust is ending this dangerous game.

Operation Royal Flush! LOL
Every Football and baseball game is filled with gambling ads Billboards etc.
And they crucified Pete Rose.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
professional wrestling. It’s the only sport where every match is based solely on skills - mano a mano.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
As have many others, I ask “When did we vote in online sports betting?”
I sincerely hope that the end result of the current bust is ending this dangerous game.

Well, I voted against it, but:

Missourians voted to approve online sports betting on November 5, 2024.
The ballot initiative, known as Amendment 2, narrowly passed, allowing the Missouri Gaming Commission to regulate online sports wagering and retail sportsbooks. The state is targeting a launch date of December 1, 2025.

For the broader U.S. context, the timeline is different:

National ban overturned: In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). This ruling did not immediately legalize online sports betting everywhere but allowed individual states to decide whether to permit it.

State-by-state legalization: Following the 2018 ruling, many states have chosen to legalize sports betting at their own pace, and the details vary widely by location.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

National ban overturned: In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). This ruling did not immediately legalize online sports betting everywhere but allowed individual states to decide whether to permit it.

State-by-state legalization: Following the 2018 ruling, many states have chosen to legalize sports betting at their own pace, and the details vary widely by location.

Once one state approves they all will approve it there is too much tax revenue to ignore....

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by chellim1:

National ban overturned: In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). This ruling did not immediately legalize online sports betting everywhere but allowed individual states to decide whether to permit it.

State-by-state legalization: Following the 2018 ruling, many states have chosen to legalize sports betting at their own pace, and the details vary widely by location.

Once one state approves they all will approve it there is too much tax revenue to ignore....

As it should be...

"Never bet on anything that eats."

Source: My Mother.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
As I tell everybody, all professional sports games are rigged, everyone of them other than the one single exception - professional wrestling. It’s the only sport where every match is based solely on skills - mano a mano.

Damn, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers Chauncey Billips arrested. Also Terry Rozier a guard on the Miami Heat arrested.

I don't guess I'm really surprised, when you get this much gambling money involved someone is going to fall to temptation.

Coach Billips may have had difficulty with living on his $4,700,000 annual salary in expensive Portland.

Terr Rozier had a 4 year $96 Million contract. If I ever get that much money I hope you all will remind me to be happy with what I have and not fix games....