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

Just choked on my sammich

So the Mafia rigging poker games and sports bets, really years ago the Feds went after them for numbers, now every state has a lottery, busted them for pot, now pot stores, 20 years from now government will be influencing sports.

The crown is yours!

How does ESPN, TNT and sports radio approach the subject when so much of their advertising dollars are from legit gambling?

I wonder how many people they radiated with the "X-Ray" card reading table?"

After watching some of the officiating in more recent NFL games I'm getting vibes about this gambling thing.

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Originally posted by Russ59:
How does ESPN, TNT and sports radio approach the subject when so much of their advertising dollars are from legit gambling?

Because those gambling advertisers are the ones turning-in those players.

After the 2018 SCOTUS ruling and the maturity of online gambling, those online gambling operations could advertise and promote with those various leagues, so long as they reported-on suspicious activity AND reported on who was involved that shouldn't have been. This is how NBA's Jontay Porter was nailed and the ongoing investigation into baseball players Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were caught.

This new case involving Billups, Rozier, Jones and others appears to follow the Tim Donaghy line of gambling, where they were involved with a completely illegal, black market operation.

Prop bets permitted on the mainstream gambling sites, leagues openly embracing sports gambling and just yesterday I saw a note that said that the NCAA was going to relax rules and allow players/coaches to be able to wager on professional sports.

What did you think was going to happen?

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Originally posted by hooch:
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.

I heard on the radio yesterday some NBA dude lamenting the fact these NBA personalities busted were partially not at fault because "gambling is a severe addiction", which is utter, total bullshit in this case. These guys were not merely gambling, but they were rigging games and bets, poker games, corruption, cheating. We're talking criminal activity.

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Originally posted by oddball:


I heard on the radio yesterday some NBA dude lamenting the fact these NBA personalities busted were partially not at fault because "gambling is a severe addiction", which is utter, total bullshit in this case. These guys were not merely gambling, but they were rigging games and bets, poker games, corruption, cheating. We're talking criminal activity.

Kenny the Jet. Barkley quickly checked him, severely. And said nah, these dudes are just fucking stupid. Sir Charles ain’t hearing it, ain’t having it, and busted his ass. He usually tells it like it is.

Everybody keeps remarking about how much these guys make and why would they be so stupid and risk so much on so little.

I think I know why, they were probably already betting and losing on games. Once they were in debt to their bookies (mob) they got a proposition they could not refuse. Start throwing games and sitting in on poker matches as celebs so the mob could fleece others.

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Originally posted by fischtown7:
Everybody keeps remarking about how much these guys make and why would they be so stupid and risk so much on so little.

I think I know why, they were probably already betting and losing on games. Once they were in debt to their bookies (mob) they got a proposition they could not refuse. Start throwing games and sitting in on poker matches as celebs so the mob could fleece others.

Gambling on flights and in the locker room is pretty common. While the NBA has arguably the lowest collective IQ of all the major sports, they've also got the largest per-game earnings amongst the major sports, thus these guys are walking around with 8-9 figure contracts and are clueless as to what to do with it. All it takes is 1-2 guys to goad these dimwits into playing a game, their ego can't resist the taunts and next thing you know they're 5-6 figures deep into debt.

Anybody looking to see how pathetic and predatory team gambling is, read up on the story of Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittendon

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Originally posted by PASig:
Just turn on sports talk radio around here

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

No kidding. Heck, I don't give a shit about sports and think gambling is a tax on the stupid, yet the algorithm for some reason seems to think that I need to hear about it on every podcast commercial break. That or hair growth product. Apparently since I'm a man over 40 all I'm supposed to care about is sportsball and anxiety over going bald .

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Originally posted by oddball:

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Originally posted by hooch:
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.

I heard on the radio yesterday some NBA dude lamenting the fact these NBA personalities busted were partially not at fault because "gambling is a severe addiction", which is utter, total bullshit in this case. These guys were not merely gambling, but they were rigging games and bets, poker games, corruption, cheating. We're talking criminal activity.

Michael Franzeci (?) former mob boss explained they let a guy get into debt first. Then they sit him down, this isn’t when they set the hook yet. It just puts the guy on notice. They tell him he can’t gamble anymore until he’s paid off his debt.

But that’s a setup because they know he’s going to gamble someplace else but that’s other place is owned by the mob as well. They let him get so far down in the hole then they tell him in. He can’t pay it off so he’s going to work it off and they’ll tell him when he’s paid it off. Shave a point here, shave a point there, and that’s how the mob makes its money.