Sports gambling

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Hbg said:
In light of today’s arrest around the NBA, what I have feared and believed to be true since sports gambling became legal is a certainty. If me or anyone else believes games are decided
100% on the up and up we are fools. Sad days for all sports.
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Would you like me to list all the instances where this was verifiably happening prior to legalized gambling? Its extensive
 
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Hbg said:
In light of today’s arrest around the NBA, what I have feared and believed to be true since sports gambling became legal is a certainty. If me or anyone else believes games are decided
100% on the up and up we are fools. Sad days for all sports.
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All this stuff was happening before it was legal - it just wasn't discovered because it was all under the table.

This stuff was discovered because all the legal sportsbooks are monitored.
 
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Things are only gonna get worse if they do as discussed and start allowing players to actually place bets on games not involving them.

Not gonna be long before somebody gets in way over their head, gets busted, and people lose all faith in college sports.
 
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Here's an analogy, for all y'all into analogies.

Way back when "Survivor" came on CBS, my wife got really into it. In the middle of the 1st season, I asked her who was left. She said, some dude, some dude, some dude, and a gay guy. I told her that the gay guy would win. She said no he won't. I told her that it's already been decided and that's how these things are. Well, lo and behold, we all know the gay guy won. She said that I was lucky.
The next year, same thing. She said, some dude, some dude, some dude, and a lady (from Knoxville). I told her the lady would win. Same logic - already decided in advance. We all know the lady won. She hasn't watched Survivor since.
So some (probably not many) sporting events are tainted. Don't gamble unless you are on the inside. BTW, I could have made a lot of money the first two seasons of Survivor.
 
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Hbg said:
In light of today’s arrest around the NBA, what I have feared and believed to be true since sports gambling became legal is a certainty. If me or anyone else believes games are decided
100% on the up and up we are fools. Sad days for all sports.
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%100.
 
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05_never_again said:
All this stuff was happening before it was legal - it just wasn't discovered because it was all under the table.

This stuff was discovered because all the legal sportsbooks are monitored.
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Yes. But legalizing it just opened the flood gates. It was entirely predictable. Make a system for people to gamble and make it impossible for anyone to question anything. It was a criminals dream. It will get worse before it gets better.
 
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Volnanza said:
Yes. But legalizing it just opened the flood gates. It was entirely predictable. Make a system for people to gamble and make it impossible for anyone to question anything. It was a criminals dream. It will get worse before it gets better.
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It's certainly easier for the retail player to gamble than ever before. Open your phone and boom, it's there. Don't even have to get out of bed.

For people fixing or throwing games though, that's always gone on and will continue to go on. Legalizing it actually makes it easier to discover.
 
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05_never_again said:
It's certainly easier for the retail player to gamble than ever before. Open your phone and boom, it's there. Don't even have to get out of bed.

For people fixing or throwing games though, that's always gone on and will continue to go on. Legalizing it actually makes it easier to discover.
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I don't buy that. Legalizing it has made it into a monster. The amount of data that you have to deal with now is huge. It's was like a lake before, now it's an ocean.
 
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Volnanza said:
I don't buy that. Legalizing it has made it into a monster. The amount of data that you have to deal with now is huge. It's was like a lake before, now it's an ocean.
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You don't buy that people fixing or throwing games has existed as long as sports has existed?

106 years ago, a freaking World Series was fixed.
 
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05_never_again said:
It's certainly easier for the retail player to gamble than ever before. Open your phone and boom, it's there. Don't even have to get out of bed.

For people fixing or throwing games though, that's always gone on and will continue to go on. Legalizing it actually makes it easier to discover.
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Legalizing makes it easier to set up honeypots.
 
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