US EditionBlack Sox, Ohtani's interpreter and more: A look at prominent sports betting scandals
UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – Major League Baseball and other leagues have imposed lifetime bans and suspensions on players and officials amid a rise in sports gambling violations since a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, MLB said.
- In 1920, a Chicago grand jury indicted eight White Sox members for fixing the 1919 World Series, leading owner Charles Comiskey to suspend them and Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to ban them permanently.
- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal sports betting ban, opening online sportsbooks and sparking increased gambling scandals involving athletes and officials.
- Earlier this year, NBA investigators found that licensed sports betting operators flagged irregular wagers, including an $80,000 parlays bet on Jontay Porter’s March 20 game against Sacramento.
- MLB suspended umpire Pat Hoberg earlier this year amid a sports betting investigation, with no details on reinstatement; he remains off-field pending review.
- In June/July 2025, MLB placed Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase on paid leave amid a betting probe, focusing on Ortiz’s June 15 and June 27 starts, with Clase sidelined over three weeks later.
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Black Sox, Ohtani's interpreter and more: There have been plenty of prominent sports betting scandals
Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they've existed, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May 2018 has led to a wave of gambling incidents involving athletes and officials. The ruling struck…
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