US EditionN.B.A. Tweaks Its Rules to Thwart Sports Betting Cheats
The NBA will require game-day injury reports between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with updates every 15 minutes to reduce insider betting risks after recent indictments.
- Starting Monday, the National Basketball Association requires teams to submit game-day injury reports between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., with all reports posted on official.nba.com within 15 minutes.
- Following arrests about two months earlier, the N.B.A. acted after injury status featured in the October indictment and prosecutors alleged Damon Jones provided bettors nonpublic information.
- Teams must now resubmit injury reports on game days except on the second day of back-to-back games, while the N.B.A. will increase compliance and training for personnel and explore AI to monitor prop bets.
- The league said penalties will increase and placed Terry Rozier, N.B.A. player, on leave amid allegations, while updating the Fan Code of Conduct to better protect players and coaches.
- Tanking remains a concern as the N.B.A. presses for prop bet limits and works with regulators and sportsbooks to reduce the value of confidential injury information.
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