US EditionNCAA players, gamblers charged in betting scheme
Federal prosecutors charged 20 people, including 15 former college players, for rigging NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games in a scheme involving millions in bets.
- On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia unsealed an indictment accusing a Philadelphia-based gambler of leading a sports-betting conspiracy involving the NCAA and the Chinese Basketball Association, with FBI official Wayne Jacobs saying it undermined faith in professional sports.
- The indictment describes how 'the fixers' first recruited and bribed Chinese Basketball Association players before enlisting trainers Jalen Smith and Roderick Winkler to recruit NCAA players for point-shaving.
- The indictment details the scheme's scale, noting 39 players on more than 17 Division I NCAA teams took part, with bettors wagering millions on at least 29 rigged games using spread and half bets.
- The fallout has included suspensions and NCAA probes as twenty defendants who played college basketball and some defendants active until Thursday face scrutiny; sportsbooks flagged activity and Borgata canceled bets.
- At the center is Shane Hennen, alleged ringleader, who worked at Rivers Casino in Philadelphia, promoted himself as a 'betfluencer', gambled up to $1 million a week, and faces related indictments as he enters plea negotiations.
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Rigging A College Basketball Game Seems Stressful
On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia brought charges against 26 people they say were involved in a scheme to fix bets on college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association games. The point-shaving scheme, according to a 70-page indictment unsealed that morning, involved at least three dozen players on 17 different teams. Twenty of the defendants played college basketball during at least one of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NCAA seasons.…
He was an LSU rising star. Now he’s accused of taking bribes and rigging games.
Antonio Blakeney and more than a dozen other players, including eight men who played basketball for Louisiana colleges, are accused of attempting to influence the final scores of at least eight games involving Louisiana teams in 2024 and 2025. That a significant share of the compromised games involved Louisiana teams appeared to mostly be the result of Blakeney’s connections here.
Feds reveal scheme to rig college games
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday.
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