US EditionGambling Scandal Shows Dangers of NBA's Embrace of Betting
Charges involve players and coaches passing insider info and engaging in illegal gambling, exposing NBA's ties to gambling rings and raising questions about league integrity.
- On Thursday, Chauncey Billups, Portland Trail Blazers coach, was arraigned on illegal-gambling charges as federal prosecutors charged multiple players and coaches.
- Having embraced legalized sports betting, the NBA and other leagues drew closer to sportsbooks and their platforms, accepting billions in advertising and partnerships including ESPN BET and FanDuel Sports Network.
- Prosecutors say players and coaches passed insider information to gamblers, naming Terry Rozier, Heat guard, and Damon Jones, Lakers assistant, while one case involves mafia crime families rigging illegal poker games.
- The league risks losing fan trust if games are seen as compromised, as absent total exoneration, it is difficult to imagine Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, or Damon Jones returning.
- Gambling firms insist monitoring flags abnormal wagers, yet critics doubt those systems catch everything amid microbetting, in-arena sportsbooks in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and pervasive gambling ads.
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The Washington Hispanic
www.diariolibre.comThe U.S. sports leagues rushed to join the billion-dollar boom in legalized gambling, but arrests of a coach and an NBA player in two extensive federal investigations show the potential cost of partnering with the gambling industry. Portland Trail Blazers chief coach Chauncey Billups, a former Detroit Pistons star and a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, was arrested for his alleged involvement in rigged illegal poker games that, according to the A…
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