FBI, NCAA, and NBA investigating fraud around basketball point shaving. Tennessee vs Auburn game mentioned

[volfanhill]

Point shaving, odd bets, and scumbags

Inside the Gambling Ring Allegedly Linked to Point Shaving Across Pro and College Basketball

Authorities are investigating potential links between the ring that ensnared Jontay Porter and wagering on at least nine college games the past two seasons.

www.si.com

"He bet another $85,700 on Tennessee’s first-half spread against Auburn. Tennessee led by seven before an Auburn three-pointer at the end of the half cut the Vols’ lead to four—still a cover for Hennen."

 

[ButchPlz]

I had been assured here and elsewhere that my complaints about weird officiating being linked to this sort of thing were unfounded.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Point shaving, odd bets, and scumbags

Inside the Gambling Ring Allegedly Linked to Point Shaving Across Pro and College Basketball

Authorities are investigating potential links between the ring that ensnared Jontay Porter and wagering on at least nine college games the past two seasons.

www.si.com

"He bet another $85,700 on Tennessee’s first-half spread against Auburn. Tennessee led by seven before an Auburn three-pointer at the end of the half cut the Vols’ lead to four—still a cover for Hennen."

Relieved to hear we were ahead in a suspicious game!

 

[tennrich1]

Read a report recently how sports gambling has exploded in the last couple of years and the stories of addiction and destroyed families because of it actually moved me to tears. Utterly sickening to read about the children in these families affected by such activities. One man was painfully $300,000 in the hole with no hope!

 

[Col_Cathcart]

Read a report recently how sports gambling has exploded in the last couple of years and the stories of addiction and destroyed families because of it actually moved me to tears. Utterly sickening to read about the children in these families affected by such activities. One man was painfully $300,000 in the hole with no hope!

There’s reasons why society used to shun this stuff.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

There's a reason that we used to have an upstanding society...

 

[Pappy]

Interesting that sports gambling is shunned, which it should be, but donors are gambling on a kid to come and play to lead a school to glory, but that's ok.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Interesting that sports gambling is shunned, which it should be, but donors are gambling on a kid to come and play to lead a school to glory, but that's ok.

Investing in a kid’s potential and betting on point spreads is a little different.

 

[Savannahbayvol]

I had been assured here and elsewhere that my complaints about weird officiating being linked to this sort of thing were unfounded.

In 70 years of watching the Vols the only game I saw that was thrown by corrupt officials was the Music City Bowl against UNC in 2010.

 

[Duckcrazed]

Interesting that sports gambling is shunned, which it should be, but donors are gambling on a kid to come and play to lead a school to glory, but that's ok.

Big difference imho...if you have the money to donate and are willing to part with it, that's a conscientious decision.

If you are gambling, while some have the wealth to do it as a hobby/game, many are doing so for attaining wealth, and the house usually wins usually leaving many gamblers in debt and in a hole they can't crawl out of...

 

[BowlBrother85]

In 70 years of watching the Vols the only game I saw that was thrown by corrupt officials was the Music City Bowl against UNC in 2010.

I've seen 4 sporting events in my life that I really do feel were most likely fixed .... That's one of them.

These are the other 3 :

1) Roy Jones Jr. of the USA vs Park Si-hun of South Korea in the Light Middleweight Gold Medal boxing match at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

2) Atlanta Braves vs Florida Marlins in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS when Livan Hernandez was on the mound for the Marlins and Eric Gregg was behind home plate with a strike zone the size of Dade County.

3) The Lakers vs Sacramento Kings in Game 6 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals officiated by Dick Bavetta.

 

[BradstarVols]

In 70 years of watching the Vols the only game I saw that was thrown by corrupt officials was the Music City Bowl against UNC in 2010.

I see games every year that seem rigged on some level. I see it the most in the NFL. It's becoming fairly obvious.

 

[omghulkhands]

Point shaving would certainly explain how Auburn plays a lot of games closer than expected lol

 

[Boston Vol]

I've seen 4 sporting events in my life that I really do feel were most likely fixed .... That's one of them.

These are the other 3 :

1) Roy Jones Jr. of the USA vs Park Si-hun of South Korea in the Light Middleweight Gold Medal boxing match at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

2) Atlanta Braves vs Florida Marlins in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS when Livan Hernandez was on the mound for the Marlins and Eric Gregg was behind home plate with a strike zone the size of Dade County.

3) The Lakers vs Sacramento Kings in Game 6 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals officiated by Dick Bavetta.

Super Bowl 40 between the Seahawks and Steelers. When they called Hasselbeck for blocking below the waist when he just tackled a Pittsburgh defender, you knew something was up. And that was the last of about 6-7 horrendous calls that all went in favor of the Steelers.

Also, you’re probably not a soccer fan, but the 2002 World Cup Round of 16 match between the co-host South Korea and Italy was a disgrace. I can’t stand Italy, but that’s was as blatant of a match fixing as there could ever be.

 

[BruisedOrange]

I've heard people who know the international banking systems professionally, and have overseen big money agencies in the US federal gov't, remark matter-of-factly that one of this country's most profitable industries is money laundering (mostly from drug trade) and that sports gambling has become a significant tool.
Hey--you know money doesn't launder itself.

I wonder what the betting odds are on the DOGE vs. Intelligence Community matchup?

 

[BowlBrother85]

Also .... in online gambling forums, the sporting event that is most talked about and widely believed to have been rigged is the 1987 fight between Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard with the consensus belief being that Hagler threw the fight.

 

[stolitonic]

In 70 years of watching the Vols the only game I saw that was thrown by corrupt officials was the Music City Bowl against UNC in 2010.

That 2021 version vs Purdue wasn't exactly so above board either....

 

[Pappy]

Investing in a kid’s potential and betting on point spreads is a little different.

it’s still a gamble

 

[Firebirdparts]

Y'all keep in mind here that points shaving is something the players do, not the refs.

 

[Sivad]

Also .... in online gambling forums, the sporting event that is most talked about and widely believed to have been rigged is the 1987 fight between Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard with the consensus belief being that Hagler threw the fight.

I remember watching that fight. I thought Hagler won

 

[Sivad]

I've seen 4 sporting events in my life that I really do feel were most likely fixed .... That's one of them.

These are the other 3 :

1) Roy Jones Jr. of the USA vs Park Si-hun of South Korea in the Light Middleweight Gold Medal boxing match at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

2) Atlanta Braves vs Florida Marlins in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS when Livan Hernandez was on the mound for the Marlins and Eric Gregg was behind home plate with a strike zone the size of Dade County.

3) The Lakers vs Sacramento Kings in Game 6 of the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals officiated by Dick Bavetta.

The whole world knew that Roy Jones jr was robbed of that fight