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Sports gambling scandal linked to college games and pro games

more news, 6 NCAA DI players completely banned from ever playing college basketball
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NCAA bans six college basketball players after gambling investigation reveals game-fixing at three schools

Players from Arizona State, New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State were involved in the unrelated cases
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I never understood the rationale people use to gamble....
Sure, maybe drop a few bucks at the ponies or some quarters in the slots just for fun, but placing big bets when
YOU KNOW, first of all, the games themselves and the odds are ALWAYS stacked against you. There's a reason the
people in the gambling industry are immensely wealthy and own the most extravagant castles on the planet.
They have all of your money if you're a gambler. Gambling in any community also leads to more bankruptcies, more
broken families and more crime & hurts the poorer people, the least able to afford losses, the worst.

Then - even if you are still smart enough to win and come out ahead- they kick you out or ban you from even gambling with them (or
with any other casinio or gambling operation) again because they figure you count cards or know the system too well.

But on top of that, THEY CHEAT as well and rip off the casual gambler even more as in this college betting scandal.
Even if I considered myself the most knowlegable college BKB guy in the world, I still wouldn't lay down any significant
money in this world of corruption that is always stacked against you.
 
The prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York, the same Brooklyn-based United States Attorney's office that is prosecuting several college players and NBA player Terry Rozier, announced that they have charged two Cleveland Guardian pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, with fraud, conspiracy and bribery stemming from an alleged scheme to rig individual pitches that led to gamblers winning hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to an indictment unsealed by federal prosecutors Sunday.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...anuel-clase-luis-ortiz-indicted-pitch-rigging

They arranged with the gamblers to throw non-strikes for certain pre-arranged pitches, while the gamblers placed prop bets that would guarantee they won. The gamblers' winnings were said to be in excess of $450,000, and the two pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were given kickbacks for their participation.
"Clase and Ortiz each could face up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy, 20 years for honest services wire fraud conspiracy, 20 years for money laundering conspiracy and five years for conspiracy to influence sporting events by bribery, according to prosecutors."

One wonders why someone like Emmanuel Clase would take risks for a relatively small amount of money in kickbacks. His salary in 2025 was $4.5 million, and he would have seen that increase immensely, since he is 3-time All-Star and one of the top relievers in MLB.
 
A player at San Francisco University, who lead them in scoring in the game against Bradley last season, has been linked to an ongoing investigation by the NCAA into illegal gambling.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...46/ex-san-francisco-player-shared-info-bettor

Univ. of San Francisco guard Marcus Williams, who played for the Dons from 2022-2025 and scored 18 points against Bradley in the game in San Francisco last season (12/18/24), has been accused by the NCAA "of knowingly sharing information about his statistics in upcoming games with a player at a different school, who was betting on his stats on daily fantasy sites."
That other player was Mykell Robinson of Fresno State. The NCAA has already ruled Robinson permanently ineligible after an investigation found that he had conspired with a former Fresno State teammate on an alleged gambling scheme centered on prop bets on Robinson's statistics in a Jan. 7, 2025, game. The NCAA investigation also found that Robinson had allegedly placed prop bets on himself in five other Fresno State games during the 2024-25 season.

...the NCAA found that he (Williams) provided information to former Fresno State player Mykell Robinson ahead of at least nine games during the 2024-25 season.
Williams shared information with Robinson about his points, 3-pointers made, rebounds and assists, according to the NCAA, which found text messages between the two after imaging Robinson's phone. In each instance, Williams directed Robinson to take the over on his statistics, according to the NCAA.

Williams, who USF's second leading scorer last season, was suspended late last season for "eligibility concerns", though no specific details were announced. That suspension may have been related to the NCAA gambling investigation.
 
What did these idiots think when they opened up sports betting on games all across this country. The other thing is by players in college getting NIL money they now gave them more resources to be able to make these bets. This scandal will get worse before it gets better.
 
note that all these players are obscure no-name players from schools that nobody's heard of....
The only names that ring a bell are Jalen Terry- highly rated, went to Oregon & then DePaul but now at EMU and
Bradley Ezewiro- spent a year at Saint Louis)
there's a few three reasons I can think of as to why nobody from the bigger schools is involved

The most obvious is that gamblers likely target the obscure players knowing that placing bets on big time games is probably scrutinized closer

second would be that the players hauling in big NIL probably aren't as tempted. These low level players likely are jealous that everyone else is cashing in and they're more temptable with a few thousand dollars.

And my third conjecture is that in their typical way of bias that we've seen going back decades, at least NCAA tends to always
cut the bigger schools more slack and go after the smaller guys. Not sure this applies if the FBI is involved, tho.
 
yoda said:
note that all these players are obscure no-name players from schools that nobody's heard of....
The only names that ring a bell are Jalen Terry- highly rated, went to Oregon & then DePaul but now at EMU and
Bradley Ezewiro- spent a year at Saint Louis)
there's a few three reasons I can think of as to why nobody from the bigger schools is involved

The most obvious is that gamblers likely target the obscure players knowing that placing bets on big time games is probably scrutinized closer

second would be that the players hauling in big NIL probably aren't as tempted. These low level players likely are jealous that everyone else is cashing in and they're more temptable with a few thousand dollars.

And my third conjecture is that in their typical way of bias that we've seen going back decades, at least NCAA tends to always
cut the bigger schools more slack and go after the smaller guys. Not sure this applies if the FBI is involved, tho.
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These are the only ones that have been caught. It is not easy to catch these people but this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a lot less players hauling in big dollars and players from bigger schools have been caught, Iowa St. ones as an example.
 
Here is a video montage of a MAC conference game between Kent State and Buffalo from Feb. 27, 2024 in which two Buffalo players were among the 20 new players charged with illegal activities to aid . A massive amount of bets ("at least $424,000") was placed on an unusual prop bet for Kent State to exceed the point spread for the first half of the game, which was -8.5 points. With around 5 minutes left in the first half, Kent State takes a 2 point lead, but is still well short of the 9 point lead needed to win the bet. The two Buffalo players (#10 and #3) proceed to make several mistakes that allow Kent State to go on a 12-0 run to end the half and ensure the betters win their bet.
It's somewhat subtle, but once you know the two players were involved with gamblers, it becomes more apparent they were intentionally turning the ball over and missing shots to fix the first half score to allow Kent State (team in white) to pull away to the bigger lead.
https://twitter.com/x/status/2011851588063637744
 
Here is another game from Feb. 24, 2024, where DePaul players fixed the first half outcome to help Georgetown win the first half by more than the first half point spread of -13
https://twitter.com/x/status/2011821939023614150

Jalen Terry, one of the DePaul players charged, was scoreless in the first half, but then scored 16 points in the 2nd half, and DePaul ended up losing by one point.
 
It leads to this:
A college basketball point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on 17 NCAA Division I teams resulted in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included a former NBA player, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Twenty of the 26 defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons, according to the indictment. Four of the players charged -- Simeon Cottle, Carlos Hart, Camian Shell and Oumar Koureissi -- have played for their current teams in the past week.
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Link to complete article:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...llege-players-20-charged-point-shaving-scheme
 
Da Coach said:
The prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York, the same Brooklyn-based United States Attorney's office that is prosecuting several college players and NBA player Terry Rozier, ....
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More news about the Federal gambling and game-fixing case involving pro and college athletes-
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-bribe-betting-scheme-federal-prosecutors-nba
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Self-proclaimed ‘gambling guru’ pleads guilty to bribing players, buying inside information in two federal cases

Marves Fairley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a pro basketball betting case.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
 
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