Sports Betting Scandal

Sports Betting Scandal

Sports Betting Scandal This nvestigative series traces the NBA's century-long struggle with gambling corruption, culminating in the shocking October twenty twenty five arrests of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and thirty two others. From college point-shaving scandals in the nineteen fifties through referee Tim Donaghy's imprisonment to the explosive growth of legalized sports betting after twenty eighteen, the series reveals how professional basketball became fatally entangled with an industry worth billions. Through detailed analysis of the Jontay Porter case, organized crime infiltration, and rigged poker games using high-tech cheating devices, the investigation exposes the irresolvable conflict between gambling profits and competitive integrity, asking whether fans can ever trust what they're watching again. Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/42YoQGI

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October 27, 2025 40 secs
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Episode Three: The House of Cards Collapses Episode Three chronicles the October twenty three, twenty twenty five morning when the FBI arrested thirty four people across eleven states, including Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former player Damon Jones. The episode reveals two intertwined conspiracies: one using insider NBA information to manipulate prop bets across seven games, another involving ...
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Episode Two: When America Bet on Sports Episode Two examines the seismic shift following the May twenty eighteen Supreme Court decision that legalized sports betting nationwide. The NBA, which had fought against legalization citing integrity concerns, immediately pivoted to embrace gambling companies as partners in multibillion dollar deals. The episode explores the explosive growth of prop bets focused on individual player perform...
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October 27, 2025 20 mins
Episode One: The Original Sin Episode One traces gambling's deep roots in basketball, beginning with the devastating college point-shaving scandals of the nineteen fifties and sixties that first exposed the sport's vulnerability to corruption. The episode chronicles how individual players could control outcomes, making basketball uniquely susceptible to manipulation. It explores the gambling culture within NBA locker rooms, high-st...
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