Terry Rozier allegedly shared confidential information about his health. The Chauncey Billups case involves poker and the mafia.
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The sports betting business is an important source of revenue for the clubs themselves, for championships, for television stations, or even for governments.
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But now the betting business, in the US and beyond, is at serious risk of being harmed. The “clouds” of suspicion have returned, doubts about the integrity of professional modalities are once again being discussed.
This is because there are twoscandals recent events in the US involving NBA figures and more than 30 other people.
The two best-known names are linked to the NBA: Terry Rozier, Miami Heat player, and Chauncey Billupscoach of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Terry Rozier was arrested and charged with disclose confidential information about your health; information that will have been used to bet that the player would have a underperformance than expected.
Suspicions already began at the beginning of 2023. The (then) Charlotte Hornets athlete will have warned people close to him that he planned to leave a game early due to an alleged injury.
And, with this information, these people were able to profits on bets greater than 170 thousand euros; because they bet that the player would get fewer points than usual.
“The money was later taken to the suspect’s home, where the group counted the cash,” New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch commented at the time.
In another case, former MVP and now coach Chauncey Billups is accused (and was also arrested) of manipulate poker gamesin a scheme that will have involved members of the mafia.
Billups is suspected of having been paid by the mafia to be “extra”, to attract high rollers to high stakes poker games, which were rigged using sophisticated technology; it was cheating. The scheme involved card tables tampered with X-rays, card shufflers and special glasses and contact lenses.
It’s “one of the most brazen sports corruption schemes since online sports betting was widely legalized in the USA”, summarized Brooklyn federal prosecutor Joseph Nocella Jr. in a press conference.
And these schemes, essentially the NBA’s, are raising questions about the “prop” bets – which allow you to bet, for example, that players (basketball players in this case) will score a certain number of points, below or above a limit. These are bets that a player can easily control.
The NBA immediately removed Rozier and Billups from their roles.
Prosecutors have already warned that the bookmakers are already losing money because of the scandal, cites .
