Betting scandals becoming new normal with sports leagues in bed with gambling industry

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The Jontay Porter affair drew the scrutiny of investigators because a lot of people bet when common sense said they shouldn't, and won when the odds said they wouldn't. When the house hits on an unexpected win, it's business. When you do it, it's probable cause.

We seem headed toward a full-scale normalization of sports betting and its negative consequences, each gambling scandal a little less scandalous than the preceding one, before we give up and charge it all to the game, writes Morgan Campbell.The Jontay Porter affair drew the scrutiny of investigators because a lot of people bet when common sense said they shouldn't, and won when the odds said they wouldn't. When the house hits on an unexpected win, it's business.

Except that's not fully true, as far as gambling is concerned. Sometimes betting is like putting your money in a photocopier, turning one bill into a bunch of them. Sure. For fun. If Fantasia's singing, I'll bet the over and hope she sings for an hour. She's an absolute marvel.The NBA is investigating Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for his alleged role in a gambling plot in a pair of games he briefly played in this season before suddenly leaving.

For example, if Mizuhara had run up his seven-figure debt at FanDuel, MLB's betting partner, we would already know whether he had wagered on baseball. He'd have left digital fingerprints.

 

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