i haven't followed this story too closely yet (but have been curious) ... going into today, i thought that someone involved with the program was likely leaking injury info to gamblers ... this seems like potentially, though not definitely, something more?

the story I read was that they had scored three times with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as well as some other weird scores. And Im thinking: well how does that equate to cheating, but I wonder if they do bets with run handicaps? Either that or there could be over/under runs scored.

Man how hard core do you have to be to wager on over/under runs on college baseball? Just betting on baseball per se, you have to ask yourself : Why?

. Oh hell is the derby in two days?

Silly college coach...betting is for pros!

Man how hard core do you have to be to wager on over/under runs on college baseball?

In soccer, some of the most egregious recent scandals have involved wagering on lower division teams, sometimes even semi-pro teams. Lots easier to fix, less general scrutiny.

Yeah, managers and umpires/referees can be bought much cheaper at the lower levels, to say nothing of players.

Tick, tick, tick.......

Tennis has had several low level tournament scandals in the last few years. This will only get worse.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=low+level+tennis+tournament+gambling+scandal

Gambling on sports - including college baseball - has gone on for 100 years.

The legalization of such betting makes it far easier to detect it. These imbeciles could have scammed an illegal offshore operator and gotten away with it. What is the illegal book going to do, complain to the Attorney General's office?

Every legal book has a "bull #### detector" that sets off alarms when unusually high bets are proposed by gamblers not known to them already. They typically just drastically downsize the amount of the bet permitted, but this story shows that they do far more than that.

heh:

"The bets in question were placed Friday at the BetMGM sports book at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, ESPN reported Tuesday. The Cincinnati Reds were on a road trip in Oakland, California at the time."

"The bets in question were placed Friday at the BetMGM sports book at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, ESPN reported Tuesday. The Cincinnati Reds were on a road trip in Oakland, California at the time."

So, both ballparks were empty.

#7 is what I was going to say. They've had some of this in European soccer, and its the sportsbooks that can ferret it out. It's naive to think that if sports betting were illegal, people wouldn't be doing this online.

In soccer, some of the most egregious recent scandals have involved wagering on lower division teams, sometimes even semi-pro teams. Lots easier to fix, less general scrutiny.

Showtime had a good doc about professional gamblers, one guy was a total fraud (a guy that made money selling his picks), but another seemed to really know what he was doing. His advice was to avoid the high profile games and be an expert in Akron vs. Ball State, because if you know a ton about those teams like that, you can beat the line over a long period of time.

The legalization of such betting makes it far easier to detect it. These imbeciles could have scammed an illegal offshore operator and gotten away with it.

Yeah but the illegal offshore operator isn't buying up loads of ad time, sponsoring drop-in ad reads, or "partnering" with sports leagues to the point where their gambling content is inescapable on sports broadcasts.


Be an expert in Akron vs. Ball State, because if you know a ton about those teams like that, you...

... lead a sad pathetic life.

Showtime had a good doc about professional gamblers, one guy was a total fraud (a guy that made money selling his picks), but another seemed to really know what he was doing.

yes, I know several professional gamblers. they are a very rare breed, and don't tend to advertise themselves - as opposed to the fraudsters. the amount of discipline and research required is immense.

one of them gently chastised me because I make my minuscule wagers (maximum 10 bucks) off the backs of the hundreds of dollars of free money offered by many sportsbooks at signups. he insists that you're not a gambler unless you are risking your OWN money.

ok, I'm not a gambler, then, lol.

and yes, your odds improve if you are more knowledgeable about a sport than the oddsmaker. almost impossible to achieve in a major sport.

"The bets in question were placed Friday at the BetMGM sports book at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, ESPN reported Tuesday. The Cincinnati Reds were on a road trip in Oakland, California at the time."

And the whereabouts of Pete Rose at the time?

8. Well played

From what I read, a gambler made some large bets on LSU to win Friday night. The allegation is that the gambler was on the phone with the coach in question at the time he made the bets. The scheduled Alabama starter for the game was a late scratch and a kid who hadn't pitched in awhile was getting the start against the #1 team in the country.

Iowa Gaming Commission Probes Hawkeyes Baseball Suspensions

Who could have ever guessed that having gambling ads all over sports would lead directly to having gambling scandals all over sports?

pat

srsly i am so beyond shocked SHOCKED!!!!

i nevah NEVAH would have thought that turning baseball into another gambling game might could lead to actual CHEATING far FAR worse than any roids/speed/HGH. and gambling scandals in college

but of course MLB MUST be immune because all the players/managers/coaches are so well paid that couldn't none of them be partial to a much larger pay day, no siree nope

and minor leaguers are immune from any temptation just like they was from drugs/roids/HGH

but let them sweet sweet gambling dollars embiggen the pockets of the billionaire owners because what could happen?

Q: What says "degenerate gambler" even more than a gambling scandal involving college baseball?

A: A gambling scandal involving MLS.