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1 posted on 10/23/2025 12:34:00 PM PDT by equaviator
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The NBA’s getting even stinkier.

FUGEDDABUODDITTT.


2 posted on 10/23/2025 12:36:31 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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Shocking! Sports is not on the up and up?


3 posted on 10/23/2025 12:37:31 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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There is no Mafia.


4 posted on 10/23/2025 12:39:18 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Old Mafia guys claim the NBA was fixed from its inception.


5 posted on 10/23/2025 12:44:39 PM PDT by allendale
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Say it ain’t so, Joe.


6 posted on 10/23/2025 12:45:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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Earlier today ESPN was practically falling over themselves trying to NOT talk about this. Pat McAfee just about laughed off a legal rep who was reporting on the early information.


8 posted on 10/23/2025 12:48:04 PM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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They placed bets on the Lakers, gee I could have done that, they have sucked since 2020, see that simple


13 posted on 10/23/2025 1:41:10 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Rumor was that Micheal Jordan’s one year of minor league baseball was an agreed-to punishment for making illegal (at the the time) bets.

Pete Rose bet on games in which he had a duty to perform, but he was never accused of betting against his own team. The danger was if a player becomes indebted to gamblers, he may be coerced into failing to perform to favor gamblers.

Shoeless Joe Jackson likely never collaborated with gamblers, but he was offered bribes. His play during the World Series does not indicate that he was trying to throw the games, although his teammates did.


16 posted on 10/23/2025 1:59:47 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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Sport$$$


17 posted on 10/23/2025 2:03:24 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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So now I wonder whether these guys will get the “Pete Rose/Shoeless Joe” treatment by the sports press and the league ...?


18 posted on 10/23/2025 2:05:28 PM PDT by BlueLancer (It's very dangerous to believe people. I haven't for years." Miss Marple - Sleeping Murder)
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1. Player gets in over his head with gambling debts and cannot pay.
2. Player told he will pay. Period.
3. Players begs inability to do so.
4. Big guy wraps an arm around player and tells him all or part of his debt can be erased if he cooperates.
5. A few points here, a few points there, some inside info.
6. Player is now owned for life.

This has happened many, many times.


19 posted on 10/23/2025 2:05:34 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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Good. Insider Trading.


20 posted on 10/23/2025 2:07:11 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Trung Phan
@TrungTPhan

Unreal scene from ESPN Get Up this AM.

They’re talking the FBI’s arrests for NBA Sports Gambling. Mike Greenberg explains how ESPN used to shun sports gambling…while an ESPN BET promo is on the screen.

The graphics team realizes the disconnect and takes the chyron down lol

11:01 AM · Oct 23, 2025 1.1M Views

https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/1981375322365808988

Keep your eyes on the lower right hand corner.


23 posted on 10/23/2025 3:42:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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The NBA is a criminal organization


24 posted on 10/23/2025 3:44:25 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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Tattoos = gullibles travels ✖️


25 posted on 10/23/2025 6:54:37 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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From the morning this story broke...

CNBC Sport: Disney, NBC look to sports betting, technology as need for new sports revenue surges

(h/t: YouTuber WDW Pro)

26 posted on 10/25/2025 4:16:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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