Posted on 09/22/2025 7:17:06 PM PDT by TigerClaws
NFC North News @NFCNorthNewss 🚨🚨BREAKING: The NFL is cooperating with Federal Investigators over potential match fixing by the #Packers.
This play in particular is what is raising red flags. A total of 1.1 BILLION was on Packers Moneyline, a record amount for the NFL.
Yikes. 😬
The 2007 NBA fixing scandal involved referee Tim Donaghy who bet on games he officiated, including the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. An FBI investigation revealed Donaghy provided inside information to gamblers and influenced games to affect the point spread. Donaghy was convicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and transmitting wagering information, leading to a prison sentence and contributing to increased gambling policies and monitoring within the NBA.
I’d start at the 1985 World Series.
In the 1985 World Series, the Cardinals famously lost the series after a controversial call in Game 6, with Tudor giving up five runs in the decisive Game 7 loss.
I always felt Game 7 was fixed.
Tudor had a great year but he was purely a control pitcher, a left-handed Greg Maddux.
Tudor was easy to beat if the umpire squeezed the strike zone.
And Tudor was squeezed big time.
All the money was on the Cardinals and Tudor who had a big year.
The big money was mostly illegal back then and the bookies cleaned up as did the legal sports books.
Rams, Eagles game
Narrowly beat the spread & some awful, suspect calls
The 2007 Spurs-Suns playoff controversy centered on the suspensions of Suns’ players Amar’e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw for leaving the bench during a confrontation with Robert Horry, who had been issued a flagrant foul for hip-checking Steve Nash.
The controversy also involves claims by crooked former NBA referee Tim Donaghy that the series was influenced in the Spurs’ favor due to a referee supervisor’s dislike of Suns’ owner Robert Sarver.
The play that changed the money from one side to the other was the last play of the game, a blocked kick picked up and run in for a TD, nothing on that play was affected by a bad call
There are a couple books out there by sports fans with some knowledge of potential fixing shenanigans. Long and short is it takes less that you would think to accomplish it and these author fans still watch sports but only fir fun and with sadly no expectation that the games are matches of skill and luck only. For what it’s worth....
You are right. If a billion dollars was bet on the Packers moneyline, that money went up in smoke because the Packers lost! I would also like to see what the allegation is then!
:: A big casino fixing a sporting event? Inconceivable! (But then I’m pretty certain the word doesn’t mean what I think it means.) ::
Primae Facia evidence: Super Bowl XLVII
Didn’t something like this happen a century ago with MLB baseball?
Its for entertainment only. That is what the NFL has been saying in court for 50 years. Why should we be surprised?
Inside or outside the point spread?
Went off at Browns +7…7 1/2
Stupid satire account.
This was a moneyline bet, so the point spread was not an issue. But to answer your question, the Packers started out as a -7.5 favorite. The final score was Browns 13, Packers 10. For Packers to have beat the spread, they needed to win the game by 21 to 13. As it was, for gambling purposes, they lost the game 13 to 2. (Rounded up to 8 for each score)
You should be given a time out for posting this crap.
Sportsbooks make money on the juice. Sportsbooks win regardless of the outcome of the game. If the Sportsbooks were worried that too much money was being bet on the Packers, they could just adjust the moneyline to make it a less attractive bet.
‘07 was their year. The crooked ref said the head ref, Tommy Nunez, San Antonio resident, hated the Suns. The bias on foul calling was extremely obvious.
Commissioner Stern f’d us with the suspensions. Once the Suns had gotten past the Spurs it would have been easy to win it all that year. Definite screw job
Do you actually believe that every bet made in Las Vegas is made between two completely independent people, neither of which have any ties to the casino, nor anyone whom the casino has any interest in?
I'm not sure what you're saying. I addressed sportsbooks (casinos & legitimate online betting) only.
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