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. 😬
Now... this.
"Say it ain't so, Joe."
Surprised it wasn't a college team given the money flying there these days with NIL.
This would never happen with legalized gambling. /sarc
Who won?
Who cares?
Prop sports are controlled by the league. Holding can be called on any play in football. Two quick fouls on a star basketball player quickly changes that game dynamic. Baseball well, where do I start?
With legal gambling now in the mix, the house says, “Come to DADDY’!!!
What’s the allegation here? A billion dollars bet on the Packers and they tank the game? The billion dollars didn’t get paid off. Am I missing something? Is the accusation that the Sportsbooks paid off the Packers?
Tom Brady as announcer-a conflict of interest? You betcha.
He’s a pretty boy and brings them money. Rules are made for chumps. Laws are made by lawyers who know how to get around them.
This reeks of either satire or s***posting to me.
Who the heck puts money on the Packers? They were a blocked field goal away from getting swept by their division last year.
A big casino fixing a sporting event? Inconceivable! (But then I’m pretty certain the word doesn’t mean what I think it means.)
The Oakland As are moving to Las Vegas! That won’t inspire gambling...
George Orwell had a lot to say about how the people loved their sports and gambling,especially their gambling.
Completely Fake News. Obvious in 10 seconds. Gullible much?
Once the NFL allowed betting, it was only a matter of time before they faced a huge scandal - whether real or alleged.
Who cares? Who would bet on this stuff, anyway? Might as well bet against the L.A. T-Birds in Roller Derby, or put a grand down on professional wrestling, or a couple of hundred on Jai Alai.
I think a Racketeer would know all about fixed gambling games ;)
If this story turns out to be true then legalized gambling was what discovered it, gambling on football has been going on long before it was legal, now that gambling is regulated and run by public companies instead of organized crime the chance of games being fixed and undiscovered are remote
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