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To: Dr. Sivana

Sports betting (legal or illegal) has always threatened the legitimacy of all kinds of sports.

With the increasing legality of sports betting, expect to see a lot more scandals like this in all kinds of sports.

Homo sapiens—same as always:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal


6 posted on 06/04/2021 11:15:56 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

I’ve heard that the amount of money bet on some sports dwarfs the amount of money made and paid out by those same sports.


13 posted on 06/04/2021 12:53:24 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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