Canadian sports bettors in Ontario will finally be able to wager their loonies and toonies on NBA basketball. Pro-Line, a parlay gambling system run through the province’s lottery commission, was forced to take NBA games off their board when the T…
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Basketball represents a clean cut image of sports and has a tradition of fairness, skill and discipline. Tim Donaghy’s NBA betting fiasco has tarnished not only his own reputation but that of the sport as a whole.
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As part of SI.com’s all-decade project highlighting the best and worst of sports in the 2000s, I asked commissioner David Stern to examine the last 10 years while also envisioning what the future may hold — including legalized sports betting on NBA games, unadulterated zone defenses, a possible lockout and a new form of expansion [...]
Read More...BOSTON — Only two people know all the details of the NBA’s 2008 betting scandal: former NBA referee Tim Donaghy and his associate, former professional gambler Jimmy “The Sheep” Battista. Both men served time in federal prison for their roles in the gambling scheme.
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