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Sports Biggest Betting Scandals

1919 – What became known as the Black Sox Scandal was a scandal that rocked the major league baseball world.  It was discovered that gamblers had bribed several team members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the World Series.

1951 – New York County D.A. Frank Hogan (dubbed “Mr. Integrity”) indicted several college basketball players from four New York universities for point shaving.  The schools included Manhattan College, Long Island University, New York University, and CCNY.

1978 – Members of the Boston College basketball team were found to be in cahoots with mobsters connected with the New York Lucchese crime family in a point shaving scandal.

1989 – One of major league baseball’s most notorious players, Pete Rose, accepted a permanent ban from the association for purportedly betting on Reds games while he managed the team.

2007 – One of the most scandalous incidents in recent history, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was investigated by the FBI for allegedly betting on NBA games – including ones he referred.  He eventually plead guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison.  Donaghy and all these other notorious bettors should have stick to gleaning free basketball, baseball, and football picks!

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