Sports Betting's Shadow: Integrity, Scandals, and Addiction
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Resources & Recommendations
Organizations & Institutions
- American Gaming Association - Mentioned as the source for an annual report on the sports betting industry's financial figures.
- FBI - Referenced for its involvement in investigations and arrests related to sports betting and rigged poker schemes.
- NBA (National Basketball Association) - Discussed in the context of its players and coaches being implicated in gambling scandals and the league's response to these issues.
- MLB (Major League Baseball) - Highlighted for its significant gambling scandal involving players and its agreements with sports book partners to limit betting amounts.
- ESPN - Mentioned as a platform where Chauncey Billups worked as a sports commentator.
- Senate Commerce Committee - Noted for launching a probe into betting in Major League Baseball and sending letters to sports leagues for answers.
- Washington Post - The newsroom from which the podcast "Post Reports" originates.
People Mentioned
- Rick Maese (Post Sports Reporter) - The guest expert who discusses the sports betting industry.
- Elahe Izadi (Host) - The host of the "Post Reports" podcast.
- Kash Patel (FBI Director) - Mentioned in a clip talking about the FBI's investigations.
- Terry Rozier (Former first-round draft pick, Miami Heat player) - A player arrested in an FBI investigation related to sports betting.
- Chauncey Billups (Head Coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, former basketball player) - Implicated in an operation involving a poker game run by the mob and alleged to have given information to betters.
- Emmanuel Clase (Cleveland Guardians pitcher) - Accused of participating in a micro-betting scheme involving throwing specific pitches for balls.
- Luis Ortiz (Cleveland Guardians pitcher) - Accused of participating in a micro-betting scheme involving throwing specific pitches for balls.
- Scotty Scheffler (Golfer) - Mentioned as an athlete who received Venmo requests from gamblers.
- Steph Curry (Warriors player) - Referenced as a high-earning athlete less susceptible to gambling temptations compared to lower-paid athletes.
Other Resources
- 1919 Black Sox Scandal - Cited as the biggest scandal in sports history, involving the Chicago White Sox throwing World Series games, which historically shaped the perception of gambling's threat to sports integrity.