Professional sports can be incredibly lucrative for all parties involved. Team owners, facilities operators, and organizations all stand to make billions off of the real-life drama of athletic competition. And that's to say nothing of how stars in their sports can become multi-millionaires in short order. Yes, sports are big business in and of themselves, so big that they inspire tertiary industries, notably sports gambling and betting.

Until recently, wagering on the outcome of games and matches was a moral grey area, and in some circles it still is. Online bookmakers and the mainstreaming of gambling have curbed the stigma for the common folk, for the most part. But it's considered unethical and a major conflict of interest for those actively involved in sports to be involved with gambl

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