Nevada gaming regulators may be ready to adjust sports-betting rules to protect consumers and sportsbooks from schemes involving player underperformance like those unearthed by the Justice Department last month involving organized crime and current and former NBA players .

In two sportsbook-related licensing requests Wednesday, Nevada Gaming Control Board members sought advice from license applicants about how to prevent cheating resulting from athletic underperformance and how it affects proposition bets.

In October, 31 people were indicted on fraud charges in connection with “insider trading” on sports bets. The Justice Department alleges that people placed bets knowing that a player was injured or planning to sit out a game, aware that their statistics would be below normal.

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