With the gambling scandals spreading to Major League Baseball, all organized sports need to move fast or see corruption overtake their brands.
News that two MLB pitchers were indicted in a pitch-rigging scheme that allegedly let gamblers win hundreds of thousands of dollars in prop bets followed the prior week’s NCAA announcement that six former men’s college basketball players had allegedly rigged games and provided illegal information to bettors .
Last month saw three NBA stars — including Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups — busted along with various mafiosi in schemes involving crooked poker games and a massive prop-betting operation. At least one ex-NFL star was named in the poker capers.
NBA president Adam Silver and league officials are reviewing betting guardrails with their par

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