Sportradar, the ‘Nice Mafia’ Problem, & Another Dark Secret at the Heart of the Gambling Industry

Sportradar is facing massive pushback after two controversial reports on their business practices It’s big. It’s huge. If the short sellers’ reports by Muddywaters and Callisto are true, this is the end of Sportradar. There is no possible way for the company to survive. Note, please, the - if these reports are true - part. However, the vultures are circling. America being America, class action lawyers have set up shop trawling for customers. Three different sets of government regulators are - purportedly -...

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The Shohei Ohtani Case, Las Vegas, & the ‘Human Head’ Business

The connections between legal and illegal bookmakers - in a criminal sports gambling network featuring NFL, MLB athletes/coaches, the Mob and the royalty of Las Vegas betting bosses. Scott Sibella is Las Vegas royalty. The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MGM Grand has virtually no equals in the city of gambling. There might be a few withered ghosts of eccentric billionaires like Howard Hughes, Sheldon Adelson or Steve Wynn floating around the corporatized towers of “sin city” - scrubbing away germs...

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The Mafia Capo, How to Catch a Killer & Red-Flagging the Leagues

MAFIO CAPO PRESENTATION    "And a lot of these basketball players would go to the same clubs...and we got our eye on one or two of the guys. And I'd say, "Listen, you are a smart guy. I'm your good friend. Let me tell you how you are going to make some money."  Michael Franzese, the former Mafia Capo for the Colombo Crime Family, is the keynote speaker for the second annual Sports Integrity presentation at the University of New...

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