Of course, there will be match fixing at the FIFA World Cup - Why wouldn’t there be? Sports gambling/betting, corruption, under-paid players, its all legal! Match-Fixing at the World Cup So what you want, we can deliver to you. After this match, I have a game in the Under-20 World Cup… So Under-20 World Cup first two games they will play, so after the third game, they will do for us because XXXX is our team (names...
An exclusive interview with Tim Donaghy, the NBA referee who gambled with Mafia-connected bookmakers - Sports betting, NBA tanking, US Corruption It is the $64 million dollar question. The audience, mostly sleepy tennis executives and sales people on an early Sunday morning in the near-empty conference center, leaned forward, when I asked it to Tim Donaghy. Tim Donaghy, the former National Basketball Association (NBA) referee who had worked with gamblers connected with organized crime, and I were on stage together this weekend. ...
American sports leagues are dancing with the devil. Their commercial interests with bookmakers are clear conflict of interest. This blog is a podcast episode I did recently with The Protectors Podcast. Enjoy! But do note - the transcript is loosey-goosey! Today joins us to break down the wave of recent standards. From college athletes running books with the Mob to NBA coaches and players allegedly providing insider information and even major league pitchers accused of manipulating outcomes pitch...
Capitol Hill, Washington DC - The Launch of Family and Friends of Gamblers Capitol Hill, Washington DC. The major announcement of a new group in the fight for proper regulation of gambling. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Representative Paul Tonko, hosted the event. I spoke about the widespread sports gambling addiction among athletes. Below - the text of my speech: ** It is a silent plague. A disease that-none-dare-mention-its-name is hitting American athletes. Gambling addiction is sweeping our athletes from the very top leagues down to high school students. Over...
Sports around the world are in danger: Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, NCAA, UFC and soccer/football in 33 countries. Here are the facts that no one else will tell you. “When you want to fix, go to the country where it is easiest.” It was the day after a major Champions League game. The final round of the old-formatted, group stages where most teams had nothing to play for. I was talking to one of the biggest Asian match-fixers. He told...
There is a secret that no one dares speak about in the sports betting integrity world. It lies at the heart of the current FBI investigation of the NBA. Well they would say that wouldn’t they? This is my response to many of the commentators who have been claiming the FBI arrests are a triumph of the legal betting market and its ability to show corruption in the bets. Some of the people making these comments are simply shills for the...
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...
Transcript of an interview that I did with CBC's Radio Jayme Poisson on the Shohei Ohtani and the coming tide of sports gambling problems. Front Burner Transcript for April 2, 2024 Host: Jayme Poisson Front BurnerOhtani, Porter and sport’s gambling problem23:22 JAYME POISSON: Hi, I'm Jayme Poisson. JAYME POISSON: The LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is the biggest star in baseball. In December, Toronto lost its collective mind just over rumours that he was signing with the Blue Jays. SOUNDCLIP FIRST SPEAKER: Jon Rossi tweets out Shohei...
The sad failure at the heart of the Iowa/Iowa State Sports Gambling Scandal It is a sports scandal that reveals much about America. The state of Iowa is an icon. It is an agricultural place at the center of the country that has a far larger influence than its relatively small population. Iowa is the purported home of honest, decent folk who work hard all day in farms, fields and barns. The men are supposed to wear baseball caps and be good guys....
If you are a sports fan, you are probably slightly obsessed with the Tim Donaghy case. Donaghy was one of the highest ranked referees in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also a gambling addict. For four years, he worked with illegal gamblers and bookmakers betting on his own games. The betting industry either never caught him or the few that did notice the strange odds movements, like the Gambino-connected bookmakers in New York, bet on his games for their own...
