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Originally Posted by thespaah
And the people running those leagues plus the NCAA have a view through rose colored glasses.
There is literally billions of dollars in "illegal" handle wagered every year on their respective sports.
I think its farcical that bettors in Nevada can make all the wagers they wish and the sports leagues look the other way.
It's like "ok we know they're betting in Vegas and we'll live with that, but THAT'S IT!!!"....
The whole thing is illogical. The idea that contests will be infiltrated and game fixing will become rampant is ludicrous. The athletes make tons of money. They cannot be bribed. Why would they?
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Its pretty simple, sports leagues are against sports wagering because they aren't getting a cut of the proceeds, it has nothing to do with "fixing". billions of dollars of illegal money is being moved on a yearly basis, its not like the fixers are sitting around waiting patiently for sports betting to become legal.
People looking to fix games and bribe players are not waiting for a govt run building, equipped with state of the art surveillance cameras where you're required to bring large amounts of cash to bet at a place with strict limits, the fixers, if these people actually exist, are doing all their stuff behind the scenes, away from the prying eyes and they're doing it ON CREDIT.
