Unusually large bets One can argue whether the spread of legal sports betting in the United States is good, bad, or somewhere in between, but one thing it has certainly done is make detecting shenanigans much easier. ESPN has reported that because of suspiciously large bets, two Eastern Michigan men’s basketball games are being investigated.… Read more »
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Division III Basketball Coach Punished for Placing $93,000 in Sports Bets
Bet on college basketball games The NCAA has determined that Brody Curry, the former head women’s basketball coach at the University of the South (also know as Sewanee), violated both the NCAA’s sports betting and ethical conduct rules for wagering on sports between 2021 and 2023. According to the NCAA’s Tuesday announcement, Curry placed more… Read more »
Sportsbooks Pay Both Sides After College Basketball Final Score is Wrong
Bettors spotted a rare stat-keeping mistake in a college basketball game this past weekend that persisted through to the final score. After the score was corrected, some sportsbooks decided to pay out wagers on both sides. It was a game that not a whole lot of people paid attention to besides alumni of the schools… Read more »