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Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:59 am

This was bound to happen. The pervasiveness of gambling, the sheer amount of money involved, and the ability to instantaneously gamble on the most minute aspects of each player and game (e.g. "Carl Johnson will get fewer than 4 assists") make it way too easy for a corrupt actor to collude with a player or team to rig outcomes. I think we'll have more of these over time until they reform the connection between gambling and sports. IMO legislation is needed.

Kryptonic wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:44 am

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:59 am

This was bound to happen. The pervasiveness of gambling, the sheer amount of money involved, and the ability to instantaneously gamble on the most minute aspects of each player and game (e.g. "Carl Johnson will get fewer than 4 assists") make it way too easy for a corrupt actor to collude with a player or team to rig outcomes. I think we'll have more of these over time until they reform the connection between gambling and sports. IMO legislation is needed.

It's going to get worse and think with time and A.I. models they'll be able to not only track things better but go back over the last several decades to uncover more fixes. If we think betting is bad.... don't even get started on prediction markets (Kalshi and Polymarket) which are just ripe with people making insider bets.

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 16, 2026 7:55 am

Sadly, we've dropped our last two games and are now two losses behind both Houston and LAL, so it's hard for us to get back to 6th or 5th place unless they keep losing, too.