3 avril 2025
Indeed, unregulated playing routinely attracted legal components trying to make easy cash, and heaps of scandals resulted. Most concerned bribing athletes to lose matches purposely, or, within the case of football and basketball, to “shave” points—that is, to win by lower than the purpose unfold. Examples embody the 1919 World Series, the alleged (and later admitted) illegal playing of former baseball player Pete Rose, and former NBA referee Tim Donaghy.