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nba Two high-profile arrests as part of an FBI investigation into illegal Gambling,
Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were both arrested early Thursday — Rozier was caught at a hotel in Orlando, FloridaWhile Billups was arrested in Oregon.
This is the latest betting scandal to hit American sports.
In nflFor example, at least 15 players have been suspended by the league for gambling violations. The list dates back to 1963, when two eventual Hall of Famers, Green Bay halfback Paul Hornung and Detroit defensive tackle Alex Karras, were suspended for the season for betting on league games. in 2022 nfl Then-Atlanta receiver Calvin Ridley was suspended for the entire season for gambling on NFL games while away from the Falcons addressing mental health concerns a year earlier.
A ruling by the US Supreme Court in May 2018 has led to a spate of gambling incidents involving athletes and officials.
The decision struck down a federal law that banned sports betting in most states and opened the door for online sportsbooks to take a dominant position in the sports ecosystem.
Here’s a look at betting scams involving pro sports:
1920
A chicago Grand jury indicted eight members chicago white sox Accused of fixing the 1919 World Series, which became known as the “Black Sox Scandal”. White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspended eight players, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and a year later he was permanently banned by newly appointed baseball commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis. Although a jury returned a verdict of not guilty on all charges against the eight, their ban from baseball remains in place.
1946
Hockey Hall of Famer Babe Pratt was suspended for gambling, but reinstated a few weeks later nhl The Board of Governors issued a warning saying that any further gambling would result in the player being suspended for life.
1948
Billy Taylor and Don Gallinger were issued lifetime bans from the NHL for betting on hockey games.
1951
Thirty-five active and former players were accused of fixing at least 86 games between 1947 and 1951. Among those involved were four members of Adolf Rupp-Koch. kentucky The Wildcats were accused of accepting bribes from gamblers before an NIT game against Loyola during the 1948–49 season. One NCAA The investigation found numerous violations, leading to the cancellation of Kentucky’s 1952–53 season.
1980
Two Italian Football teams were kicked out and five others were punished for their involvement in the match-fixing scandal, dubbed “Totonero”. Most notably, Paolo Rossi was banned for two years for being involved while playing perugia,
1981
East boston college Four others, including basketball player Rick Kuhn and New York mobster Jimmy Burke, were convicted of conspiring to fix basketball games in the 1978–79 season.
1985
Tulane suspended its basketball program in the wake of point-shaving and other allegations. The school resumed basketball for the 1989–90 season.
1989
Pete Rose agrees to lifetime ban after investigation mlb by lawyer John Dowd Rose was found to have placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win while playing and managing the team from 1985–87. The now 82-year-old, baseball’s all-time leader with 4,256 hits, is ineligible to attend Cooperstown, and multiple requests for his reinstatement have been denied.
1996
Thirteen Boston College soccer Players were suspended for gambling, including two who bet against BC in its 45–17 loss to Syracuse. Coach Dan Henning, who informed school officials after hearing allegations of players placing bets with bookmakers, resigned. No evidence of point-shaving was found.
2007
Current Philadelphia Flyers coach Rick Tocchet was placed on two years’ probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy and promoting gambling while working as an assistant coach with the Coyotes. He was reinstated by the NHL the following year. Several players were also initially involved in a gambling scheme called “Operation Slapshot” associated with the New Jersey-based ring; Wayne Gretzky’s wife, Janet Jones; and Gretzky’s former agent and then-Coyotes GM Michael Barnett.
2008
nba Referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to wire fraud and disseminating betting information for taking thousands of dollars for inside tips from a gambler, including on games he officiated. He was sentenced by a federal judge to 15 months behind bars.
2019
Former captain of the Wales men’s rugby team Rob Hawley He was sent home on the eve of the Rugby World Cup, where he was to work as an assistant coach. Hawley had placed 363 bets, including a bet on Wales’ 2019 Six Nations Grand Slam decider against Ireland. He was suspended from rugby for 18 months.
2021
England defender Kieran Trippier He was banned for 10 weeks after providing inside information about his potential transfer to friends who were then betting on the outcome.
2023
The lower house of Brazil’s Congress launches an investigation into the football match-fixing scandal. This is the third investigation into evidence of wrongdoing by football players who allegedly secured bookings and penalties in exchange for bribes.
Six-time major tournament winning golfer Phil Mickelson The book, written by gambler Billy Walters, accused him of gambling away more than $1 billion over the past three decades. Walters also wrote that Mickelson wanted to bet $400,000 on the 2012 Ryder Cup, in which he played for the United States. Mickelson wrote in a lengthy social media post that he had stopped gambling, and admitted that his betting habits had crossed the line from sobriety to addiction. Mickelson denies betting on Ryder Cup.
Brentford footballer Ivan Toney, Sandro Tonali Newcastle’s and Juventus’ Nicolo Fagioli were all banned from gambling in 2023. Fagioli was banned for seven months by the Italian Football Federation. Italian player Tonali was banned for 10 months last year for betting on teams he played for.
The NHL issued a 41-game suspension to Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto for sports gambling. The NHL would only say there is no evidence of Pinto betting on hockey. Pinto declined to provide any details on when he rejoined the Senators in January.
March 2024
The Los Angeles Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara, interpreter and close friend of the newly acquired two-way star shohei ohtaniFollowing reports about his relationship with an illegal bookmaker. Three months later, Mizuhara pleaded guilty in federal court to bank and tax fraud for stealing approximately $17 million from Ohtani’s bank account. He spent the money to cover his increasing gambling bets and debts to an illegal bookmaker, as well as $325,000 worth of baseball cards and his own medical bills. Mizuhara took advantage of the language barrier to prevent Ohtani’s financial advisors from understanding his client and, at times, Mizuhara even impersonated a player at the bank to prolong the fraud.
April 2024
Toronto Raptors forward Jonte Porter was banned from the NBA for life after a league investigation found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and placed bets on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose. In making the announcement, Commissioner Adam Silver called Porter’s actions “blatant”. The investigation began when the league learned from “licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets” about unusual gambling patterns surrounding Porter’s performance in a game against Sacramento on March 20. The league determined that Porter had provided information to the bookmaker about his own health condition prior to that game and noted that another individual – known as an NBA bettor – had bet $80,000 that Porter would not reach the number set for him in negotiations through an online sports book. That bet would have won $1.1 million.
June 2024
San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano banned for life mlb To bet on baseball. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 with legal sportsbooks in 2022 and 2023. The 24-year-old Venezuelan with 149 games of major league experience became the first active player in a century to be banned for life due to gambling. oakland athletics pitcher michael kelly He was also suspended for one year for betting on baseball in the minor leagues, and three minor league players were also banned for one year for betting on big league games: pitchers Jay Grooms of San Diego and Andrew Salfrank of Arizona, and infielder Jose Rodriguez of Philadelphia. Each of those four players bet less than $1,000. Salfranc and Rodriguez have played in the majors before.
February 2025
Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by MLB for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for knowingly deleting electronic messages related to the league’s investigation. While MLB said the investigation did not uncover evidence that Hoberg personally bet on baseball or manipulated games, MLB senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill recommended on May 24, 2024, that Hoberg be fired. Commissioner Rob Manfred He upheld Hill’s decision. Among the highest-ranking umpires in deciding the strike zone, Hoberg can apply for reinstatement before 2026 spring training. MLB said the friend placed 141 baseball bets between April 2, 2021, and Nov. 1, 2023, totaling nearly $214,000 and winning a total of about $35,000. It involved eight bets involving sports where Hoberg was working.
June/July 2025
MLB hires Cleveland Guardians pitcher luis ortiz And Emmanuel Clase is on paid leave as part of a sports betting investigation. The Ortiz investigation relates to in-game prop bets on two pitches thrown by the right-hander that received more activity than usual during starts on June 15 at Seattle and June 27 against St. Louis. Gambling activity on pitches was flagged by a betting-integrity firm and forwarded to MLB. Clase was placed on leave more than three weeks after Ortiz. It’s unclear whether Klaas was sidelined as part of the same investigation, and he has not been formally accused of wrongdoing.