As sports gambling continues to grow in both prominence and popularity, so too has the microscope it’s under.
And that microscope has uncovered some damning new information.
The sports world was rocked on Thursday when a college basketball point shaving scheme implicated 26 individuals, including 17 players, according to ESPN.
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The broader investigation implicated more than 39 players across at least 17 NCAA Division 1 basketball teams.
The federal indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, revealed that 20 of the 26 defendants were college basketball players as recently as the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons (17 of whom were actually charged with fixing games).
According to CBS Sports, 29 games were allegedly fixed across those two seasons.
Of particular concern, among those facing charges,
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