It is not the players it is the books. the info is just slightly twisted. We all know that bettors in general love taking favs, and most of us should know that the books take this into account, hence the slight cover by dogs. While I am sure point shaving occurs still today, it is no where near even 1% of all games played, this author either wants to sell his book or got beat like most bettors out there and thinks that his bad beats are caused by point shaving....his discovery is nothing new, but all of a sudden turning it into that a certain percentage of games are fixed is a complete and utter joke......btw this thread should be merged with the other one.
A perfect example of point shaving occurred in Men's Olympic curling in the final when Brad Gushue missed a gimme draw in the 6th end for Canada to score "only" 6 and not 7. He apologised to his teammates but it was obvious he was not "running up the score" At that point the score was 10:3 so that total was already over the line of 12.5, but I doubt he even knew what the line was.
Why are people so naive? They refuse to believe any sports is corrupt. IMO, if anyone tells you they win at basketball they are lying or delusional.
Basketball is by far the hardest sport to win by far. It's almost like your odds to win are 3:1. I stick to golf, because there isn't an amount of money you can wager in Vegas that's comparable to what the player will get if he does well. It's like $30,000-$40,000 increments minimum ea. pos.
It's the only pure game left.
Basketball is by far the hardest sport to win by far. It's almost like your odds to win are 3:1. I stick to golf, because there isn't an amount of money you can wager in Vegas that's comparable to what the player will get if he does well. It's like $30,000-$40,000 increments minimum ea. pos.
It's the only pure game left.
