Or should I say point-shaving, as that makes it sound cleaner? With American sports betting all being about the points spread, this does make it much, much easier to get away with manipulating a result. Sports bribery charged in University of Toledo scandal Also worth noting at the bottom of the article, the same two crooks faces charges for race-fixing, yet the law they are prosecuted under is 'wire fraud'. How about robbing other gamblers of a fair contest?? More on point-shaving from Xavi of OpenSports blog While you keep gambling underground and unregulated, this stuff is bound to happen and continue to happen.
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