Eli5: How does the NBA/NFL/MLB find out players are gambling?

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I’ve seen a lot of players get caught recently for gambling and getting suspended or banned but how do sports organizations find out? Do they monitor player’s finances?

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The sports books are always looking out for activity that isn’t normal or costs them a lot of money. For Porter, the bets on his individual performances lost that book the most money those nights. The fact that they lost money on abnormally large bets, and he’s a very low profile player throws up major alarms. When they start looking into it, they will alert other books and the league that they are investigating irregularities. That prevents other books from getting burned and lets the league start their investigation.

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