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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For the case of a basketball player recently, he was caught because the sportsbook noticed irregular betting activities.
Starting an account and putting $100 on the raptors to win outright is “normal” betting behavior.
Starting an account and putting $80,000 on a prop bet for a Raptors forward to hit the under on minutes played and points to win a million dollars is highly abnormal betting behavior. People don’t just show up and place a ton of money on odd and specific bets and win a fortune – what are the odds of that just randomly happening?
The betting activity is highly suspicious, and so the sportsbook itself investigated the activity and reported it to the NBA and the authorities for potential fraud.
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