Take a look back at some of the biggest betting scandals of the last few years, and you’ll notice something surprising: they weren’t just about what happened during the game; they were about what a handful of people knew before everyone else.
There’s the former NBA role player banned for life, who later pleaded guilty to a wire-fraud conspiracy tied to prop-bet manipulation. And there are the two Major League pitchers indicted for allegedly throwing predetermined pitches outside the strike zone to benefit a small group of insider bettors.