Does Pro Sports Have A Gambling Problem?

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[donlimon]

I take it DraftKings didn't feel like sponsoring this video

[Peoplesrepublicoffortnite]

The league acting all surprised when there is an uptick in gambling scandals after running ads for it 24/7

[mattyaboi]

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[easytos]

Could you imagine being a college player with a lot of potential only to find out someone on your team, bricked your games? I'd be so pissed.

[allenjan]

As a Taiwanese, I can provide some additional information about the Taiwan baseball gambling scandal:
1. These “game fixing” operation were usually run by large scale criminal organizations, these organizations were so powerful that they could control local elections at that time.
2. These criminals would not only pay those players that comply with them, but also threaten those who don’t. It got so bad that after a game, the gangsters kidnapped the players, slapped them on the face, and threatened them at gun point.
3. The whole situation got completely out of hand when a investigation found out that one of the prosecutor who were leading the investigation was actually corrupted and involved in illegal gambling himself.
4. Those players who refuse to cheat under such a horrendous situation has earned our love and respect so much that almost the entires baseball community in Taiwan, regardless which team you support, would come together at their retirement ceremony and celebrate with them.

[josht]

The problem is ESPN makes these players out to be criminals and immediately turns around and says "this segment was brought to you by draft kings" and plays gambling commercials

Sports media should be held to the same standards as the players and not be allowed to associate with gambling at all

[GregfromPapasHotdoggeria]

We either need to change the rules about gambling, or start holding everyone involved accountable. This double standard of enforcement of the rules is unacceptable.

[pandaman]

A buddy of mine who was a die hard home team fan his entire life, I never thought I'd see the day, but with all the gambling apps taking over the bar scene, his son and his friends all getting everyone to join the apps, and then, one night he actually made a bet against our home team. I couldn't believe it. I told him I couldn't believe it, and asked him why. He said "every time I bet on the * they lose, so f8k it." And so, there; gambling is ruining people's perspective of the game and their priorities, young and old.

[FFanatic]

Ohtani didn't "change his original story" because all of it was rooted in lies. That was Ippei's original story TO Ohtani's people. Shohei's original story is that he had money stolen from him and that he was innocent.

[Wingspan_]

I can't imagine having a $500k a year job, spending every day with your best friend who is one the richest athletes alive and then deciding to throw your entire life away over some shitty bets. What a loser.

[SportsProductions]

They literally do gambling ads right after the game 💀💀

[elishelton]

Let’s face it, baseball doesn’t have a gambling problem— SPORTS has a gambling problem.

EDIT: Yes ik, the title was changed lol. Now I look like a goof but oh well, POINT STILL STANDS

[SmokinSquirrelRS]

I say it every time I'm watching sports now a days, gambling has ruined the sportsmanship part of sports. You have not just the fans who get angry when their bet doesn't hit, which happens more often than not because of house odds, people who gamble are more likely to be upset with the game, but among the players too who are now able to get a bonus equal to 3-6 months to even a few years of a contract just by doing what someone asked them to for one night.

[parheliaxd]

Viewer from Taiwan here. I knew you would mention game-fixing scandal almost two decades ago when saw the title.
It's long gone since nowadays law enforcements and teams take a lot of measures to protect players from bidders (a lot of players involved were forced to do so while had a gun pointed at their head instead of being bribed.) Moreover, the recent 2 chairmen of Taiwan professional league are big names in politics so that gangsters won't dare to try contacting players.
Also Taiwanese professional players are much well paid than before such that it isn't worthy at all to do game-fixing as now all professional teams are operated by huge Taiwanese enterprises (except one, Rakuten, which is also a big company in Japan that also runs an NPB team) for CSR and advertising purposes. In fact, in the world of baseball, only Major league, NPB and KBO players are being paid more than what players in Taiwan professional league got.
One more thing: the drone shot of kind-of-abandoned stadium isn't related to game-fixing. It's actually an on-going event: the stadium was retrofitted on 2022, reopened and the league played three professional games there, but hit multiple operational issues and ex-major leaguer Che-Hsuan Lin got hurt while doing a diving catch, and then professional league relocated rest of games scheduled there and withdrew from the stadium. It later becomes a major debating topic during upcoming domestic election, opposing parties use it for political manipulation and won the mayor election later that year. However, the newly-elected mayor got into a law suit for some corruptions during her term in legislative yuan (congress of Taiwan) shortly after she's incumbent, and the finalization of stadium refurbishment had little to no progress since then.

[LEVIticusPHENOM]

11:56 wild including the Boban clip when he heard if the opposing team misses 2 free throws in a row, the crowd gets free chicken lol

He did it for the love of the fans in what was already a blow out game

[ThePwig]

I’ve been saying it for years. I can’t believe betting got so popular in sports. We probably aren’t going to come back from it.

[Prstag]

I think there is a big problem with sports betting in all major sports worldwide. Over here in the UK there are so many cases of top level football/soccer players betting on their own games or other games. I think it's starting to get out of hand now.

[codycody]

People betting on sports leads to more upset fans because you always lose long term when sports betting since there are house odds, basically every game there's always a net loss by the fans. There's going to be more fans who are upset and miserable instead of just enjoying the game for what it is.

[ThePandaKen]

I just feel bad for Ohtani. The trust issues he'll have forever after being betrayed so harshly by his closest friend will never go away.