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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Gambling and Sport Pro-Line is government-sponsored and is for sporting fans to bet on their favourite team. The money from betting will lead to fund public programs that help the needy - 8 Chicago White Sox players were paid a total of $100 000 to purposely lose the Fall Classic- The "Black Sox" were banned from baseball for life - Biggest scandal in college basketball history - Operation involved seven schools and a total of 33 players- Between 1947 and 1951, at least 86 games were fixed - The biggest point-shaving scandal in college basketball history - Operation involved seven schools and a total of 33 players- Between 1947 and 1951, at least 86 games were fixed 1919 1951 1989 1992 2014 Many governments have made gambling illegal because it leads to immoral behaviour such as public drunkenness, prostitution, and violence. However in Canada, gambling is legal to an extent. $ Alison Quan IMPACT OF SPORTS BETTING LEGALIZATION? Resisting sports betting merely forces it underground, citing estimates of illegal gambling on games as high as $400 million a yearEstimated between $80 billion and $380 billion annually of how much money is spent on illegal, real-life sports wagers In UK, the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act came into force on November 1. It will offer at least some assistance in combating match-fixing in sports $ $ $ Sportmen are three times more likely to have a gambling problem One in 10 said they gambled to fit in One in four said they were encouraged by team-mates to do it Gamblers wagered a record $119.4 million on the Super Bowl XLVIII (3) (9) (9) (5), (4), (10) (9) (8) (11) (12), (7) (6), (7) (1) (12) (12) HISTOR Y Pete Rose Wagers put pressure and stress on players' and spectators' lives that sports betting has, to a certain degree, taken the life of sportsOne play has huge consequences and far reaching measures - effecting the economy CCNY Scandal o Moving people up or down in social classes o Changing the way in which we talk about the outcome of sporting events o Changing lives for the good and the bad o Changing peoples vacation plans to Las Vegas instead of Disney World Chicago Black Sox Scandal (10), (11) (7), (12), (6) - Before the 1989 season, baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti hired lawayer, John Dowd, to investigate - The Dowd Report documented 52 bets Rose made in 1987, some including Reds games that he was managing - Rose remains permanently illegible to work in Major League Baseball or be considered for the Hall of Fame Theres now a constitutional battle going on over whether people should be free to gamble. The government could use somerevenues, and more than half the country supports legalizedsports gambling. Congress passed a law banning sports betting in the U.S. except in the 4 states that already had some form of it (Nevada, Delaware, Oregon, and Montana)
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