"Given the spread of legal betting to the majority of US states, the recurrence of integrity issues across sports, and the emergence of novel betting formats and markets, this is an opportune time to carefully reassess how sports betting should be regulated and how sports leagues can best protect themselves, their players, and their fans, read the memo, sent by the NBA's legal department."
"Sportsbooks detected unusual patterns of wagers on the game in question prop bets involving Rozier were flagged and immediately brought to the NBA's attention and the league investigated the matter but did not find enough evidence to conclude that Rozier broke any rules. While the unusual betting on Terry Rozier's unders' in the March 2023 game was detected in real time because the bets were placed legally, we believe there is more that can be done from a legal/regulatory perspective to protect the integrity of the NBA and our affiliated leagues, the league told its teams."
The NBA has initiated a review to strengthen protection of game integrity and to safeguard players and coaches following arrests connected to alleged gambling schemes. Federal indictments led to nearly three dozen arrests, including Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, with allegations Rozier conspired to help associates win bets based on his 2023 statistical performance. Sportsbooks flagged unusual prop-bet wagering patterns, prompting a league investigation that did not yield conclusive evidence of rule violations. The league identified individual player proposition bets as a heightened integrity concern and plans additional legal and regulatory scrutiny, including attention to injury-related betting and emerging markets.
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