Betting scandals have been a concern for professional sports leagues for as long as they’ve existed, but a U.S.

The Miami Heat guard was arrested in Orlando in a federal sports betting case that prosecutors say involved using confidential NBA information to place illegal wagers.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said Major League Baseball's "No. 1 priority is to protect the integrity of the game" and that the league has been "really vigilant" amid increasing questions about professional sports' ability to police the fallout from the widespread legalization of sports gambling.

As sports betting expands, polling suggests Americans have become increasingly critical of its role in U.S. society and sports — although they’re more tolerant of legal betting for

They allowed the NCAA to analyze their phones, then punted participation in the investigation, asking that any evidence from their phones to be destroyed.

Bye weeks are the talk of Week 8, and it takes a toll on more than just your fantasy football lineups as player prop betting options also aren't as stout. The best way to keep Josh Allen from slicing and dicing your defense is by limiting how much time he spends on the field.

A 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to the legalized sports-betting industry, now worth billions of dollars a year, even as it recognized that the decision was controversial.

As legalized betting has become ubiquitous in American sport, the opportunities for cheating, like those outlined in a recent federal indictment, have multiplied.

An NCAA probe into suspicious betting on Eastern Michigan games appeared to stall amid three former players refusal to cooperate with investigators.

The arrests of Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier in the federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling called into question how the NBA is working to protect its players from the dark side of the wagering world. And according to Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, the league has not done enough in that regard.