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NCAA point shaving

The NCAA Point Shaving Scandals: A History of College Basketball’s Darkest Fixes

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College Basketball Has Never Fully Escaped Its Gambling Problem College basketball and point-shaving corruption have been intertwined for nearly a century — and the pattern has never stopped repeating. From Mob-connected bookmakers prowling New York’s Madison Square Garden in the late 1940s to an FBI-unsealed federal indictment in January 2026 naming 39 players across 17 … Read more

What Is Point Shaving? How the Scheme Works and Why It’s So Hard to Catch

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Point shaving is when a player on a favored team deliberately holds the winning margin below the betting spread, letting his team win while a bettor cashes against the number. Economists have argued for two decades over how often it happens, and they still disagree. That argument is the real story, because a scheme designed … Read more

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