In this episode of Sportly, host Kavitha Davidson investigates the rapidly unraveling world of NBA betting, where a player’s performance, injury reports, and gambling odds collide in ways that threaten the game itself.

From Terry Rozier’s flagged exit and Jontay Porter’s ban for betting on his own games to sweeping federal indictments and mafia-backed gambling rings, this story isn’t just about bad actors; it’s about a league that opened the door to legal sports betting and may have lost control of the consequences.

We dig into:

• The prop bet explosion and why it’s warping the game
• How gambling companies became major NBA partners
• Why legal betting isn’t the safeguard it claims to be
• What the UK and Ireland are doing better and why the U.S. is failing
• How players are now both targets and potential liabilities

Listen to our previous episode explaining the history of sports betting in the US:

Host: Kavitha A. Davison | Producer: Paroma Chakravarty I Executive Producer: Saadia Khan | Sound Designer & Editor: Paroma Chakravarty I

Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson | Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover Art Graphic Designer: Sarah DiMichele

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