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U.S. details gambling cases involving pro athletes and mafia families

(www.nytimes.com)
73 points ilamont | 4 comments | 23 Oct 25 17:37 UTC | HN request time: 1.016s | source
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ClarityJones[dead post] ◴[23 Oct 25 17:57 UTC] No.45684800[source]▶
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OutOfHere ◴[23 Oct 25 18:12 UTC] No.45684964[source]▶
Did you not read that the games were rigged? Additional associated crimes were gunpoint robbery and extortion.
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1. aaronax ◴[23 Oct 25 18:42 UTC] No.45685273[source]▶
> Of course they were rigged.

I think there is a pretty big gap between wrestling being fake versus NBA, NFL, etc. being fake/rigged. The latter is a very uncommonly held belief AFAICT.

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2. HelloMcFly ◴[23 Oct 25 18:49 UTC] No.45685346[source]▶
> Of course they were rigged. This is sports we're talking about

In this context "the games" or "they" refer to poker games, not professional sports contests.

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3. psunavy03 ◴[23 Oct 25 18:54 UTC] No.45685400[source]▶
Excuse me, I think you dropped your tinfoil hat.
4. HelloMcFly ◴[23 Oct 25 19:27 UTC] No.45685839{3}[source]▶
Okay, have you read the article? Are you having your own conversation? What point are you making?

The "rigged games" in the context of the gambling arrests in this article are rigged poker games. So when the person you responded to referred to rigged games, and you go:

> Of course they were rigged. This is sports we're talking about

It seems like you're in a conversation that nobody else is having.