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The Fox News Rundown

Evening Edition: NBA Scandal Puts Spotlight on Gambling Addiction

The Fox News Rundown

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News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The NBA is taking heat over one of its head coaches and a player, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, who were caught up in a major illegal gambling bust. The league isn't accused of anything illegal, but it certainly has embraced the gambling industry. We don't know why these NBA guys may have gotten involved, if they did, but in some cases, gambling addiction is what leads to the trouble. Safer Gambling President Keith Scott Whyte joins the Fox News Rundown: Evening Edition to discuss why gambling can be so addictive and why he says there’s a need to create more regulations about legal sports betting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Kaylee McEnany.

0:01.2

I'm Steve Ducey.

0:02.3

I'm Sandra Smith, and this is the Fox News Rundown.

0:09.0

Friday, October 24th, 2025.

0:11.5

I'm Chris Foster.

0:12.6

An NBA gambling scandal puts a spotlight on what, for some people, is a problem.

0:16.6

Much like substance abuse, the brain develops tolerance.

0:21.0

And so people with gambling problems report they need to have more and more money to achieve

0:25.9

that same high.

0:27.0

You know, they need to take more and more risks.

0:28.9

And so that leads to chasing behavior and that eventually starts to look a lot like addiction.

0:34.1

This is the Fox News Rundown evening edition.

0:40.5

The NBA is taking heat over one of its head coaches and a player, Portland Trailblazers

0:44.8

coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier, getting caught up in an illegal gambling

0:49.9

scandal. The league isn't accused of anything illegal, but it certainly has embraced the gambling

0:54.6

industry and the advertising income from it since legal gambling's taken off for the last five years.

0:59.7

About one in five adults say they've placed a legal sports bet over the last 12 months, and some

1:03.9

percentage of them get compulsive about it. We don't know why these NBA guys may have gotten

1:08.1

involved if they did, but in some cases, gambling addiction is

1:11.7

what leads to the trouble. Addiction can mean a lot of things, but I think at the root, it's probably

1:16.5

an unhealthy relationship with gambling. Safer gambling strategies president, Keith Scott White.

1:21.7

And so sometimes that's just associating with people who are gambling illegally. Other times,

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