Was this NBA betting scandal inevitable?
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🗓️ 23 October 2025
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Washington Post sports columnist Kevin Blackistone explains the implications of this scandal on the NBA and sports betting in general.
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| 0:00.0 | So a couple years back, Terry Rozier had a pretty tough day on the court. |
| 0:04.7 | Terry Rozier still in the game. He's played every minute of our first quarter. |
| 0:08.4 | That's tape there from the NBA. It was March 2023, the Charlotte Hornets against the New Orleans |
| 0:14.5 | Pelicans. Rozier, who then played for the Hornets, had logged just five points, four |
| 0:19.8 | rebounds and two assists in the first |
| 0:21.5 | quarter, when suddenly he exited the game with what the team described as, quote, |
| 0:26.8 | foot discomfort. All those totals were well below his season averages, and the Hornets, well, |
| 0:32.7 | they lost. So the Norland Falcons sweep the season series away from your hornets. |
| 0:39.3 | And Terry Rozier did not play again that season. Two years later... |
| 0:45.4 | Good morning. Today we are here in New York to announce a historic arrest across a wide-sweeping criminal enterprise that envelops both the... |
| 0:53.3 | The FBI is investigating a major sports betting scandal. |
| 0:57.2 | And Rozier's low stats in that very game were part of the investigation. |
| 1:02.1 | Rozier was arrested on Thursday. |
| 1:03.9 | His lawyer told NPR that the player's arrests had come as a surprise and said that prosecutors |
| 1:09.0 | had previously communicated that Rozier was a, quote, |
| 1:12.4 | subject, not a target of their investigation. In a press conference, FBI director Cash Patel |
| 1:18.8 | described the scope of the allegations. This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging |
| 1:24.3 | operation that span the course of years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today |
| 1:32.4 | responsible for this case. |
| 1:34.0 | There are two major illegal gambling schemes, the FBI says. |
| 1:38.1 | One involving bets placed on NBA games. |
| 1:41.3 | The other involving underground poker games and organized crime. Consider this. This |
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