More Than A Dozen NCAA Basketball Players Charged In Rigging Games [VIDEO]

You see gambling advertisement during sporting events now when gambling and sports was a major no, no.  So one would think with these new gambling apps, plus casinos are almost everywhere and celebrities (including athletes) getting behind them we wouldn’t hear about illegal gambling.  Just like there is a thin line between love and hate, there evidently is one somewhere in gambling and it has found it’s way into professional sports and not for the good.  Reportedly Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavalier were among 31 people that were arrested in a Federal gambling investigation back in October of 2025.  Now it’s being reported that rigging games has weaseled it’s way into the college ranks.  It’s being reported that more than a Dozen NCAA basketball players have been charged over rigging games.

A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.   According to the indictment unsealed Thursday (Jan. 15), authorities say the defendants were part of a plot to manipulate outcomes by recruiting players to participate in point‑shaving, intentionally affecting the margin of victory to benefit wagers. The other five people charged were described as “fixers,” including trainers, a former coach, a former NCAA player and individuals linked to gambling and sports handicapping. Players were offered “bribe payments” usually ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 per game to influence results, according to the 70‑page indictment. The charges, which include wire fraud, follow previous #NCAA investigations that have led to lifetime bans for at least 10 players over gambling violations, some involving bets tied to their own teams’ performances. Authorities underscore that the scheme involved fixing contests as recently as the 2024‑25 season.

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@cbsphiladelphiaFederal prosecutors charged 26 people in an alleged point-shaving scheme involving dozens of college basketball players, authorities announced Thursday, Jan. 15. U.S. Attorney David Metcalf for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said players on 17 different NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams “fixed and attempted to fix” 29 games. Two men charged in October 2025 in a sports betting conspiracy, Shane Hennen and Marves Fairley, allegedly worked with other people to recruit college players with bribes worth thousands of dollars and have them fix games, Metcalf said. Visit the link in our bio for more on this developing story.

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