Speaking on an episode of The Pat McAfee Show released Tuesday, Silver said that “the worst case scenario” for the league and everyone involved is a player trying to impact their own performance for the purposes of a bet.
NBA have asked operators for fewer prop bets
Silver confirmed that the NBA has asked some of its betting partners to pare down their prop betting menu.
“I’s too easy to manipulate something which seems otherwise small and inconsequential to the overall score,” Silver opined. “Maybe it’s the couple rebounds that some player gets or whatever. We’re trying to put in place, working with the betting companies, some additional controls to prevent some of that manipulation.”
“There’s nothing more important than the integrity of the competition.”
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