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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
Sports gambling has no effect on the integrity of the officials.
NONE!
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If anything, it probably improves the integrity of the officials. The legal gambling sites would raise an absolute stink if a referee took a bribe that messed with their odds.
It's illegal gambling that encourages bribery. Since the bets are against the law in the first place, you have no legal recourse if somebody fixes a game or a prop.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
(Note: Gambling does nothing for the
intelligence of the officials. A stupid and incompetent ref is just as stupid and just as incompetent whether anybody is betting or not.)