Comments on: NBA Commish: Anti-Gambling Stance May Be Outdated http://pokerati.com/2009/12/15/nba-commish-stern-says-anti-gambling-stance-may-be-outdated/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan Pearce http://pokerati.com/2009/12/15/nba-commish-stern-says-anti-gambling-stance-may-be-outdated/comment-page-1/#comment-175010 Nathan Pearce Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:51:23 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14228#comment-175010 I'm not too well up on Donaghy but is it not obvious, from the state of sport in Europe, that gambling has only a positive effect on sport (mainly through added income)? Soccer matches here seem more likely to be fixed for reasons of pride and success (see the Italian Serie A scandal) and the teams from countries barred from recieving sponsorship from the industry tend to suffer (http://www.right2bet.net/community/blog/2009/12/polish-football-set-to-suffer-as-egaming-sponsorship-could-be-banned.php) I’m not too well up on Donaghy but is it not obvious, from the state of sport in Europe, that gambling has only a positive effect on sport (mainly through added income)? Soccer matches here seem more likely to be fixed for reasons of pride and success (see the Italian Serie A scandal) and the teams from countries barred from recieving sponsorship from the industry tend to suffer (http://www.right2bet.net/community/blog/2009/12/polish-football-set-to-suffer-as-egaming-sponsorship-could-be-banned.php)

]]> By: Losty http://pokerati.com/2009/12/15/nba-commish-stern-says-anti-gambling-stance-may-be-outdated/comment-page-1/#comment-174832 Losty Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:17:51 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14228#comment-174832 Yet the CNBC Special mentioned something about Donaghy's games "getting more heavy" or something like that. Terrible special, the "we lost our home" basics. Todd Witteles was good, and McDermott did OK, but The Rep who co-wrote UIEGA, God he was bad.. Yet the CNBC Special mentioned something about Donaghy’s games “getting more heavy” or something like that.

Terrible special, the “we lost our home” basics. Todd Witteles was good, and McDermott did OK, but The Rep who co-wrote UIEGA, God he was bad..

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2009/12/15/nba-commish-stern-says-anti-gambling-stance-may-be-outdated/comment-page-1/#comment-174823 DanM Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:15:28 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14228#comment-174823 fair enough. and good point. I read the SI article closer and indeed you seem right. (or at least righter than I). Slight edit to the line you quote forthcoming. fair enough. and good point. I read the SI article closer and indeed you seem right. (or at least righter than I). Slight edit to the line you quote forthcoming.

]]> By: Brandon http://pokerati.com/2009/12/15/nba-commish-stern-says-anti-gambling-stance-may-be-outdated/comment-page-1/#comment-174822 Brandon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:08:55 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14228#comment-174822 "especially since one of their refs got so deep into it that he started intentionally blowing calls" Actually, as pointed out in Donaghy's 60 Minutes interview, the FBI and NBA both did investigations and found that there was no relation between the bets he was placing and the calls he was making. The reason he made bets (and was successful at it) was because he had insider information regarding players and certain referees' biases towards certain players. “especially since one of their refs got so deep into it that he started intentionally blowing calls”

Actually, as pointed out in Donaghy’s 60 Minutes interview, the FBI and NBA both did investigations and found that there was no relation between the bets he was placing and the calls he was making. The reason he made bets (and was successful at it) was because he had insider information regarding players and certain referees’ biases towards certain players.

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