Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI Cover
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Larceny Games Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI

Brian Tuohy

Brian Tuohy Major League Baseball claims it hasn't had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919. Point shaving hasn't admittedly occurred in the NBA since 1954. And the NFL publicly states not one of its games has come under outside influence--ever. This league-sponsored history, however, is wrong.

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It was based on over 400 FBI files, and revealed Hall of Fame athletes were accused of betting on their own sports or the games they played, but was largely ignored by the mainstream media.

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Larceny Games was based on over 400 FBI files that I was the first one to obtain.

— Episode: CLASSIC: Sport Conspiracies, Part II

Episode: CLASSIC: Sport Conspiracies, Part II

It was based on over 400 FBI files, and revealed Hall of Fame athletes were accused of betting on their own sports or the games they played, but was largely ignored by the mainstream media.

"

Larceny Games was based on over 400 FBI files that I was the first one to obtain.

no one ever had gone after those files until I got them and I wrote this whole book based on those files which revealed literally hall of fame athletes accused by the FBI of either betting on their own sport or even betting on games in which they play which should be huge news

when the book was released ESPN Yahoo Sports Sports Illustrated HBO Sports 60 Minutes and a few others all contacted by publisher and wanted to copy the book to review it and they all got the book and not one of them did anything with the book whatsoever

Episode: CLASSIC: Sports Conspiracies, Part I

It was mentioned as a book which discussed the history of sports betting, and how odds are created to sweeten the pot and encourage betting.

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I know that in your book Larsonie Games when you're talking about sort of the history of betting and gambling on sports and how at its heart it is a simple prospect of making a 50-50 bet where you're saying like I think it's going to be this one and I'm putting all my eggs in that basket and I'm either going to win or I'm going to lose.

Episode: CLASSIC: Sport Conspiracies, Part II

It was based on over 400 FBI files, revealing hall of fame athletes accused of betting on their own sports or the games they played, but received little to no media coverage.

"

Larceny Games was based on over 400 FBI files that I was the first one to obtain.

which revealed literally hall of fame athletes accused by the FBI of either betting on their own sport or even betting on games in which they play which should be huge news.

and when the book was released ESPN Yahoo Sports Sports Illustrated HBO Sports 60 Minutes and a few others all contacted by publisher and wanted to copy the book to review it and they all got the book and not one of them did anything with the book whatsoever.

Episode: CLASSIC: Sports Conspiracies, Part I

It was mentioned in relation to the history of sports betting, explaining the transition from basic 50/50 bets to a system with odds to attract more gamblers.

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I know that in your book Laronie Games when you're talking about sort of the history of betting and gambling on sports and how at its heart it is a simple prospect of making a 50-50 bet where you're saying like I think it's going to be this one and I'm putting all my eggs in that basket and I'm either going to win or I'm going to lose.

Episode: CLASSIC: Sport Conspiracies, Part II

It was based on over 400 FBI files that revealed Hall of Fame athletes accused of betting on their own sports or games they played, but the sports media largely ignored it.

"

Larson Games was based on over 400 FBI files that I was the first one to obtain no one ever had gone after those files until I got them and I wrote this whole book based on those files which revealed literally hall of fame athletes accused by the FBI of either betting on their own sport or even betting on games in which they play which should be huge news.

and when the book was released ESPN Yahoo Sports Sports Illustrated HBO Sports 60 Minutes and a few others all contacted by publisher and wanted to copy the book to review it and they all got the book and not one of them did anything with the book whatsoever nobody reviewed it nobody said this is the worst book ever written nobody followed up on any of the information that I had uncovered nobody did anything within the sports media regarding this book except the New York Post

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