MLB Implements New Gambling Safeguards Amid Guardians Betting Scandal
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The article discusses recent indictments of two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, for allegedly throwing pitches out of the strike zone to facilitate gambling prop bets, highlighting the risks to the integrity of baseball and the challenges posed by the rise of legal sports betting, especially on specific pitches, which can significantly alter game outcomes. It calls for stronger reforms, including banning credit card deposits for gambling, to protect the sport's integrity.
- Baseball Is Compromised. What to Do Now Is Obvious. Slate
- Guardians' Ortiz pleads not guilty to pitch rigging ESPN
- MLB, sportsbooks cap bets on individual pitches in response to pitch-rigging scandal AP News
- Are Guardians on the hook for guaranteed portions of Emmanuel Clase’s contract? Cleveland.com
- MLB announces new gambling safeguards after 2 Guardians were indicted in betting scandal CNN
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