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2. Sports betting - Wikipedia

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   Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. Sports bettors place their wagers either legally, through a bookmaker/sportsbook, or illegally through privately run enterprises referred to as "bookies". The term "book" is a reference to the books used by wage brokers to track wagers, payouts, and ...

3. Overtime (sports) - Wikipedia

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   The rules of overtime or extra time vary between sports and even different competitions. Some may employ " sudden death ", where the first player or team who scores immediately wins the game. In others, play continues until a specified time has elapsed, and only then is the winner declared. If the contest remains tied after the extra session ...

4. Tanking (sports) - Wikipedia

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   Tanking in sports refers to the practice of intentionally fielding non-competitive teams to take advantage of league rules that benefit losing teams. [1] This is a much more common practice in American sports that utilize closed leagues than in open sports leagues in other nations, which typically penalize poor performers using a promotion and relegation system, in which the worst teams after ...

5. NFL betting: This key metric can help with your season-long ...

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   Explosive plays win games in the NFL The NFL is an offense-driven league. Nine of the top 10 scoring offenses made the playoffs, while the top two (Kansas City and Philadelphia) battled in the ...

6. Column: The new Jordan Rules include sports betting

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   When the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for sports betting across the country just two years ago, there were predictions of sportsbooks on every street corner and millions of new bettors going ...

7. Is NFL gambling policy protecting integrity or perception?

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   The league defends restrictions on players betting as akin to rules employees of other corporations would encounter. “There are lots of rules governing the workplace,” Miller said.

8. 2007 NBA betting scandal - Wikipedia

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   The 2007 NBA betting scandal was a scandal involving the National Basketball Association (NBA) and accusations that an NBA referee used his knowledge of relationships between referees, coaches, players and owners to bet on professional basketball games. In July 2007, reports of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were ...

9. Two-point conversion - Wikipedia

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   Two-point conversion. In gridiron football, a two-point conversion or two-point convert is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown. In a two-point conversion attempt, the team that just scored must run a play from scrimmage close to the opponent's goal line and advance the ball ...