NCAA president Charlie Baker is calling for a ban on college prop bets in states with legal sports wagering.
Prop bets -- short for proposition bets -- are wagers not related to the final score of a contest. An example of such a side bet would be an over/under on how many 3-pointers an individual player will make in a game.
On both occasions, Porter left the game early, ensuring the under hit on the prop bets. ESPN has not reported a link between Porter and the wagers, but the activity was flagged by league data scientists."This week we will be contacting officials across the country in states that still allow these bets and ask them to join Ohio, Vermont, Maryland and many others and remove college prop bets from all betting markets," he said.
The American Gaming Association estimates $2.7 billion will be bet this year on the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments through legal sportsbooks. The NCAA conducted a survey after last year's basketball tournaments that found 58% of 18- to 22-year-olds are gambling."All that chatter about who's playing, who's not playing. Who's sore, who's not sore.
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