You cannot watch a game on TV these days without being inundated with gambling promotions. The rise of legal, app-driven sports betting is changing the culture of sports. New FBI arrests of prominent NBA figures raise questions about whether it threatens the integrity of the game.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested last week as part of “wide-ranging investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games,” said ESPN . The arrests put a damper on the start of the league’s 2025-26 season. There is “nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition,” said Commissioner Adam Silver.

Some observers believe Si

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