Posts Tagged ‘point spread’

Point shaving

Posted by Nicolae on October 14th, 2008 under Sports betting guide
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving scheme generally involves a sports gambler and one or more players [...]