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Has any of you heard about Malik Beasley's federal investigation in a case about his possible involvement in rigging games and possibly betting on his own game as well? For those who are not familiar with him, he is an NBA player who supposed to have a good contract for the next season with the Detroit Pistons. He is not the first player in the NBA to do this though. There were several who got banned already and I think some of them had a jail time.

This is a prime example of how gambling could ruin any career if greed takes over and self discipline is mismanaged. The Detroit Pistons was reportedly ready to offer Beasley a three-year, $42 million contract and he blew it, possibly permanently if his proven guilty of this accusation.

There have been a lot of cases already about a person who got greedy in gambling and eventually got broke. So, this right here serves another lesson that we need to control ourselves when we engage into gambling. 

Straight forward answer this is not about gambling ruining his career.


This is a pour case of greed and for sure double dipping is a big offense, it means you cheating everyone at your own table, players are meant to stay off from such actions.


So let not blame this on gambling, but its on him all the way.

This is more about manipulation and not greed. This is not about him lost while betting but about him manipulating and which would be about winning which could be of high amount of money.

It will be greed in gambling if he lost money and in a way he was winning before losing or thinking he is going to win but losing more.

What this guy did was way over the top. It is hard to imagine something more stupid than this actually. NBA players already make hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions. What could he possibly want more I don’t know.

And now, like most greedy and stupid gamblers do, he lost everything he got. Including his freedom as well probably.

You know what they say:

“You can’t fix stupid”

And that guy is a living example of that.

With the amount of money that NBA players make, it’s insane that we’re seeing these gambling scandals and insurance fraud situations. These people need to learn how to invest their money because they make plenty, so it is obviously a money management issue. I don’t think there is a dollar amount they wouldn’t spend and go broke.

There could be several reasons aside from persona greed.
In movies I watched, most players do this for people in their neighborhood or for family. He tells them to bet on him to carry out an event during the game. It almost felt like that was movie but in reality I wont be surprised many players go with this flow. Well until there is concrete evidence against him, once proven he should face the consequences just like others who did in the past.

Untamed gambling habits can ruin people, I don’t know how athletes who are earning good sum of money engage in gambling that can cost them their entire career.
But I believe it is not proven yet, I am just assuming. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

I don't think gambling is what ruins people's careers by cheating; it's a matter of values ​​more than anything, since this isn't an addiction problem; it's simply a crime.
Although I doubt this will be confirmed, these types of cases are always seen and rarely result in convictions, as it is very difficult to prove.

This is an example of match fixing, if done on the large management scale but in this case it done in individual level, ibwont say that this NBA player is not earning enough salaries to keep his mind off gambling, but then a cheater will neve be contented with whatever they earns already and that is why we see such incidents.

Its fine if those caught on this act get prison sentence as punishment and not paying of fine since they alremmade so much money in their cheating system before they were caught.

This is just pure greed and I wonder why people don't even think about the consequences and they joke with their career for something if they are being caught it is the end for them. This is a typical example of trading greed with a career. Gambling is unpredicted and it can't give one what they want as life is concerned,  money won in gambling will always finish but a career is for life time . Case ls like this are not new but I wonder why people would not want to learn from the mistakes of others.

Knowing all that, that he isn’t the first and several players before him has been banned or jailed, you’ll just know he was determined to ruin his career and join the rest of them banned and jailed players in the past.
As a rule of thumb, being an athlete in any sporting activity actually disqualifies you from gambling in that sport at all. You don’t do it and should you allow yourself engage in match fixing, you just made things worst by exhibiting such an unsportsmanlike behavior. Let him kiss his career goodbye.

Everyone can be greedy, but if we can play it right, it is okay. However, too much greed is another story that most likely could ruin our life, especially in gambling and should not happen otherwise, we face the financial crises. Perhaps a lot of gamblers and some individuals who suffer the consequence of greed. We use those things as a lesson to learn, not a thing to follow. Let's just open our minds and accept that gambling is not an ordinary thing. We can gamble but never be greedy or else, we put ourselves at high risk of losing.

Sometimes, it marvels me at the level of greed of some persons especially those that are into sporting events that most of them earns huge amounts of money but i wonder why they choose to take a risk they know the repercussion if caught. Most of these NBA stars even earns more than some footballers but greed won't allow them to focus on their career instead of ruining what they have built for a long time.
      This gambling addiction we talk about almost everyday results from greed because if it is not greed why will someone who doesn't win in gambling will be taking high risks and those who wins tends to continue in the pursuit for a bigger win even when they are aware they can lose all their money while chasing big wins.

There was a similar case of an NBA player too last year or two years ago, he's also bet against his own games and when he's found out, he's got no more career. This probably is about them having an actual gambling problem, Michael Jordan is also a gambler and we don't know if he's bet on himself and his games but I don't know since there were not that much internet in the past. But players that do this, they need to be serious if they are ready to ruin their careers by selling off their own games. That amount of contract can make himself good for life but he chose darkness.

I don't even get why those people have the need to ruin their own raising careers if they are already almost being offered millionaire contracts just to play for an specific team, to be honest. Is it not almost fifty million dollars enough to calm the feeling of greed of someone like that guy?
Also, it is more serious in the case of players involved with just an important league like the NBA, because they are not ruining their own games and reputation so they can pocket a good buck, they are negatively affecting the career of their other companions and their peers as well by trying to fix games by their own.
At least in sports like boxing and tennis you are running only your career, in this case you are messing up with the whole team.

Anyways, of someone with the prospect of becoming a millionaire can ruin their career, then anyone having a normal wager could easily do the same thing to themselves.

Sad but true.

Sports organizations and fans are merciless towards this kind of player; they want clean sports played by players who give their best because they are playing for the team they represent, and fans who look up to them.

These kinds of players, who rig games, only care about their pocket and don’t care about fans or the team they belong to.

If you’re a player, stop gambling on the sports you’re in and do that betting on other sports, so you will not be tempted to manipulate your game.

I agree with this analysis. It's about his actions because he's shown that he's a gambler. But it's not entirely gambling is the reason why he has ruined his career. If he's not greedy at all and became content with the money through is contracts, he won't have to deal with this bad fate of his career. It's understandable why everyone will have to come up and generalized the idea that it's because of gambling because it's the one that he's done and all of the bad views and thoughts will mostly come from everyone who's following this news and will blame gambling.

Thats super stupid deal to do and of course he is going to get found out.   The more successful he is in this betting scam the more likely his detection becomes, there is no free money.  Real lack of thought and sad nobody was guiding him, giving him advice to avoid the common mistakes and temptations.

I wouldnt call this a gambling failure it really is more about the greed and corruption aspect to it all.

This is a clear case of financial recklessness. Malik Beasley had a history of squandering his earnings and ending up indebted. For someone who has earned about $60 million in nine years to still engage in fraud, gambling, and illegal prop betting, then something is wrong somewhere. Gambling addiction might be part of the problem but he also have other bugger problems.

But what he did, if proven, is not only related to himself, not to mention the destruction of his career. Betting on sports and ultimately cheating for his own benefit also harms the club. And if this is proven, he will certainly be given appropriate sanctions. And with something like this, it's true, it could destroy his career.

And as you said, this is certainly not the first case of a career being ruined by gambling or betting, and this is a lesson for us all: be responsible people, including gambling and practicing our profession.

This is a complete case of greed and probably gambling addiction, because how can you explain someone that is expect to land such contract and still choose to ruin it with manipulating a match just to gamble and make more money.

I'm curious how he can place bets on some platform, especially since he is well known, and most likely he bets online? I believe most ofthe  online gambling platforms in the U.S. are well regulated like they really need you undergo in some verification, or no?

It's not about gambling per se, it's him making the wrong decision in his life. For us regular gamblers, yeah, we might have to blame gambling that rekt us because we have our own reasons to gamble and the obvious is that we wanted to make a lot of money or at least survived in our crazy lives. But here, it's totally different, I mean he has fame and the money that he generates in his career, and yet he can't control himself not to gamble.

As for him proven guilty, we have seen NBA chasing against this gamblers in their industry, we are all familiar if you are a NBA fans about the referee who got himself entangled in gambling and so he control the result of certain games in his favor. And then the brother of Michael Porter Jr as well being caught and now no longer in the league. What I'm saying is that if the NBA makes a move, for sure they will find discriminating evidence that might pin down Malik Beasley and it will be the end of his career.

We can say that gambling ruined his career or life had he been found addicted to gambling and is spending all his money away. But what he did is taking advantage of his position to earn more money. He is not the one gambling himself but instead he is controlling the game for those who are betting on him.

But yes I agree this is greedy. Makes you question why he would ruin a perfectly good thing? Just because of greed? Possibly. What a shame. But let's not generalize gambling to compare to this.

I second this. This isn't about gambling destroying this man's career and life in general, at least if found guilty. This is about cheating. This is about his greed and lack of sound judgement. This is about violating his contract.

Gambling isn't the problem here. It's just used as a convenient way for this man to cheat. He probably believed he can use his limited power and influence to make more money. If found to be true, it isn't gambling that destroys him; it's his insatiable greed.

That is what happen for those who can not control themselves in gambling. He let his greediness posses him and made him in trouble. We may have more examples if we search from other news and make us shock seeing the effect to those who get addicted in gambling.

Gambling will not give us problem if we can treat gambling as it was. But not many people can hold them back from the temptation from gambling. We should not let us deeper in gambling so we can stay away from that problem.

Let's just be clear. There are no charges filed yet on Malik Beasley, and all are allegations up until now. So, the FBI is just investigating, and they need some proof before they can file a case.

Although you are right about how it can ruin the career of a professional player. The Detroit Pistons may not give him another contract just because of that allegation (which I think is unfair), and it will probably rest Beasley for a season, even though the results of the investigations will be negative.

One of the players who was charged and pleaded guilty was Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors (brother of Michael Porter Jr.), and is just now waiting for his sentence. He is now banned from the NBA. What a waste!

If a basketball player of this level bets on his own games, it's just a form of match-fixing, result manipulation, or in other words, it can be regarded as a scam. The most amazing thing is that this man is far from poor, and he was willing to do it out of greed. Greed has already acquired some kind of painful form here.

Perhaps, to some extent, his action explains the fact that he has debts of several million dollars (the press indicates the figure of $8 million), but this does not justify him. However, such cases are not uncommon among athletes. The most annoying thing is that such people essentially spit on their fans who place bets based on fair play.

Then it's his greed, not the gambling. If he wasn't greedy, he wouldn’t be in that situation even if he was gambling. It just shows he lacks discipline when it comes to gambling. I don’t know if it's because of his financial problems that made him do it so obviously in that game. Anyway, his case is still under investigation, and he's innocent until proven guilty. Same goes for Terry Rozier. But honestly, I don’t think they’re the only ones doing it. There are over 500 players in the league, surely, others are also betting, but they’re just being extremely secretive about it.

I think this is both greed and manipulation, greed to bet in his own games so that he can win so much money and probably he is not going to stake on the game with just a small amount, it's obviously a huge amount so that he can win a huge amount too. Then he is also going to manipulate the game so that his bet will go according to how he wants it, to enable him win. Some people can be extremely dubious. He should know that it's against the policy of his career to bet on his own games.

Indeed, gambling can be disastrous when it's driven by greed or a loss of self-control. There are numerous cases of people whose lives have been ruined by gambling addiction. We know of numerous cases of destruction caused by addiction, whether it's families breaking up or family relationships becoming strained and estranged. I'm sure you've even heard or seen reports of people ending their lives due to stress or excessive pressure, all because of their own gambling addiction.
So, there's evidence of gambling driven by greed, and more than one, and at least we can use this as a lesson.

I think this is the most foolish decision these players have ever made. They have everything they could wish for, they have contracts for years ahead where they earn millions and can afford absolutely any standard of living. But still they choose to act like this. I understand there is always temptation when you have a chance to influence the result and take advantage of it, but this is exactly why they are paid such huge money, so they do not get involved in this and stay fully focused on the game. Of course this needs to be punished. If what he had was not enough for him, then because of his greed he might lose absolutely everything and even his freedom.

Malik has a great career, he is a good shooter, even with a good contract with the wolves, he may have a gambling habit, and find a way to win, the bad thing is that people might spot it during this days, and people are great detectives, he forget about that, i have seen the video of him acting strange, he should have focus in basketball instead of gambling shooters have value during this modern NBA unlike the old times, he just need to be focus. but with this happen, he might be out in the NBA and might play overseas.

This is a real proof that greedy people are always stupid. He already had a $42 million contract and it is normal for an NBA player to have a lot of money. Yet, for what reason did he succumb to temptation and get involved in the manipulation? This is beyond me.

Even a fool is basically a sign of greed. A greedy person would think twice before doing this if he were smart. But he was a fool who ruined his own future with his own hands. A proverb is definitely true "Greed is sin, sin is death" which has been proven time and time again

In reality, this situation is not so much about gambling itself, but rather about fraud and rigged results. As for gambling in general, by its very nature, it’s like walking on the edge of a cliff, and that’s exactly what draws people in. First of all, it’s the emotions and the rush of hormones released during the game. Secondly, it’s the belief in luck and the chance to get rich quickly. But when a person loses touch with reality and stops thinking critically about what’s happening, gambling can indeed lead to serious losses, and that’s a fact.

I am not saying he is not greedy but the greed is not more about gambling or betting at all, but it is more about manipulation in a way to make money from somewhere else and of which it is from gambling. If to say a gambler is greedy that is more related to gambling, this would be a different event but this is more about a greedy person that manipulated matches for money.

About addiction, he may not be a gambling addict.

42 million awaited him? My God, this is unreal money. What else do you need from life? There is a comparison that rich people go crazy from excess, not knowing what else they need. I will consider it not only stupid but also sick. It turns out that stupidity is not only a character trait but also a disease; otherwise, it is tough to understand the behavior of such people, and blaming gambling here is completely inappropriate.

But still though, he already cast a shadow of a doubt on him. And so teams might not take the risk of getting him to play. Although not sure what will be the stance of Detroit, but it's obvious that if he will be under investigation right now, the teams are thinking of their options as it could violate their rules or if Malik might have violated stipulations on his contract. So it's maybe that Malik's time in the NBA is done with this case. And I do agree that it's a waste of his talent to just involved himself into gambling. Funny thing is that there are a lot of fans back tracking everything and there are games that it looks Malik's action is very fishy.

The ultimate control is with the player. Blaming gambling is not a good option, they are in the business of providing facilities only. Whoever is the user and the risk is the responsibility of the user. I think this player is too stupid. Maybe he is too fanatical about money. So that he does not have a healthy mind how the impact he gets as a result of his behavior. It seems that the legal process is still happening I am waiting for how the final decision. Hopefully this incident can be a good lesson for us, something excessive is not very good.

Completely agree with this, and no wonder you earned some merits for the post, which are not very common in this section.


Maybe there is something we are missing here. Perhaps he comes from an environment where cheating is the norm, many of these players come from unstructured environments surrounded by crime.

I was expecting to read about how he use all his hustled money on gambling and he is now broke again but instead it was another thing entirely, he was a mastermind of fraud and greed, to me this has nothing to do with gambling.

In this case, gambling stand on its own, unaffected, this man isn't a victim of gambling but that of a criminal master mind.

Don't get it confused, a rigger isn't a gambler, they are trying to bend the result to their own will, this makes them no gambler but cheaters, if truly these happened then I don't care what comes off it.

He should be ready to fully accept the harsh punishment that comes with it, you can't cheat your way out and still believe that you are a gambler, its two different things.

This is true and easy to understand by bettors like us that doesn’t any control on the outcome of the game for our bet results.

We don’t know if there’s big syndicate involved since he will not risk his career for a mere bets that related to his downgrade performance. I believe there’s much higher money involved here that’s why he can attain to do this risk on his career.

It’s an idiotic move if he will do this just for gambling.

I don't understand why Beasley would do such a stupid thing? Because if you look at his income as a professional athlete, I think his life is quite secure but indeed humans cannot avoid greed even though greed can be very detrimental, what is clear is that his teammates will be very angry if he is really proven to have done such a stupid thing and one thing is for sure, his career will most likely be ruined even though he is not proven to have committed a violation.

Gamblers are greedy, but how can gambling be blamed?

Sometimes, false assumptions lead us astray, and we should think logically that gambling is just a way to have fun. But sometimes, certain parties try to exploit the situation for personal gain, like that NBA player. That's entirely a personal mistake, not the fault of gambling. Because, as you said, responsibility and self control lie within us, not with gambling.

As a professional player, he should have seen this coming. If you know your potential, you should not do anything that could ruin your career.
Now that he blew his potential $42 million contract as a player, you should set a good example in the sports you are in. Rigging games is what brings down trust in the sports industry. There’s a five-year prison term and heavy fines, besides bans from the organization the player is in.

I thought it was a story where a boss caught his employee who're gambling during office hour, fix your title @OP to "Proof that gambling money may ruin any career when greed takes over".

I have few stories:
A police who ask for money for him in order to make people not getting traffic ticket.
An administration staff who buy a product for the company use manipulated bill in order to charge more.
A manager who ask money to every employees with a claim the company needs it, but the company never ask it.

Gambling can't be blamed here except the company/boss don't like to work with gamblers, that's it.

I've seen something similar to this about a particular person that placed a bet on himself to win in a particular sport that I can't really remember. This is illegal and it's a display of greed. if he is an NBA star I wonder why he did it though because he is getting paid for the sports he is playing, what's the point of gambling? Or maybe he's doing it just to prove a point and show others that he's good just to entertain himself

He should have been given a life ban and also some years in prison because he should be the last thoughts if rigging an NBA game is in questions, since he knows the rules and outrightly violated it in the first place.

Gambling and trading are same thing, but we need to understand that in gambling you need to know that greediness can make you to lose everything you have, so in gambling you have to gamble with what you can afford to lose, because if you fails to gamble with what you can afford to lose, gambling will put you under frustration, it's simple, do not do what that will supercede you in the gambling, gamble with a technique, gamble with the available capital that you may lose and regret, do not do something that will lead into scam, and do not be over greedy in gambling

It is simple, his love for money more than his career had muddled his mind.  It is greed that makes him do things that he knows are illegal and yet thinks that he is smart enough to make people not notice his cheating.

If a person is consumed by greed, he won't think of anything but how to execute his plan on making more money.  The person will always disregard the people around them and only focus on taking advantage of the situation to make money whether legally or illegaly.

The topic has nothing to do with gambling but with a person's greed.


As far as I understand gambling and trading are not the same thing, even the risk involved is not the same thing.

100% agree with you he ruined it for himself he was not that addicted to gambling he was addicted to the greed that is associated with gambling. In my estimation he didn't care about his career he cared more for how much he would make from the proceeds of whatever illegal behavior he was involved in. I need us costing the career he would have had. There are other sports who are involved in things like this. It is only matter of time before they get caught.

That is it, the idea of people blaming things for their own actions is quite unacceptable at this time and is a further show of irresponsibility from them, because he should accept responsibility for his actions and not shift the blame to gambling.


He exhibited greed and committed an clear offense against his profession and as a professional NBA player he knows the rule and acted against it.

Not trying to be judgmental here but I think we shouldn’t start assuming that he is already guilty unless it was proven. I’m also assuming before that he is guilty due to his sudden bad games despite he is having a good run last season.

He is on fire with his 3s and suddenly his stats went hard down same with Michael Porter Jr.

However, We all know that players has ups and down on their career so we should wait for the result.

The title should be "Proof that when there is greed, any career can be ruined".

What could ruin his career is greed and not gambling. Unfortunately, we have cases like this in every sector and profession. People already make a lot of money, and it never seems to be enough. How many athletes are being investigated for similar reasons? Here in Brazil, we have the cases of soccer players Bruno Henrique, Paquetá, Alef Manga, and Luiz Henrique, all involved in betting manipulation; others are probably being investigated as well.

It's unfortunate that things like this happen in sports; we become suspicious of everything and everyone. People with these attitudes want to win at all costs, regardless of whether it's ethical or not.

This is something else that we and the public know, I think that there are many cases that have not yet been disclosed, because it is very difficult to disclose, to prove, perhaps there are collusions so high that it is almost impossible to disclose. Ultimately, I think that this was, is and will continue, because the stakes and money are too high, and where there is big money, there will always be fraud and deception. I have noticed that countries with their leagues in which there is a big difference between the rich and the poor are most susceptible to this.

Being a player and gambling is not the main crime, but when there are suspicious steps or moves that makes a player feels he is smart enough to play on the intelligence of the people by being cunny in his doings, how do they got to know that his bet was not an ordinary one, why should he also gamble with what could cause him to lose reputation and trust, he wouldn't have gamble in such manner, if i were him.

Malik Beasley is might be suffering from another kind of addiction except gambling. In 2020, he was charged with felony possession of hard drugs and felony weapons. This might be an indication that he is also addicted to drugs. It is usually difficult for people to be financially stable if they are addicted to money-consuming habits. So it might not be wrong to say that Malik is engaging in shady gambling activities because he wants to satisfy his addictions. Sadly, he would miss a three-year contract of about $45 million because of these allegations. 

I want to believe that so many users must have pointed out that the story was not necessarily about greed, but was all about an athlete doing what is forbidden in sport. As long as you are an athlete, or work with any sport related company that is being governed by a specific sporting board like the NBA, FIFA, etc, then you are not allowed to bet. Even families of athletes are not allowed to bet from what I heard.

I think the athlete in the OP ruined himself.
And athletes shouldn't even be on the news for gambling related crimes, because that will definitely put them on the radar even though they are not guilty.

I don't think this is about gambling, it's only about greed as rigging game is only about getting huge payments, and yes I agree such greed can destroy careers, I have seen that happening in cricket.

If this is actually true then he is clearly insane and I don't think gambling has anything to do with it, this is greed in display. Gambling can ruin anyone's career if they have no self control, I have seen people lose their valuable asset and reputation because of gambling and it shouldn't be that way, gambling wasn't meant to make anyone lose their minds in the game. This awful story about Malik Beasley isn't just about gambling, it's more about greed and him being a criminal/fraud and it's sad that this could make him lose a three years contract worth $45 million.

So there's a quote that says "money can't unlame the lame".. They get payed so much, only to get involved in some insurance fraud type of shit. It's not even about how much the earn, it's about how bad some of these players are with money when it gets into their possession.

Make it make sense to me for a second; if he was just few months away from getting a contract with Detroit which would have earned him at least $42 million, and y'all say he was greedy, wasn't he supposed to be greedy over something better/huge, which was the contract? Why getting into a side bets for peanuts?

I cannot imagine how this could happen to someone like him, how everything could end because of his own stupidity.

It is very unfortunate, considering that he had a promising NBA career and a bright future ahead of him, but he ruined it all just for money, sacrificing everything he had built through hard work.

His reputation, career, and perfect life will be lost if he is proven guilty. Did he not consider the risks he was facing before doing this?

I still cant comprehend about what some people still want, you already have a job, you're doing well, you can gamble as you want, then why being greedy and keep looking for shortcuts to exploits, because things like this are nothing than manipulations and its a dubious act, in life, we have to be satisfied with the little we have, because some are there also waiting to get to where we have achieved, when we are still complaining of not being enough and acted weird.

greediness has lead many people in the gambling to lose more than their expectations in gambling, and till date people are still making same mistakes of been greedy in gambling, for me gambling is something we have to understand that we are meant to enroll in it with what we can afford to lose, because when we gambles with what we can afford to lose, we will not that greedy in gambling

If people follow my methods of gambling, I don't think that many people will complain of losing in the gambling, I do cash out when I see a reasonable option that is greater than what i use and stake in the gambling, sometimes when you refused to utilised the option given to you it many end you losing everything, and that's why I always make profit, and I don't mind how little it's.

Can't agree more and I apologize if the title may have been misunderstood by some people around here.
I didn't mean to blame gambling for what happened to his career and for those people who lost everything, because otherwise gambling could've been totally prohibited.
I agree this is all on him, but it is through gambling that ruined his career. Cheating through gambling to be exact.

The thing is that some people that have a better job actually gamble for entertainment but when they begin to lose what they can not afford (like spending too much in gamble) they chase their losses and from my point of view, that's how addiction starts. A wise person that have a good paying job will gamble less because he believes that gamble can not provide the amount bhe needed.

I don't think that this is as a result of greed, basketball players are well paid and it's useless for them to chase money through gambling but some of them like this guy in particular is dealing with gambling addiction...this is the reason why he was ready to put his career on the line, he knew that what he was doing was am offense and it's prohibited but he still went ahead to do it, I think he was trying to show people how good he is

When greed takes over then it could ruin up someones life,career,financial or whatever things you can connect into on which it could be resulting into that huge mess specially when financial is being that affected. Trying to look into the example on here on which talking about NBA career and intentionally rigging up his gameplays and bet on himself and thats totally a violation in the first place. These players whom might actually thought that they wont be able to be catch up or get caught. For sure there are some other players too that might be doing this in silent and still not being caught. If we do actually see those contract amounts then you can be able to tell into yourself on how the hell these players or athletes considers out on doing the illegal or violations stuff if they are that earning well?. Human greed is really that very hard to control specially when you do love money too much and praises it out and trying out your very best on acquiring it out even if it means that you are going beyond those limit borders. Anyone could be affected with gambling specially when you are that becoming that too greedy on which you havent been able to control yourself already.

It would definitely be ruining up your life or it would be making out such impact if you cant be able to decide and make out some sensible decisions in regarding about dealing up with gambling. We do know that this cant be just that easily that be remove into yourself if you do get yourself that being addicted. Proof that gambling could ruin up? It doesnt need up any proof because it do happens really if you wont be that careful into the decisions that you are taking on. There are just that those times or moments that you do become that too impulsive or simply being greedy just because you do wanted more. There are those people who can be able to control but there are those who cant be able to do so and this is where it do affect out their overall career or even their entire life. Regrets do always happen in the end and if you arent that good enough when it comes to life decision making specially on certain conditions then you're fucked up in the end and this is something that must be avoided.

Jontay Porter was the guy last year and lost his career in NBA due to gambling and also sharing insiders per game. He's Michael Porter Jr.s brother.

Now, there goes Malik Beasley. They're known names in the leagues but still did dumb decisions that they think they can get away with it.

I'd say, it's a deserve ban if the management places lifetime ban on him.

Everyone puts the blame on gambling for their greedy nature. Let gamblers stop putting their misfortune on gambling but take full responsibility of their actions. Greed was what will make a superster think of doing all sort of negative things that will frustrate and ruin his career. When you are an irresponsible gambler, your actions can add a negative impact on your future.

Gambling will ruin career not because of the activity itself but it is owed to the person himself. It is not the game why it can ruin someone else's career but the steps he did in exchange of huge sum of money. So it is not really about gambling per se but how the person is doing in this activity that can ruin his career.
It is no surprise that there are a lot of criminal activities happening owed to gambling. Just because these people can't contain themselves and resorting to doing illicit activities to continue their gambling, doesn't mean the gambling itself is the worst. It is the people who are making this activity ruin its reputation.

He is greedy and violates the rules, which ultimately ruins his life. However, this is not entirely about gambling. It is a different story from those who spend too much of their money gambling and lose. What Malik did tells us that greed will ruin one's life when it is out of control. Some people make mistakes to help other people learn. This is not just being a responsible gambler but also a responsible player, as he needs to know the rules. That is why we should control ourselves and know the consequences of our actions.

This is probably the reasons many rich investors fail at the end because of the lack of self awareness when profit is enough, the ability to needing more ruin thing and lets you do extra causing more to engage in unaligned activities, the same thing happened to this guy in the picture.

I just don't believe he can be rescued or unbanned after various investigations find him more guilty.

gambling have ruined so many people career, so I know that very well, miscalculation in gambling and constant losing in the gambling can ruin someone's life, some people who gambles on pools if they share their experiences to you,  then you will know that gambling has destroyed people,  and that's why I seems people who doesn't gamble with what they can afford to lose as people who has done the worst mistakes so far, so I know quite well that gambling is all about something that we do with careful

Everything that is ruled by greed will never be good in the long run, and that gambling is never an exception. And there’s no excuse with that, even if you’re the top rated player in NBA or the most popular wealthy gambler known. Gambling is good when it’s handled the proper way, but when greed and too much self-confidence take over, everything will be ruined, especially the career that has been built through number of years.

However, greed is normal when gambling, it only becomes a threat when you are no longer gambling the most manageable way.

Seeing from the news circulating at this time he is not only charged with federal gambling but also there are several other charges that increasingly make him have to accept sanctions apart from fines, of course there will be other sanctions in terms of professional work carried out as athletes.

Indeed, in the end this is related to gambling but in the end not everything boils down to gambling because this is actually purely because of his own wickedness who tried to outsmart to get more profit from the results of the cheating he did.

Even though seeing his current career record he is developing even a very good contract he can also get but because of his greed in wanting more financial resources this actually destroys his own career especially for now he is also charged with a fine of $2.25 million.

Agreed greed is not the only reason, you will find a blurred line between opportunity and persuasion which will lead you toward addiction. FBI is inspecting Malik Beasley's abnormal prop-betting patterns, such as excessive betting on under 2.5 rebounds when he snatches six, which put forward more than a momentary gap. The NBA's strict rules are in place for a reason. Jonte Porter obtained a lifetime ban for much the same way of behaving. Even if some players could afford to gamble, the stakes are massive, both for their integrity & for their careers.

The risk itself is the danger of addiction nothing rational is operating in that part of the brain.  The greed supposition is surpassed by this risk addiction.
  Greed in some cases is quite logical and explainable by the bodies need to accumulate fat reserves or however you want to put it there is at least some logic but risk cannot be balanced easily or simply for its existence and over use in human actions.

There is no problem if he's just a typical wealthy gambler but no. He's a professional baller and he's betting on his games, and we know that an actual player betting for his or against his team can have a lot to the games they play.

And that's losing his reputation as a pro and also including his team to the buffoonery that he's done. I cannot guess if these players have think for so many times before doing the thing.

Are they willing to lose those potential millions of contracts just because of one or two big wins? Some may say that as long as it's going to cost them entire career but I'd say no, reputation is still going to be with him until he lives.

Malik Beasley case was an outcome of gambling misconduct and financial mismanagement.That was a red flag though to his career,these are small bad traits that can lead to long term reputation damage.Gambling can make highly esteemed individuals vulnerable and unethical attacks,and just one bad traits can sabotage years of success.

This is like shooting oneself in the foot. He shot himself in the foot to say. How could he be that stupid and narrow-minded to have acted rashly like this? Did he not think about what he was about to do, to know about the dire consequences of such an action he wanted to do before he did it? If you ask me, I will say this is the last thought to be on mind because already basket ballers are well to do and the outcome of this disaster he has caused himself is greed and carelessness.

Gambling can ruin anything when we have not taken time to be more careful from how we are playing bets, the same way gambling is sweet, it can also come in as a challenge when the proper approach is missing, its of utmost important that each gambler take a conscious control measure that can help them enjoy gambling without losing their career or valuable engagements as they are gambling.

It's always been said that gambling carries risks and can be addictive, so gamble responsibly and don't go beyond your means. Gambling can be disastrous for gamblers when they lose control, but it can be a source of entertainment if it's for fun. It's simple, but many gamblers are actually seeking profit from gambling, forgetting that when it goes beyond the limits, disaster strikes.

Not just me, you and others, when gambling loses control and goes beyond its limits, problems will soon arise. I experienced it, as have many other gamblers, but fortunately, everything was repaired, and now everything is fine. A mindset must be developed; I mean, gambling isn't a place to make money, even if that were possible.

Rigging a game or match fixing is a different offense and not because of greed if you check the definition. The case discussed here is definitely not greed but someone who is not found worthy in character that was why he got involved in match fixing and betting on himself. It is a common thing in some sports such as NBA, Tennis and even cricket. Nevertheless, greed is bad in gambling and it's something everyone must avoid.

Some say greed is a natural human trait. Almost all humans possess this trait. It's just that everyone's ability to suppress their greed varies.
This is also true for gamblers. Greed clearly leads gamblers to ruin, because they will never be satisfied with a small win. And when they lose, they have a strong desire to chase their losses.

We must be wiser in gambling. Don't risk everything we have excessively. Gambling isn't just about the money we risk. If gambling addiction worsens, not only money, but careers, and even family harmony can be lost. The impact isn't just on us, but others can feel it too.

Gambling may ruin a career once greed set in, but we don't have to wait till this happens before we take some steps to ensure that we don't allow greed to come in, gambling could be more enticing as we are playing bets, while on the other sides, we need to be more tactical as the case may be even as we get the best of it, we may not be satisfied enough, but we can also choose to be well doing from the little we had along the line.

Sometime I don't understand why people who want to make a lot money choose to be employees or self employed? if they want a lot of money, they should become entrepreneurs.

If he's a basketball player, he should learn how to leverage his popularity by selling his product or he can choose to quit completely from pro scene and become a full time entrepreneur.

I think it's more clever if he partnered with many tipsters and get paid from them instead of betting himself because it's easier to track.

Unfortunately, everything in this world becomes a huge problem when people abuse or exaggerate. In the case of gambling, athletes are the ones who need to be most careful to avoid destroying their careers. An active athlete shouldn't get involved in sports betting. I've seen cases of athletes who got involved in sports betting and are facing legal action, risking losing their contracts with their clubs.

What's even stranger is that most athletes are paid high salaries; at least they have enough money to live well for many years. But even so, there are some who are so greedy that they become blind, unable to consider that by gambling, they can lose money, lose their careers, and end up poor again.

I wonder how desperate for money he could have been to do this, however we no that gambling was the key thing that happen on this case but we should no that greed and gambling is of different thing because what happened to him was because he was not satisfied of the money he was being paid and decided to take the bull by the hon so that he would have more money with the cloudiness of not knowing the offense he might be creating, actually this is just like giving everything away for something he has not seen, actually if everything should finally turned negative for him then is a whole lot of issue for him because he stands to loss a lot for this cheating.

This is what happens when our personal interests collide with the career. Surely he wasn't thinking straight while involving in such kind of deal to make some money, while he just blew the real money that is worth more and possibly his future completely. In my opinion it's not the gambling but complete greed to make more even while making in millions lead to this action and has no relation with gambling at all. So another lesson just be wise with your actions or the consequences will be worse than you expected. :)

Sometimes I feel this is the right punishment to all those with greed and mostly there's a priveledge to stop in time when the feeling of greed comes in but they being adamant and nonchalant is what makes it seems more like stupidity. When you know deep down you can't control oneself from such acts it's better to stay off gambling but the reverse is the case  and they guy is to be held responsible not the gambling.

Gambling can frustrates anyone who allows it to rule his sense of judgement apart from Losing of money it can cause people to lose focus which will be detrimental to the carrier of such a person, gambling always offer you with the Idea of making money in a fast way while setting up a trap for you and this can cause someone who's not disciplined to do about of things that are not legal which is the case of this basketball player

What you have discussed here is not related to gambling, here he was very greedy and ruined his career due to excessive greed. If it was about ruining his career through gambling, then it would have been different. However, the crime he committed is undoubtedly a very big crime which he did not do alone but with everyone. However, it was not right for him to do such a thing as a player because supporters all over the world trust him.

Sometimes you might be confused by the statement that gambling can destroy people. However, after careful consideration, I've come to the realization that the problem isn't gambling, but rather the person's inability to control themselves. It's their greed that destroys them.

Even if a greedy person doesn't gamble, they'll experience destruction in other areas.

I agree, sometimes, it's not gambling that destroys people's personal lives, families, or futures. It's the individual's own infatuation with gambling. However, we can see from the perspective that if someone hadn't gambled, they might not have been ruined. That's how non-gamblers view a gamblers. They see things differently. For you, and all those who gamble, they will say that it is not gambling that destroys them, because they already understand that gambling is only an effect, while the cause is that the gambler bets without thinking about his own future.

One of the things to keep in mind as a gambler, and to never fall for, is greed. When one thinks no amount is enough, it will always lead to a high desire for wins, causing one to chase more victories, which can result in losing everything.

Sometimes, gambling can be like this: the more you look, the less you see. One of the reasons that drives people to greed in gambling is their excessive confidence in winning more money.

They are never satisfied with their winnings. When greed has consumed someone so much, even after losing a significant amount of money, it becomes very difficult to stop playing because the goal is just to recover more money and all that has been lost in gambling.

What I ask myself most time is, wether all this guys writing about gambling and it negative outcome also write about other phases of life, this is because, we have other aspects of life that can affect us much more than gambling and if we don't check we may not know them much and that the reason we always advice that one should try and put everything under check and place all on limits this helps to overcome any possible Cases of regrets and blame games.

Its not the first time this has happened, for some reason its a great temptation to every generation of sports players and they will get regularly approached to take part in these schemes.
  I've read about it many times over the years, its become part of online games and spot betting or special bets are especially susceptible as it only takes a momentary deliberate action to make that kind of bet pay off.  However its also fairly easy to detect unusual betting activity and work backwards to identify what is basically a crime.

This is not really about controlling oneself but knowing and setting priorities, a player is not supposed to be gambling totally, let alone he or she betting on his or her own games, this is the height of being stupid if you would allow me to use that word, what actually was he thinking when placing such bets, how much money was he hoping to make from this bet that is worth more than the amount of money he's being paid as an NBA player?

Anyways, lets not go too far because according what you said, investigations is still ongoing and the player involved may still win the case as not guilty, but if this turns out to be true that he is guilty as charged, then this is something he definitely would live the rest of his life regretting.

When greed takes over, your life will start in trouble. You will not see the reality that happens to you because you will be busy chasing what you want. You will difficult to realize the fact that you made a mistake and need to change.

If that is in gambling, your losses will become big while you will not check it and still feel confident to win. But the fact is, you just waste your money without think much about the effect.

Being greedy in gambling is something that we should avoid. That can be done if we can be responsible and have the other things. If you see there is a will to chase more in gambling, that may be your greed becomes big. You need to prevent that before it is too late.

It was stupid that mostly contributed to his problem because he already knew the consequences of going against the rule but he decided to push forward, feeling like a god. He probably thought that he was not going to be caught that's why he agreed to take the risk and ended up to ruin his career. Either he was stupid and addicted to gambling too or he was just stupid.

Assuming that he is found guilty and what you said happens to be the reason why he would cheat then I will say it is stupidity in the highest level, to sacrifice a multi million dollar career to give family and friends bet tips that will ruin his career. It doesn't make any sense for somebody that has so much to loose to involve in cheating, it will be 'penny wise pound foolish ' like they say. If he's tried and found to be guilty let him face the music. I wouldn't say that gambling ruined his career if found guilty it will be foolishness, it is people that gambles irresponsibly that we can say that gambling ruined their businesses or career because they can go bankrupt.

Losing focus is one of the baddest aspects of gambling and every gambler should try as much as possible to avoid sliding into such a position that greed may become the controlling factor in their gambling decision, this is so bad that not only to the Individual career but also the financial conditions of the players and that of the family since losing focus entails a lot of negative factors that can even be much more that loosing money.

what ruin peoples life in gambling is lack of plans, when you have a times table or plans for gambling it will never ruin our life, because in gambling what is necessary is a greedy control, which can be called emotions control, most of us today who has lost many of their belongings in the gambling do lost those things because of greediness, they wanted to accumulate profits, so gambling we have to make use of our initiative when gambling so that we will not feel remorse when we gamble and lose what we stake, for me gambling needs budget and everyone who is into gambling needs to have a particular budget on gambling

It's no surprise, there are people that have been into dangerous gambling long before they became NBA stars that's just who they are. It's obvious that this athlete didn't gamble to make money but to he did it to either prove a a point or just have fun but it came with a huge cost. Some people are not just regular gamblers they are ready to put a lot on the line to satisfy their urge to gamble, this is dangerous

A person that is already greedy and ready to take any risk, not minding the outcome, always ends up like this. Everyone has, one way or another, they have gone extra mile in doing things or taking risks, but when the outcome is almost going to cause a lifetime punishment, we should learn to avoid it. It's not just the gambling that ruined his life; he was the order of his downfall with his greed. Any gambler that can't control their gambling habit can ruin his own life, owing debt everywhere just to satisfy his gambling lifestyle, and can lead to addiction.

I share in your perspective on this. When one fails to set limits and allow greed influence them, then they’re certainly heading towards destruction, and this isn’t only limited to gambling alone, but also every other aspect of life. When someone allows their desire for a big win to drive them, then surely, they’ll definitely end up taking certain risks and decisions without really thinking about the consequences of that decision because they’re no longer in complete control of their rational thinking, their emotions and even their impulses. When one approaches gambling with these vulnerabilities, it’ll help amplify those weaknesses since gambling feeds more on false hopes and greed.

The most important thing is to learn from this for ourselves as players so we don't repeat the same mistakes. While we'll often be tempted to bet more during the game, we must maintain careful self-control. Gambling tests us for greed and the temptation to bet more and more in order to get rich faster, but those who rush and don't follow basic rules of risk and money management are doomed to lose. Furthermore, we mustn't let our ego get the better of us; it's important to control ourselves and our emotions; all of this combined will yield results.

Gambling sis not end the career of Malik in this case it was his greed that left him where he is standing now in his life.

Half of the world population are wishing to be in his position to earn what he makes in a month and they will be contented. Malik connive to cheat the system that pays him and there are consequences for that.

It is for sports players like him that sports betters loses their bets on games they ordinarily should have won the bet by the analysis made on making the bet.

Any skilled professional Gamblers can lose everything he has worked for when greed dives in.Once greed clouds decisions and analysis,even the best skills,gifts and career can crumble because there's desperation leaning towards every decision.Greed swallows logic,as a career person, transparency and financial Discipline is crucial for long term reputation.

I agree. Gambling is not the issue here. The issue is corruption and a criminal thief mindset.

And that is exactly what he is trying to do: steal money by rigging something in such a way that would allow him to do that. It could have happened outside of gambling as well. Be it insider stock trading or any other unfair and premeditated ways of stealing money from someone else under false pretenses.

Greed is not an excuse to become a criminal. And pointing the finger at gambling is not really helping anyone.

Yeah, greed destroys reputation as well as we have often see this happen even here on this forum, we see how casinos start having issues with their customers as soon as the management of the casino starts being too greedy, imposing terms and conditions that only ensures that steal from their players and not to provide the best service as demanded by the gambling community..
Some times, issues with the casino and their or some of their customers linger so bad that at the end of the day, the casino end up with negative tag which simply means that they have lost their good reputation.

This same thing also applies to even outside businesses as well, when a person managing a business that is already doing well begins to get overly too greedy, know it well that such a business is already crumbling bits by bits.

Same goes with gambling as many have said here, a gambler that is very greedy will end up losing all his money due to lack of proper discipline and self control which are the results of being too greedy.

This guy cheats the system that pays him?wow this is a new one, and he is rig games using himself? Gambling has nothing to do with this, people need to stop blaming gambling for everything, this guy must have been loving like this before he becomes a NBA star, there is no way that he started doing all this things after he becomes a star because there are many people who want to be where he is, becoming part of NBA star is a dream come true, there is nothing more i could ever have want.

He must have been doing this rigging before.
He should have dropped the bad habit once he became a star.
Money is all he needs and he got into the money printing business.
Yet he still ruined everything, why are people like this? So many gamblers could do the same.

Greed ruins a career if someone just follows their desire. Gambling is just about having fun and not about making money. If someone still decides to make money from gambling and greed, he will regret his decision and will look at the loss become big. From many cases of greediness in gambling, we should learn something so that we don't get the same thing. We must control ourselves when playing gambling and always stay aware and stop gambling when the time comes. Don't chase anything in gambling but just have fun.

I agree that letting greed to rule ones gambling career will surely ruin their financial and mentalhealth as gambling is not a money-making venture but an amuseparlour. We are aware that whenever a person forgets the purpose behind having fun and instead gets motivated by the attraction of big earnings, and in the process, he himself programmes himself to undergo big losses, which are crucial and hurtful.

I would suggest, that case studies of failures brought about by greed ought to offer an empirical rationale on the way to empower our self control. The greatest strength we can have is the use of self control and deciding when to quit because the reason has been fulfilled and is now free to appreciate the game without getting trapped in the profit making spree.

On point. The situation reveals the way gambling without discipline can ruin a promising future or career. If it appears that the accusatios are true, tha actions of Beasley show how greed and fainty judgement can overcome talent and opportunity. This is a way to remind that self control is essential, the moment you give way for emotions or greed to rule, then the consequences could be irreversible.

Indeed, in gambling, greed can lead to life's destruction, either quickly or slowly. Even so-called experts can lose self-control when they gamble with greed, especially for casual gamblers who gamble solely for the win without proper self-control. I believe that when greed arises, it can make us forget everything, including the obvious risks in gambling, but when greed arises, these are no longer considered.

It's not just frustrating, but it has a huge impact overall. I believe in a case like this, it was pure greed that destroyed him. Who knows what was going through this basketball player's mind, with a sizable salary and a successful career, and still not satisfied with what he achieved?

Are there other issues we don't know for sure? Whether it's financial pressure, whether it's debt or a lavish lifestyle? From this story, we can learn from other people's experiences that there are valuable lessons for everyone. Be content with what you've achieved and avoid other temptations that could harm you.

This is just one of many similar cases. I recently learned of a story about one of the best CIS Dota 2 players, who had shown promise of becoming a top player in the world. But then it turned out he'd bet against his team and had given in during the game. The commentators saw it, the whole world saw it. He bet a whopping $322 on StarLadder, and it ruined his career.
He was banned from playing and disgraced. But the funniest thing is that many years later, he was forgiven. Everyone was sitting there, pretending he was remorseful and loving the game.

We must learn from the mistakes. If gambling isn't doing any good for us, especially with our careers, then it's a mistake. Learn from it, change your lifestyle, and try to recover all the losses that happened.

Sometimes the problem comes mentally, and a gambler who lost a lot thinks he ain't going to recover everything through doing work again. It can be. It's just pessimism that is hindering us from doing it because we have seen how fast we can make money through gambling.

It's discipline that we must learn again. Because we lost it after we started gambling, and it became a habit.

For $322, he lost trust and a reputation he'll never regain. Was it really worth it? It was a completely stupid act by someone without any depth of thought. If I'm not mistaken, he (Alexey Berezina) was young at the time, so he committed such a misdeed. But now he constantly hears jokes about how he made that stupid bet, especially in the game chat. And this is far from the first story from the world of esports.
I know of many cases of match-fixing in Counter-Strike and similar disciplines. But almost all of them were in small leagues.

Greed contributes to the reason behind match fixing. I don't see any reason why a player with a bright future would decide to compromise because of a few dollars. Some people have claimed that this kind of fraud is rampant in sports where players receive poor remuneration.  But we have also seen it happen in high-paying sports leagues. Heavy bans and close monitoring have helped to reduce game fixing in some top sports leagues.

Well for high profiles players like this one usually are not found in match fixing scandals and it is not recommended to ruin your brilliant career for just "some money". What I have seen massively and witnessed myself in person is referees are heavily involved in changing the outcome of a game even in most prestigious leagues. Don't take my word for it as I am sure you have seen teams with odds 1.05 losing to teams with 15 odds like in NBA sometimes. Now referees are never paid good enough and I think I can understand them falling victims though I don't justify their action, they are making my bets lose by doing so. For a high profile player I doubt we often see such scandals.