Proof that gambling may ruin any career when greed takes over

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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. 

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.

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.

[Fiatless]

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.

[swogerino]

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.