Betting Scandal
Major League Baseball is grappling with a betting scandal involving Cleveland Guardians relievers Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz, who allegedly rigged individual pitches for prop bets. The league has responded by capping wagers on pitch-specific markets at $200 and banning parlays on them. Experts argue that regulated gambling and detection systems are key to maintaining game integrity.
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People have made large profits betting that Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado would win the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is now investigating suspicions of a leak following a sudden surge in odds on the prediction market Polymarket. The committee is examining whether the name leaked in advance.