Effects Of Gambling In Sports 

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Oct 17, 2006
 

Effects of gambling in sports

Game of shame!

Sports, right from Greeks to the present day Olympics has been considered a social Event, which instills in an individual the values like integrity, sportsmanship, fellow feeling and a will to win, are now at the mercy of gamblers. The increasing use of gambling in sports is threatening the very integrity of sports. Although sport gambling is illegal in almost every state, there has been a push over the last few years to legalize it. One concern is how sports gambling have affected the integrity of the game. Illegal gambling has already adversely affected sports.

Sports gambling take place, even though it is illegal is an obvious fact. Can you imagine your favorite team losing to a poor team because of gambling? The problem of sports gambling is that there are a lot of chances of losing. Sports gambling has affected sports by introducing organized crime into the sporting world. The FBI has reported that $2.5 billion is gambled on the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball tournament each year.

The danger of gambling on sports is the risk of addiction. Betting on the horses gets addictive. The joy after winning can lead to a false confidence. The desperation and faith of fans in their favourite is increased after the gambling surfaces. Instant money through gambling on sports means that the sportsman is more prone to gambling in future, and more reliance on bookies

so in fact bookies might one day control the entire game rather than the people directly involved in the game.Gambling brings with it all kinds of evils like organized crime, suicides, and other family problems.

The advocates of gambling say that gambling brings thrill but they don’t tell that it is also losing more and getting indebted and broke. The effects of gambling on the sportsman are far more dangerous than on the fans of the game. The sportsman can lose his hard earned respect and fame for some easy bucks. In Asian countries where cricket is considered as religion bookies have created havoc by betting involving the cricketers some of whom are now facing ban for life.

If players are influencing the outcome of the game they are bringing nothing but shame.

The effects of gambling in sports are that they prove as an obstacle in popularizing the game, thereby reducing the chances of expansion of the game.

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