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Point shaving

In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without the intention of changing who wins. This is typically done by players colluding with gamblers to prevent a team from covering a published point spread, where gamblers bet on the margin of victory. The practice of shaving…

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Point shaving

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples25
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Point shaving

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related to Basketball · 14
Point shaving → Although, Basketball, Boston College, By, Dixie Classic, Famous, Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke, NBA All-Star Jack Molinas, NCAA, NCAA University Division, The NCAA, This, Tulane
related to In popular culture · 9
Point shaving → Carmine Lupertazzi Sr, Crewe, In, NFL, Paul, Point, The Longest Yard, The Sopranos, Wrecking
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Point shaving → type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without the intention of changing who wins, underlying plot thread in the 1974 film The Longest Yard and the 2005 remake

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Point shavingis atype of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without the intention of changing who wins0.90text
Point shavingis aunderlying plot thread in the 1974 film The Longest Yard and the 2005 remake0.90text
Point shavingrelated to BasketballBasketball0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballBy0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballThis0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballAlthough0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballNCAA0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballThe NCAA0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballFamous0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballDixie Classic0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballNCAA University Division0.60section
Point shavingrelated to BasketballNBA All-Star Jack Molinas0.60section

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