Basketball betting: change the game

There’s no show in the World quite like basketball. Taking the lead in ratings and in fans’ hearts for decades now, it’s been home to some of the most successful franchises and to some of the most notorious sportsmen in the World. Names like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman are more than just names of famous players, they are practically Universal trademarks and true ambassadors to the sport.

But the game has been more about money than about passion in these last two decades, critics say, and that’s driving people away from professional basketball. Puritans of the sport claim that the true athletes are in College Basketball and immediately shun their idols the minute they’re drafted to the NBA. But if you look at side data, like the increase in sports bets and the consistent TV ratings, you’ll see that these experts of the game are preaching to a choir that just won’t listen.

The gambling numbers alone are worth a good analysis. Many people have decided to start betting on their favorite teams, I assume just to give the game a little bit more edge. But there’s also an increasing number of people placing larger bets. These people who regularly gamble on basketball have seen a window of opportunity to make a lot of money with the sport they enjoy. With all the raw data you can get off the internet and all the expert analysis that you can find in many news sources, some would say that gambling is made easy these days.