Now that Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida have earned the top seeds in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, let the betting begin.
Sports betting violations are a part of the annual NCAA Men’s and Women’s March Madness tournaments. The access and ease of placing hundreds of different kinds of bets on your phone makes this time of year an irresistible temptation for college students and others to deepen their enjoyment and engagement with the tournaments.
Identifying those closest to the teams who may be engaging in prohibited gambling activities is a top priority for NCAA administrators. A recent example emerged at the University of Texas at Austin where 5 people- two football players, an athletic department employee, an athletic department student worker and another non-student athlete working with the women’s tennis program, were identified as collectively placing almost $15,000 in bets via PrizePicks, a fantasy sports site.
