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by PlatoIsADisease 154 days ago
10 years ago we'd be called conspiracy theorists.
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4ggr0 154 days ago
Sports Betting Scandals have been a thing for probably almost as long as sports exist, i don't get why you think that this was a thoughtcrime 10 years ago?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_betting#Famous_betting_...

wouldn't surprise me to find out that even cavemen were manipulating outcomes of stone-throwing contests to earn some more meat.

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eru 154 days ago
I think the disagreement was over whether it was likely that people threw matches like this, not whether it was possible.
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