... built a solid case against Jack Molinas through the use of wiretaps. Molinas was found guilty on all counts, and received the stiffest penalty ever imposed in New York for such crimes: 15 years in prison (Goldstein, 2001). Between 1957 and 1961, he had no fewer than twenty-seven collegiate programs in the bag. In the 1961 scandals, there was a more direct ... emotion attached to sports is an outgrowth of excessive wagering. The fact of the matter is that gambling is going to occur and most people look at illegal gambling as a victimless crime as casual as "jaywalking-. What they don't r...

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