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1962: Thirty-seven players from 22 institutions were implicated in a major gambling scandal that resulted in the arrest and conviction of three gamblers charged with fixing college basketball games.
1981: A Boston College basketball player and four others were found guilty of shaving points during the 1978-79 basketball season.
1985: Four members of the Tulane basketball team were accused of point shaving. In the aftermath of this incident, the University suspended the program for five years.
1989: Four football players from the University of Florida were suspended for betting on football games. That same year, nine athletes from four different sports at the University of Arkansas were suspended for betting on college football games.
1992: Nineteen University of Maine athletes from the football and basketball teams were suspended for their participation in a gambling operation reported to be worth $10,000 a week. That same year, a gambling operation involving student athletes from the University of Rhode Island and Bryant College was uncovered.
1994: A starting running back from Northwestern University was suspended for gambling; he denied that he intentionally fumbled the ball on the goal line in a game against Iowa.
1995: Football and basketball players from the University of Maryland, including the starting quarterback, were suspended for betting on college sports.
1996: Thirteen members of the Boston College football team were suspended for betting on college football as well as professional football and baseball games. Three of those suspended were alleged to have bet against their team.
Two Holy Cross student athletes, one from the football team and one from the basketball team, voluntarily admitted to wagering on sports and were suspended.
1997: A point shaving scandal was uncovered at Arizona State University when two former members of the basketball team admitted to shaving points on four home games in the 1993- 94 season. Two students from Arizona State were reported to have bet $250,000 on a game against Washington State.
Also, an investigation into an alleged point shaving scandal at Fresno State University started after the team beat the point spread only eight times in 30 games.
1998: Former Northwestern University basketball players were indicted on charges of shaving points, conspiring to fix games, and accepting bets during the 1994-95 season. Attention from this case has expanded to include former football players from the Universities of Colorado and Notre Dame who were allegedly involved in the ring.
Four former Northwestern University football players were indicted for perjury after allegedly lying to grand juries that were investigating sports betting at the school.
1962: Thirty-seven players from 22 institutions were implicated in a major gambling scandal that resulted in the arrest and conviction of three gamblers charged with fixing college basketball games.
1981: A Boston College basketball player and four others were found guilty of shaving points during the 1978-79 basketball season.
1985: Four members of the Tulane basketball team were accused of point shaving. In the aftermath of this incident, the University suspended the program for five years.
1989: Four football players from the University of Florida were suspended for betting on football games. That same year, nine athletes from four different sports at the University of Arkansas were suspended for betting on college football games.
1992: Nineteen University of Maine athletes from the football and basketball teams were suspended for their participation in a gambling operation reported to be worth $10,000 a week. That same year, a gambling operation involving student athletes from the University of Rhode Island and Bryant College was uncovered.
1994: A starting running back from Northwestern University was suspended for gambling; he denied that he intentionally fumbled the ball on the goal line in a game against Iowa.
1995: Football and basketball players from the University of Maryland, including the starting quarterback, were suspended for betting on college sports.
1996: Thirteen members of the Boston College football team were suspended for betting on college football as well as professional football and baseball games. Three of those suspended were alleged to have bet against their team.
Two Holy Cross student athletes, one from the football team and one from the basketball team, voluntarily admitted to wagering on sports and were suspended.
1997: A point shaving scandal was uncovered at Arizona State University when two former members of the basketball team admitted to shaving points on four home games in the 1993- 94 season. Two students from Arizona State were reported to have bet $250,000 on a game against Washington State.
Also, an investigation into an alleged point shaving scandal at Fresno State University started after the team beat the point spread only eight times in 30 games.
1998: Former Northwestern University basketball players were indicted on charges of shaving points, conspiring to fix games, and accepting bets during the 1994-95 season. Attention from this case has expanded to include former football players from the Universities of Colorado and Notre Dame who were allegedly involved in the ring.
Four former Northwestern University football players were indicted for perjury after allegedly lying to grand juries that were investigating sports betting at the school.
