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	Point shaving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
		Point shaving occurs most frequently in amateur and collegiate sports, whose athletes are presumably more vulnerable to a gambler's bribery than professionals.
		Basketball is a particularly easy medium for shaving points because of the scoring tempo of the game and the ease at which one player can influence key events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Point_shaving (273 words)

	Point shaving - TheBestLinks.com - Basketball, Gambling, North America, Sport, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators of the fix seek to prevent a team from covering a published point spread, but are not necessarily concerned with whether or not the team in question wins (particularly when it is the favorite).
		Unlike other forms of match fixing, point shaving is invariably motivated by gambling.
		Point shaving scandals are most common in basketball (especially in the NCAA).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Point_shaving.html (215 words)

	Armpit Shaving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Shaving is the practice of removing body hair using a razor.
		Shaving is a common method of depilation, and is most commonly used by mento shave their facial hair, and by women to shave their leg hair, underarm hair, or pubic hair.
		Shaving can now be done with an electric razor or a regular, manualone.
	www.bodawg.com /point/16240-armpit-shaving.html (429 words)

	Point shaving is a problem that must be recognized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Point shaving is a problem that must be recognized
		While these are two examples of scandals that were caught and reported, it's quite likely that there are many other instances of point shaving in which the perpetrators weren't caught.
		If you were a college basketball player from a low-income family struggling to get by as a college student and you were offered thousands of dollars to still win a game but only win it by a certain margin, the temptation to take the money would be incredibly strong.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V133/N32/05-ryan.32s.html (517 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Herren had 34 points and kept Fresno State in the game early, but TCU opened the game up in the second half to win its second straight tournament game.
		The 106 points by TCU also broke the tournament record of 104 set last year by New Mexico.
		Jones was again the spark in the run, scoring nine of the 14 points, then hitting Damion Walker with a pass underneath for a 3-point play that capped the scoring spree.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/1997/mar/06/505666354.html (627 words)

	College Basketball Has Been Tainted by Point Shaving Scandals in the 1990s
		Point shaving is the act of deliberately scoring fewer points than is possible in order to ensure that bettors on the game collect on their wagers.
		Players that point shave receive repayment of some type, usually money, in exchange for their dishonest play.
		In 2002, allegations of point shaving against the Fab Five caused the University of Michigan to forfeit its win over Cincinnati in the 1992 Final Four as well as the entire 1992-93 season.
	www.sportsandbets.com /sports-betting-ncaa.html (389 words)

	Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Ex-Northwestern players indicted in point shaving 03/27/98
		Former Northwestern basketball players Dion Lee and Dewey Williams were indicted Thursday, March 26, 1998, in Chicago on charges of shaving points in three of the schools basketball games during the 1994-95 season.
		Lee averaged 12 points and Williams 8.1 that season, but each averaged just 6.3 points in the three games involved in the indictment, including a 2-point total for Lee against Penn State.
		They charged that it was only weeks after his return to the team that he began the conspiracy to shave points.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/032798/spo_shaving.shtml (858 words)

	Fixed Games in the NCAA \| Sports Gambling Library
		Boston College players in 1978-79 were found to have been shaving points and were involved with New York gambler Richard (the fixer) Perry.
		Northwestern seems to come to mind a lot for their point shaving scandal of 1998 and it does not end there.
		The person that wants to get an athlete to shave points in college sports has to be extremely careful and selective about his choice.
	www.sports-gambling.com /fixed-games-in-the-ncaa.htm (840 words)

	Encyclopedia: Point shaving
		Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost.
		Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop.
		Benny Silman is a former campus jailed for his role in a point shaving scandal at Arizona State University.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Point-shaving (627 words)

	CFAC: California First Amendment Coalition
		The appellants' convictions arise from their participation in the Boston College (B.C.) basketball "point shaving scandal." [FN1] The evidence presented at trial, although somewhat sketchy, revealed that the point shaving scheme was born in Pittsburgh during the summer months of 1978 and was the brainchild of Rocco Perla and his brother Anthony (Tony).
		At that point, particularly in view of counsel's request, an appropriate response from the trial judge should have included a neutral explanation of the jury's options either to report the verdicts reached, or to defer reporting of all verdicts until the conclusion of deliberations.
		The FBI agents advised Kuhn, at two separate points during their conversation, that he was not legally obligated to speak with them.
	www.cfac.org /CaseLaw/Cases/us_burke.html (7304 words)

	History and Trivia: The City College Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Point shaving by players in 1951 team was first of many
		On occasion, student players have been accused and caught taking money in return for "shaving points," winning a game by less than the favored amount stated on the spread.
		In the "good old days," point shaving went on, frequently with members of organized crime providing the money to the players.
	sportslawnews.com /archive/history/HT5.html (527 words)

	PROPERTY FOR SALE WITH HARBOUR VIEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Shaving point with shaving light, 1 x double socket, 1 x single socket, over-bed light, electric storage radiator, secondary double glazing to French doors leading to balcony.
		Shaving point, 2 x single sockets, electric storage radiator.
		Shaving point, 2 x single sockets, over-bed light, electric storage radiator.
	www.clickspeed.co.uk /ryb2/listings/83.html (565 words)

	NUsports.com - General Releases - Official Athletic site of the Northwestern University Wildcats
		The charges state that the players were paid to play poorly in an attempt to make Northwestern lose by more than the point spread established by bookmakers.
		We learned this morning, however, that the investigation we started in 1994 by self-reporting to the NCAA an on-campus, student-run gambling operation has taken a new turn with allegations of point shaving.
		Point shaving, as alleged, is vastly different; it, purely and simply, is betrayal.
	nusports.collegesports.com /genrel/nw-genreleases32.html (1346 words)

	OpinionJournal - From WSJ.com
		Possibly you never even heard of over-under bets (in which the winner is the guy who guesses whether the total points scored in a game is over or under some specified number).
		This point has been elaborated forcefully by Sid Diamond, a quarter-century veteran of Las Vegas sports books who is now based at Carl Icahn's Stratosphere hotel casino.
		But bettors who have taken the underdog plus points stay with the action, so the college football audiences overall are larger, so the TV rights are worth more, so the colleges selling those rights take in more revenue.
	www.opinionjournal.com /wsj?id=65000676 (1174 words)

	Shaving and the Man - StoriesMania - short stories, poems, essays, scripts and online fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Looking into the trash can after I shaved, you'd swear a girl was having her period or something.
		The first time I got a shave that was anything near close was probably around the summer of 2000, right before my trip to Canada.
		Writing humor is one of the most difficult genres to write in, and this story is a case in point.
	www.storiesmania.net /community/showthread.php?p=2998 (1167 words)

	Arizona State Point Shaving
		This meant if Arizona State was supposed to win by 15 points, Smith and Burton, two of the best players on the team, would intentionally play poorly so they would not cover the spread and win by less than 15.
		The NCAA should make a deal with the NBA to make any player found guilty of point shaving be banned from the NBA for life as well.
		Point shaving ruins the integrity of the game, and the punishment for it should be severe.
	www.people.virginia.edu /~jro4k/mdst110/lab3/asu.html (359 words)

	TheStreet.com: What's the Point (Spread) of Banning Wagering on College Sports in Nevada?
		Aside from the illegal bookmakers and organized crime, the chief "beneficiary" under the bill will be the NCAA, which will not have to worry about having to deal with point-shaving scandals, not because they will not happen, but because the only reliable mechanism for rooting out the point-shaving will have been eliminated.
		Instead, as has been true for more than 50 years, point-shaving scandals occasionally will occur, gambling on college campuses will continue, and point spreads will be set and disseminated on college football and basketball games, whether that dissemination is through newspapers or over the Internet.
		We are going to go with the trend and take both underdogs with the points, with a slightly larger bet on Wisconsin + 8 1/2 because, based on our power ratings, the spread should be only 7.
	www.thestreet.com /comment/vegas/909910.html (733 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - point-shaving
		Indiana won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, and the Boston Celtics took the National Basketball Association title for the 14th time.
		Point (geometry), an exact, fixed location; one of the basic building blocks of geometry.
		Points are zero-dimensional: They have no length, width, or...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /point-shaving.html (134 words)

	Testimony on The Amateur Sports Integrity Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		But point shaving by players and former players is only one aspect of the problem.
		Our ability to do anything about illegal gambling, point shaving, or other related problems, is vitiated - indeed, it is effectively extinguished - when any kind of legal betting on intercollegiate sports is permitted.
		In point of fact, the lines between legal and illegal gambling are so blurred that most Americans are completely unaware that most forms of gambling are illegal.
	www.aacrao.org /federal_relations/asia.htm (1891 words)

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		If an country shows unequal income distribution then the slope of the curve is expected to be fairly shallow from the zero point until some point beyond the per capita income average value point on the chart.
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	P.D. No. 483 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Game-fixing any arrangement, combination, scheme or agreement by which the result of any game, races or sports contests shall be predicted and/or known other than on the basis of the honest playing skill or ability of the players or participants.
		Point-shaving any such arrangement, combination, scheme or agreement by which the skill or ability of any player or participant in a game, races or sports contests to make points or scores shall be limited deliberately in order to influence the result thereof in favor of one or other team, player or participant therein.
		Game-machinations any other fraudulent, deceitful, unfair or dishonest means, method, manner or practice employed for the purpose of influencing the result of any game, races or sport contest.
	www.lawphil.net /statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_483_1974.html (493 words)

	Bif! Bam! Pow! FAQ
		The 3 to 18 point range for normal human ability scores has become something of a standard in both computer and table top action/adventure games, and there was no reason to abandon it.
		We wanted to avoid the number crunching and point shaving abuses so common is such games.
		Skills, ability scores, and powers are not "bought" with the same points, so characters which are heavily specialized in one of these areas may be harder to move.
	home.earthlink.net /~thkbear/FAQ.htm (551 words)

	Point Shavers Beware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Since 1947, there have been 11 known point shaving scandals, mostly involving collegiate programs-some of which, well known.
		Yet, the lure of point shaving still lurk in the background.
		Point shavers, use your head and don't play with your wallet.
	www.companyladies.com /twl_point_shaving.htm (944 words)

	SLAM! Sports Stats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Tarkanian admitted the rumors began after a February 20th game against Wyoming, in which the Bulldogs were favored by 10 points.
		In that game, Fresno State point guard Dominick Young missed three of four free throws in the final minute, including an airball.
		According to the report, Young had been seen with a Fresno businessman named Krikor Vartanian, who law enforcement officials say is a heavy sports bettor with ties to organized bookmaking.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBKC/BC-BKC-LGNS-FRESPROBE-R.html (293 words)

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	The NCAA News: News & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Although proponents of the status quo point to the seeming widespread acceptance of sports gambling, a Gallup survey released in June 1999 revealed public anxiety on the matter.
		Further, common sense dictates that newspapers, television and radio stations no longer will have a legitimate purpose to publish collegiate point spreads and/or advertisements for sports touts since gambling on college games would now be illegal.
		Not long after that, I received a call from Ben Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post, and he asked me why the Post should continue its practice of not publishing the betting lines on college sporting events or take advertising dollars from the sports touts organizations.
	www.ncaa.org /news/2000/20000131/active/3703n01.html (1440 words)

	Fresno State fixes b-ball games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Both have denied getting players to shave points, a practice by which a player tries to keep the score below the point spread to favor certain gamblers.
		Fresno State was favored by 10 points in each of those home games but failed to beat the point spread.
		Jelladian won all his bets except for $10,000 placed on the Rice game Feb. 8 when the Bulldogs were favored by 11 1/2 points but won by 28 as the Rice players were unable to score consistently, the newspaper added.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/05-02-97/Sports/_Fresno_State_fixes_b-ball__games.html (312 words)

	Review of the Literature
		In the last forty-five years, as many as one hundred student athletes representing dozens of colleges and universities have been caught for such gambling-related activities as point shaving, betting, providing inside information to bookies and other gamblers, and not playing up to their potential or "throwing" games.
		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.
		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.
	www.umich.edu /~mgoblue/compliance/gambling/literature.html (1437 words)

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