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Las Vegas - Yesterday, we talked about the NBA 2K Player's Tournament, and posted odds on who would win. Then a story came across the wire with this headline and it became a NO GO.

'Bookmakers suspend betting after NBA 2K20 results leaked online.' Here's the story courtesy of Reuters...

Online bookmakers, already hit by the stoppage of live sports due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, suffered a further setback when the results of an NBA 2K20 video game tournament were leaked online. But despite the first-round games appearing to be played live when they were broadcast on ESPN and ESPN 2, they were actually pre-recorded. “It became clear that somebody knew something, and that the results had been leaked,” according to David Strauss, head oddsmaker at MyBookie.ag. “That’s a nightmare scenario for us. When a result is compromised, we close the lines and look for the info ourselves. “It’s almost always in the forums or on Twitter.”
When a wave of bets were placed on 16th-seeded Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones to beat top-seeded Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, which he did 78-62 on Friday, it became clear that those placing bets knew something. “We initially made Durant the favorite to win the tournament but when the bets were completely one-sided toward Jones, it became obvious that someone knew the outcome of the game,” said SportsBetting.ag odds manager Robert Cooper, whose company lost a sum in the low five figures on the opening round.

So, NO more NBA 2K sadly...Guess it's on to ping pong in Russia!!!

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