Where The Action Is

“One day last year, Adebowale Akinyemi Wilson lost an opening round match at the World Table Tennis Contender tournament in Lagos, Nigeria. It was an obscure contest on the far-flung outskirts of professional sports. But 5,000 miles away in New Jersey, four gamblers were keeping a close eye on it.” WaPo (Gift Article): From table tennis to darts, small sports draw big bets — and corruption. “As the betting industry booms and scandals engulf major leagues, sportsbooks in the United States and around the world have expanded their menus, enabling big-money bettors to converge on small-money sports newly available on gambling apps, from international table tennis and lower division soccer to darts and surfing.”