Category Archives: Gambling
Rider, Isaiah
Charge: Gambling in public
Arrest Date: July 17, 1996
Franchise: Minnesota Timberwolves
Age 25
Details: Rider was arrested in Oakland on a misdemeanor charge of gambling in public. Police said they saw him throwing dice on a street corner with eight to 10 other people, two of whom allegedly had several bags of marijuana. This was the second arrest for Rider in a three week span, and his third brush with the law in just 6 weeks. He would also go on to be arrested yet again three months later.
Beard, Ralph
Charge: Gambling
Arrest Date: October 20, 1951
Franchise: Indianapolis Olympians
Age 23
Details: Beard and fellow Olympians teammate Alex Groza were arrested after their involvement in a point-shaving incident two years earlier while playing college basketball at the University of Kentucky. Along with a third Kentucky teammate, Beard and Groza accepted $500 each from gamblers to keep a game versus Loyola within the point spread of 10. While trying to keep the score close, they accidentally lost to Loyola.
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Charge: Writing bad checks
Arrest Date: March 19, 1983
Franchise: Utah Jazz
Birthdate: September 30, 1954
Age 28
Groza, Alex
Charge: Gambling
Arrest Date: October 20, 1951
Franchise: Indianapolis Olympians
Age 25
Details: Groza and fellow Olympians teammate Ralph Beard were arrested after their involvement in a point-shaving incident two years earlier while playing college basketball at the University of Kentucky. Along with a third Kentucky teammate, Groza and Beard accepted $500 each from gamblers to keep a game versus Loyola within the point spread of 10. While trying to keep the score close, they accidentally lost to Loyola.
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