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Sport economics

a form of corruption in which players deliberately win by less than the betting spread while still winning the game.

In sport economics, point shaving refers to a form of corruption in which players deliberately win by less than the betting spread while still winning the game. This meaning comes from Wolfers (2006) in American Economic Review.[1]

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References

Wolfers, J. (2006). Point Shaving: Corruption in NCAA Basketball. American Economic Review, 96(2), 279-283. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282806777211757

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