While the expansion of legal sports betting has made gambling more accessible, it's also helped spot infractions like these.
The MLB also said it was tipped off about Marcano's betting activity by a legal sports-betting operator, ESPN reported.
"When you are operating in the dark, you have no idea what is actually happening — if refs are partaking in illegal betting or players are partaking in betting," Slane said.
Many US states where sports betting is legal require gambling companies to work with a licensed independent integrity-monitoring service, like IC360 or Sportradar, to identify suspicious betting activity.
They could be college football players betting on the NFL, or NFL players betting on games their teams weren't playing in.
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