The point-shaving scandal was one of several uncovered over the years with the help of Las Vegas bookmakers, who are on the same side as the NCAA and major pro sports leagues when it comes to wanting to protect the integrity of the games. Nor was he aware that Vaccaro had notified the Nevada Gaming Control Board the previous day, March 5, about suspicious betting activity in Arizona State’s game against Washington. I said, ‘Bill, you’re a good guy, but go play your horses somewhere else.’”įrieder, who couldn’t be reached for comment, wasn’t involved in the 1994 scheme to fix four games, a scheme that ultimately cost him his job. “I went out there and said, ‘Bill, what are you doing?’ He looked at me like he was clueless and said, ‘Jimmy, I’m betting horses.’ I said, ‘They think your game was fixed yesterday.’ He gave me a puzzled look and said, ‘But we won by 18 points,’” Vaccaro said. Jimmy Vaccaro, the then-Mirage Resorts sports book director, said seeing Frieder, known as a sharp gambler, in his book almost gave him a heart attack. Las Vegas bookmakers had just alerted authorities to a point-shaving scandal at Arizona State University when then-Sun Devils basketball coach Bill Frieder walked into The Mirage to bet on horse racing. Elizabeth Brumley Las Vegas Review-Journal Oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro guest host for VSiN radio on SiriusXM at the South Point sports book in Las Vegas, Thursday, Sept.
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