Dark Sport · DS-034
HE CLEARED EIGHTY-NINE GAME ASSIGNMENTS. THE MONITORING SYSTEM NEVER FLAGGED HIM. HE WAS BETTING ON FORTY-THREE OF THEM.
In December 2006, compliance director Marcus Halstead signed off on a clean review, unaware that he had been betting on games he officiated since 2003. Despite a $4.2 million monitoring system, he influenced point spreads in at least 43 games without detection.
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