Looking back at the sports gambling controversies throughout 2025, with NBA and MLB investigations leading way

Over the years, as sports gambling has become more of a norm, lines have been crossed.

In 2023, several NFL players were suspended for multiple games for violating the league's gambling policy. Later that year, Iowa and Iowa State athletes were punished. A year later, Shohei Ohtani found himself in controversy after millions of dollars under his name were paid for gambling debts. Ultimately, the FBI found it was his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, stealing his money to pay off his own losses.