With no live sports, sportsbooks are getting desperate to bring in revenue and turned to taking bets on an NBA 2K tournament featuring 16 NBA stars playing against each other.
The tournament started last week but after sportsbooks started seeing a significant amount of bets coming in on an under-dog they figured something was a bit fishy. Top-seeded Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets was the favorite to win his match against 16th seed Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones. There was a lot of bets coming in on Jones despite him being a heavy underdog which alarmed the betting providers.