What DraftKings Revealed About Itself With Jontay Porter

How catching a Porter bettor revealed the game as rigged

I love the (pictured above) fraud triangle. Unlike the Conjoined Triangles of Success, it’s not some corporate hokum. It’s real. According to triangle creator Steve Albrecht, the triangle is meant to represent the following:

Individuals are motivated to commit fraud when three elements come together: (1) some kind of perceived pressure, (2) some perceived opportunity, and (3) some way to rationalize the fraud as not being inconsistent with one’s values.

This triangle is everything when it comes to the current sports gambling situation and its associated problems. The triangle, non basketball version, is why a fringe Toronto Raptor player might throw away his career for very little gain. In a situation where the dominant advertiser is one big scam, it takes very little for a man to rationalize a con of his own. The issue here is that you can’t out cheat the biggest cheater of all.