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NBA tightens betting safeguards across 30 franchises

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The NBA introduced stricter betting-related safeguards across its 30 franchises amid a federal gambling investigation involving basketball personnel. Teams must resubmit game-day injury reports between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time and update public listings every 15 minutes; the league also urged sportsbooks to restrict some player prop bets.

The measures change injury disclosure requirements and the player prop markets the league wants sportsbooks to offer.

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