INVS 6656 - International and National Sports Gambling Markets

Prerequisite or co-requisite: INVS 6640. This course examines the sports gambling market, both legal and illegal. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of the system so a professional investigator can gain a complete understanding of the monitoring systems. The course introduces students to the top bookmaking sites in the world so they can see, first-hand, how pervasive the international gambling markets can be. Through the lens of professional gamblers, and former match-fixers, this course explores how the bookmakers and monitoring systems can be gamed. 3 credits.