Topic: Michael Jordan’s gambling history revisited. - page 2. (Read 655 times)

^ Definitely right, Michael Jordan who admitted to playing blackjack then definitely in this time of crisis or lockdown he had visited an online casino to play. Athletes are also not allowed to go out because of the lockdown and one way to lessen their boredom at home is to play in online casinos since like Jordan does play blackjack but of course, they will not allow anyone knows their true identity because it can catch everyone's attention for they can even bet or lose higher amount than what we normally do. Nevertheless, the possibility of Michael Jordan playing in an online casino probably be true but may also be not, for he never admitted that he did play through online gambling sites.

Jordan is making a lot of money being an NBA star, so he can gamble anytime he wants, and he is not the only one who are gamblers in the NBA, charles barkley is also a gambler and I think I've read some article in the past that he is addicted in gambling, something that we can't conclude then since they never admit anything bad anyway, and since they are a model, most of the news related to them are good news.

I also believe on a possibility that Jordan is betting on himself in the NBA, if refs are found fixing matches, players can do the same since they are the one holding the ball.

Match fixing is nothing new but in recent years there are many case that are popping up because police are able to monitor and track mobile devices if they find any anomaly during the match. Most sports bodies will issue a life time ban if they find out they are involved in any malpractice.

In cricket there were many high profile cases in the past 20 years and the recent spot fixing incident during 2010 was revealed because the handler damaged his mobile phone and gave for repairing and the shop owner found evidence of foul play and informed the media and the players behind the fixing scandal got banned for life and jail sentencing.

When i hear a sports person who used to gamble then i am certain he would have done the same in the match he is involved, if you take the example of cricket and how many high profile players were caught fixing the matches like Hansie Cronje, Azharuddin, Herschelle Gibbs and so on, as a fan you will never expect these players to fool the audience but it happened and now the rule in cricket is that if a bookie approaches you, it is the players responsibility to inform the authorities and if you are not doing that you will be punished and recently Shakib Al Hasan got a one year ban for not informing the authorities about a bookie approach.

I am not telling that Michael Jordan fixed matches but i am sure he would have made decisions that would aide his bet.

With that kind of fame he has behind his name, MJ needs to continue being discreet. If he is involved with this kind of activities, for sure he won't be careless as all eyes are on him. MJ, aside from being the most popular basketball player, is also a good businessman. He needs to make sure that whatever he take will not affect him both from his public and private life. This is the reason why famous personalities become depressed as they can't do things normally.

but his personal manager must know what going around his life including his gambling habits but both of them wont only showcase it on the world   . he can bet on nba or other basketball bets because he already have a good knowledge on it and make tons of money out of it aside form what he earn   but at the end of the day its thier happiness  .  i know other popular icon that showcase thier gambling habbit on media but still they have solid followers   . gambling is not bad as long as they wont become addict like a normal person that gambles

Depends on the contract.
Did he really breach something in that contract if it is not written there?

We all know this superstars like him or Lebron, Kobe have their managers on their side.
They know the do's and dont's and they are like mothers of this players which should always be informed to where they will go in which they will decide if they can't or can.

This is also why I have doubts with what the news will present.
It could be just for a scoop or they lack attention.

He is safe now if he want to do it online. He can be anonymous and just use VPN to avoid being tracked.  

For sure, he can't divulge the truth about his gambling habits.
He is still endorsing Nike, and other brands, so he needs to protect his image and not break his contract by giving "bad" example to his supporters.
Being an endorser, usually you have to take care of your reputation, because once ruined even if you are the top athlete, they will think twice of renewing the contract.

What is sound strange each time we heard news like this is "why a very rich player" can be interested in these activities?
For who is not young anymore like me, linking MJ with such activities is like about a "sport myth" like we were talking about Lionel Messi (!)

About Troubles..
https://www.thelocal.it/20130802/lazio-captain-suspended-for-illegal-betting
In Italy there was a Captain of a famous Serie A team that has been involved in illegal betting!
Few players (from several team) were involved in such illegal activities...even clubs get fined!
Betting is a billion industry its full of people that want take an advantage, and there are also criminal interests behind

I'm sure he has done that or continue doing that but he has a reputation to protect he can only talk about gambling where he can be on a safe side he cannot talk how big money he has lost from gambling, Jordan being the greatest of all time is being looked at by a lot of young people who wants to follow his footsteps, this is the reason why he is very discreet.

I think no, most of the celebrities and popular athletes are most likely to go in casinos to do gambling than to just visit in online casinos. The enjoyment and the experience are what they want and that is why I am sure that they are not visiting online gambling sites because they are prefer to go in physical casinos because of the feeling and the experience that may get. Anyway the news about Michael Jordan is not new anymore because there are some articles and images before that showing he is playing inside casinos at Las Vegas.

I think there are something that Micheal is not admitting because i have read some articles before about His addiction in Gambling and this is not only in Sportsbetting or Golf instead casino playing and some car thing.

But if he is now considering playing using crypto online then i may say those sites that he is playing with are lucky because they have a Bigtime player and bringing them good amount of income.

I think he will not regret if he loses in gambling because he still has much money that can be used for many things. But we don't know how much money he will use to play gambling. The media will judge him to play gambling because as a superstar, they think that he should give attention to the public and explain that playing gambling is not good. I think there will be some politic include in the new because usually, if one news has blown up, there is politic inside the news itself, but we don't know about that.

That is the price for being a superstar. A celebrity who is as famous as the legendary Michael Jordan will have a very hard time living away from the peering eyes of the public especially from the media. That must really be annoying. It is as if you don't have any privacy left in you anymore.

What now if he gambles? Is it something a superstar shouldn't do? What if he loses millions? Is he or his status required not to experience it?

And that is more the reason they gamble their skills in golf there.
Rich people, share vs shares are the kinds of bets here. Big ones which we cannot really imagine.
You won't win much with tournaments but on side bets.

When you have that a kid that age, he/she will keep you busy that you will forget about any hobby that you have.
As I told here, his kids are growing up and they are getting older.
He don't want to embarrass them by being on the news for gambling addiction.
This could also be one of the reason why he disagree for the film (The Last Dance) to be played for years, because of so many ruckus that will happen.
And it did.

Gambling would not be an issue if the involved person is not Michael Jordan. The moment he entered the NBA and got famous that everybody wanted to be like him, he is under the microscope. Every little things he have done and said were publicized and given meaning, be it positive or negative.

Yeah, nothing is wrong with him gambling because it is his money and he can afford to loss millions of USD but the controversy brought by it is somewhat annoying to him. Though he had tons of fans/supporters but he could also have a handful of haters that were just waiting to threw controversies if there is any, media included.   

I love Michael Jordan is a great Legend, he has reached the best titles, he is considered a Superman in basketball. I understand him in his most famous time, while his career is on the rise as any human being, successful young man, he has a hobby he likes to play Blackjack.

Guys, "Remembering is living" An article printed on SportsThursday

Michael Jordan turned the Knicks' home-court advantage into the Knick's (1993).
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/27/sports/sports-of-the-times-jordan-s-atlantic-city-caper.html


Bally's Atlantic City Hotel and Casino where he played Blackjack according to the note.
https://www.caesars.com/ballys-ac

Maybe, he came across to a dilemma to where he would spend his money. It is funny to think about it when you have a lot in your bag, your only problem is how to win without thinking on how much you lose, more over, it looks like a battle against your own satisfaction lol.

Well, who knows, he might be going back to play for a little while maybe for killing some time. As mentioned above he still has money, and he still generates it upto now, it won't be a problem for him to gamble though he would be a bad image for his children at some point. And on the other hand, online gambling is the closest possible scenario to happen here, since going on in physical casino is as problematic as countless of people would go after him which is so much stressing on his side, you know he can't even go anywhere without any interruptions.

It became gambling when Jordan was betting against his golfer buddies. Yes, it was a sport for rich people, and that is why Jordan played with other players or personalities that has money and try to win against them.


I doubt that he play online black jack during his prime, he will be bored as hell. Of course he has every right to gamble at casinos because he has the money and probably playing with his friends too in private with huge wager.

 Golf is not really that type of gambling at least not in Jordans situation. Sure you can go to a sportsbook now and gamble on who will win in a golf tournament and all that but it wasn't like that for mike. Dude gambled on who would win in a golf game when he played against someone else, so it was more like a wager. In the video if you watch it you will see him gambling even with the security about throwing change furthest and so forth, which means dude basically gambled on anything he could find. However reality is, he talked about the part that he never really let it go out of hand. He never had to gamble so much that he had hard time paying his gambling debt, he always knew when to stop and that is why it wasn't really an addiction.