English Dictionary

point shaving

名詞

不可算名詞

(sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.

日本語の意味

（スポーツにおいて）賭博を動機とする試合の操作行為。特定のチームが予め設定された得点差（スプレッド）を上回らないよう、選手が意図的に得点を控える行為。

Several college basketball players were implicated in point shaving after unusual betting patterns were discovered.

複数の大学バスケットボール選手が、異常な賭けの動きが発覚した後、賭博目的の得点差の不正操作に関与していたと疑われた。

意味（1）

(sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.

Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU.