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Benny Silman of New York City is a former student turned campus bookmaker who was jailed for masterminding a point shaving scandal at Arizona State University.
Oct 6, 2021 · Benny Silman is a New York native who was also a student at ASU. He frequently traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to bet on sports and eventually became a bookie himself. Since Stevin, the star player, accrued debt with the bookie, Benny suggested point-shaving to Stevin as a way of easing the debt.
- Isaac 'Ice' Burton Boils The Whole Point-Shaving Scandal Down
- Smith, Silman and Gagliano All Went to Prison
- 'Bad Sport'
"Oh man," he recalls thinking when he realized things aren't going to work out as he'd hoped. "We done f ——-d up." Indeed they had. Although Sewell offers Smith, Burton and Joseph Gagliano, who set up the scheme, plenty of time to explain themselves, and they disagree on some of the particulars, no one denies the overall crimes — or Burton's assess...
But Smith wound up owing Benny Silman, a student and a bookie at ASU, more than $10,000 in gambling debts. Working with Gagliano, an entrepreneur, they fixed a game against Oregon State. Smith didn't want the team to lose the game, he told them, but he didn't have to — ASU could win, but not by more than six points. Smith and Burton, who he enliste...
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Dec 11, 2018 · Accruing debt of at least $10,000 owed to ASU student and campus bookmaker Benny Silman, Smith didn’t need much persuading when an opportunity to cover his losses presented itself. “We agreed that I could repay my debt to him by fixing the basketball game,” Smith said in court documents from his plea agreement.
Dec 18, 2018 · Accruing debt of at least $10,000 owed to ASU student and campus bookmaker Benny Silman, Smith didn’t need much persuading when an opportunity to cover his losses presented itself. “We agreed...
Oct 14, 2021 · If you need a reminder of the scandal that, at the time, rocked college athletics: Arizona State University's Steve "Hedake" Smith and Isaac Burton got wrapped up with the campus bookie, Benny...
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Dec 23, 2018 · Accruing debt of at least $10,000 owed to ASU student and campus bookmaker Benny Silman, Smith didn’t need much convincing when an opportunity to cover his losses presented itself. “We agreed...
