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8 Times The NBA Lottery Has Looked Completely Rigged

The Dallas Mavericks' improbable win of the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with just a 1.8% chance has reignited conspiracy theories about the lottery being rigged, and we have eight examples through history where it just might be.

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Deseret News on MSN · 2d

This year’s NBA draft lottery is further proof that system is a failure

The results of the lottery demonstrated again that the system is a complete failure. Not only does it not promote parity, it does not prevent tanking, which was the intent of the lottery in the first place. It actually encourages more tanking now that comparable odds are spread among so many teams.

news.com.au · 3d

NBA world loses it over Draft Lottery as conspiracy theories erupt

The Dallas Mavericks have secured the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft in scenes that have left basketball fans furious.

The Luckiest Jumps to the No. 1 Pick in NBA Draft Lottery History

The Dallas Mavericks had only a 1.8 percent chance of winning the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, but that was not ...

3don MSN

NBA fans call lottery rigged after Mavericks get No. 1 pick, win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes

NBA fans are saying the draft lottery is rigged after the Mavericks got the No. 1 pick, securing the right to draft Cooper ...

Sports Illustrated3d

Identifying the Hornets' winners + losers from the NBA Draft lottery

It was yet another disappointing draft lottery for the ... had just a 1.8% chance of winning the lottery, but somehow came out on top. Despite the controversy, there's nothing that can be ...

Sporting News3d

Kyrie Irving has cheeky reaction to Mavericks' NBA Draft lottery win

The 2025 NBA Draft lottery took place on Monday night with ... who traded away Doncic on February 1 in a move that created plenty of controversy, now have a realistic path to bringing in Flagg ...

MARCA2d

LeBron James again makes clear that NBA lottery is rigged and has a suspicious reaction after Mavericks victory

not everyone was convinced the lottery was 100% pure and it raised eyebrows across the league and sparked immediate discussion online, LeBron among them. The 40-year-old four-time NBA champion ...

Fox Sports3d

2025 NBA Draft Lottery: Odds, how it works, date, time

the order for the first 14 picks of the draft will first be determined at the NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago on May 12. Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery.

LeBron James sparks controversy in the NBA Draft after Dallas Mavericks land the No. 1 pick

The news that the Dallas Mavericks landed the top spot in the 2025 NBA Draft stirred up a huge controversy within minutes, quickly catching the attention of one of the ...

Total Pro Sports on MSN2d

ESPN Announcer Drops Truth Bomb On If NBA Draft Lottery Is Actually “Rigged”

The Dallas Mavericks shocked the NBA world by winning the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, despite having only a 1.8% ...

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