The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) announced late Thursday that an individual involved in the Fresno State sports betting scandal was arrested in May. The agency, which did not release the name of the person arrested, indicated that “several additional suspects remain outstanding, and criminal charges are being actively pursued.”
An online search of Clark County Detention Center records revealed that none of the players named in the scandal — Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver — were inmates as of Monday morning.
The NCAA ruled all three are permanently ineligible to play college basketball, and none are currently enrolled at their schools. Gambling is a violation of the organization’s ethical conduct rules and automatically results in a ban. When news of the scandal broke last September, Robinson and Weaver were enrolled at Fresno State and Vasquez had graduated from San Jose State, where he transferred after playing for three years at Fresno State.
The three were roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-24 school year. Robinson allegedly “altered his performance” in a Jan. 7, 2025, game against Colorado State so wagers placed by Vasquez and Weaver would pay out on under bets made on a legal sports betting platform. The wagering operator reported unusual activity, resulting in an NCAA investigation that revealed the scheme.
Robinson, Vasquez, and an unnamed person bet a total of $2,200 on Robinson’s statistical unders for the game, and the bets cashed for $15,950.
Per the investigation by the NCAA Infractions Committee, Robinson also placed 13 prop bets on daily fantasy platforms between Dec. 11, 2024, and Jan. 11, 2025, and Vasquez and Weaver bet on themselves and each other after discussing their respective prop betting lines.
Update on other scandal cases
The Fresno State scandal is one of a handful playing out in courts across the U.S. Last week, Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who was suspended for betting, won an injunction against the NCAA and is now eligible to play in the fall. The NCAA is expected to appeal.
Sorsby is accused of wagering $90,000 over a four-year period, including betting on Indiana football games while he was at the school. Sports betting is legal in Indiana, but Sorsby would have been under the legal age in his freshman and sophomore years, therefore violating state law in addition to NCAA and university rules. Betting is illegal in Texas. Sorsby has completed a residential gambling addiction treatment program and, according to Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt, has worked with the university on an after-care program, which includes monitoring his devices.
In professional sports, the MLB and NBA illegal betting cases continue to play out with a Nov. 2 trial date set in the Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz cases, additional charges added last month in NBA player Terry Rozier’s case, and several involved in the NBA sports betting and poker scandals changing their pleas to guilty.
