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The NBA Wants You To Bet on Games That Never Happened

League will splice together virtual matchups from real footage
The NBA is working with U.K.’s Highlight Games on the project

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By Eben Novy-Williams

June 19, 2019 at 5:23 PM UTC

The National Basketball Association has come up with a way for fans to gamble real money on fake games.

The league announced that it will create a virtual sports-betting game, called NBA Last 90, that will splice random highlights from real NBA games and combine them. Gamblers will then wager on the outcome.