and profiting through gambling is to bet against oneself and then intentionally lose. This is known as throwing a game or taking a dive. Illegal gamblers will at times pay sports players to lose so that they may profit from the otherwise unexpected loss. An especially notorious case is the Black Sox Scandal, when eight players of the 1919 Chicago White Sox took payment from gamblers and intentionally played poorly. Another happened in boxing when Jake LaMotta famously took a dive against Billy Fox in order to obtain his entry to a championship match against Marcel Cerdan, a deal offered by the mobsters who controlled professional boxing. Business Various regulations exist to prevent unfair competitive advantages in business and finance, for example competition law, or the prohibition of insider trading. The most extreme forms of cheating (e.g. attempting to gain money through outright deceit rather than providing a service) are referred to as fraud. See also 1950s quiz show scandals, series of cheating scandals that nearly destroyed the game show genre Cheating at the Paralympic Games Cheating in bridge Cheating in chess Cheating in esports Cheating in online games Cheating in poker Game theory Gaming the system Infidelity Unfair competition, in business References Further reading Misconduct Morality Sports law