Rigged NBA bets, high-tech tools to cheat at poker, the mob: What we know about the illegal gambling cases

Among those caught up in the web of illegal gambling allegations are Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and ...

Texas cheat ’em? U.S. details how mob lured high rollers into poker trap

Prosecutors said shuffling machines with hidden technology and "an X-ray table" were among the tactics used to rig the games.
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High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses

The feds on Thursday charged alleged mafia associates and current and former National Basketball Association players and ...

NBA will be susceptible to gambling as long as teams see no other way up but tanking

The federal gambling probe presents an intractable problem for the league that isn't easy to solve. (Or is it?) ...

"Chauncey told somebody that Dame wasn't going to play" - Windhorst explains what Billups is being accused of aside from illegal poker games

Early reports suggested that Billups was accused of participating in illegal poker games, but as the day progressed and the ...
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How cheaters rigged high-stakes poker games with the mob and sports pros, according to authorities

The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described ...

NBA Rookie of the Year odds, betting: Cooper Flagg (-225) is biggest favorite to win NBA Rookie of the Year since at least 2006

Dallas' rookie forward is the -225 favorite to win the 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year at BetMGM, the best preseason odds for ...