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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 ...

Feds allege Chauncey Billups was ‘face card’ in high-stakes, Mafia-backed poker scam

Chauncey Billups, investigators allege, was known as a “face card.” He and other former professional athletes were used to ...

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 ...

How NBA figures and mafia families allegedly stole millions in rigged poker games: "Very sophisticated cheating technologies"

X-ray tables. Hidden cameras. Pre-marked cards. Here's how investigators say suspects rigged poker games to allegedly steal ...

‘Quarterbacks,’ ‘face cards’ and spy tech: How the Mafia allegedly teamed up with NBA stars to rip off high-stakes poker games

An explosive indictment accuses basketball stars and bookies of conspiring with four of New York’s Five Families to rig ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Feds: NBA Players, Coach Teamed Up With NYC Mafia in Sprawling Gambling Scam

Feds charge NBA players and coach Chauncey Billups in a Mafia-backed gambling scam that rigged underground poker games across ...
Hoodline

NBA Bigwigs and Mafia Members Busted in Sweeping Poker Game Scam in Brooklyn

Reputed crime family members and NBA figures are charged with rigging illegal poker games, using high-tech methods to cheat ...

NBA's Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups among nationwide arrests in connection to illegal betting

Among those taken into custody in the betting investigation today are Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Terry ...