US EditionNBA's Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier Among Dozens Arrested in Illegal Gambling Probe
Thirty-four people, including NBA figures, were charged in a $7 million rigged poker and insider betting scheme involving organized crime, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday federal prosecutors announced 34 people were charged, including Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones in a sweeping illegal gambling case.
- Prosecutors say one case centers on mafia figures' cheating in high-stakes poker, which allegedly netted more than $7 million, while the other involves bets using insider injury-report information.
- Court documents detail a Las Vegas poker game involving a `rigged shuffling machine` with Billups and Jones, where a victim was defrauded of $50,000, and a March 23, 2023 game involving Rozier who stopped after nine minutes.
- The NBA said Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups were placed on leave and the league is cooperating with authorities, while Damon Jones is not currently employed and three people were arrested in connection with both schemes.
- Indictments describe wealthy players invited to `rigged games` with former athletes as `face cards`, naming Gambino, Bonanno, Genovese and Lucchese associates and those providing cheating technology.
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NBA stars like Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier are said to have been involved with mafia families in manipulated poker games. With the help of high-tech devices and insider knowledge, wealthy players have been cheated by millions.
The NBA has suffered over the last few days one of the biggest scandals in its recent history.The FBI arrested more than thirty people for several cases of illegal gambling and poker game rigging, and among those arrested were Terry Rozier, a Miami Heat player, and Chauncey Billups, a Portland TrailBlazers coach.Details of both cases and contextOn Thursday morning, the FBI launched a wave of arrests across the United States related to the gambli…
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Longmont Times-CallDavid Adelman after Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrests connected to sports gambling: ‘Just hoping for the best for everybody’
SAN FRANCISCO — In his first pregame news conference of the season, and his tenure as a full-time NBA head coach, David Adelman didn’t hear as many basketball questions as he probably would’ve liked. That’s because a somber cloud hung over the league on Thursday, after the arrests and federal indictments of an active player, Miami’s Terry Rozier, and a sitting head coach, Portland’s Chauncey Billups, in a wide-ranging FBI gambling investigation.…
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