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NBA's Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case
Billups and 30 others face charges in a multi-million-dollar scheme using altered poker equipment and celebrity to defraud victims, prosecutors say the fraud began in 2019.
- Chauncey Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, is set to enter a plea in federal court related to accusations of rigging poker games on November 24, 2025.
- Prosecutors claim that Billups and others conspired to rig games, defrauding victims of at least $7 million since 2019.
- Billups faces charges of fraud and money laundering conspiracy, which he denies through his attorneys.
- Other defendants, including Damon Jones, are also charged and have pleaded not guilty, connected to the case.
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Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty to crimes stemming from alleged poker scheme
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a scheme to help lure unsuspecting gamblers to a mob-run poker game they didn't know was fixed.
·Cincinnati, United States
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Pistons legend pleads not guilty for alleged involvement in rigged poker scheme
Former Detroit Pistons guard and Portland Trailblazers coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday in Brooklyn as part of the criminal case alleging his involvement in a Mafia-backed plot to rig illicit poker games.
·Michigan, United States
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