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NBA's Chauncey Billups to enter plea in rigged poker games case
Billups faces fraud and money laundering charges linked to a $7 million Mafia-backed poker scheme using high-tech cheating and pro athletes as lures, prosecutors say.
- On Monday, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups is due in Brooklyn federal court to enter a plea on money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges linked to alleged rigged poker games.
- Prosecutors say the alleged scheme started in at least 2019 and involved more than 30 defendants, defrauding victims of at least $106 million, according to federal charges.
- Investigators say high-tech tools like special sunglasses and hidden cameras enabled cheating, and prosecutors say Chauncey Billups received a $50,000 wire after one rigged game in October 2020.
- After his arrest, Billups was placed on unpaid leave and Tiago Splitter, Trail Blazers interim coach, was named; the arraignment will cover all 31 defendants as judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers discuss next steps Monday.
- The case is part of a wider federal probe of bet‑rigging that has grown with legal sports betting in recent years, with related October charges against Damon Jones and Terry Rozier for NBA bet manipulation between 2022 and 2024.
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NBA coach Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones to appear in court
(NewsNation) — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones are set to appear in court Monday over allegations they helped operate rigged poker games. These charges are separate from another case in which Jones is accused of sharing insider information with sports bettors. NewsNation’s Marcus Espinoza reports the latest […]
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Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups to be arraigned in rigged poker games case
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups is set to appear in a New York court on charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player.
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