US Edition4 Wildest NBA Gambling Allegations: Cheating Poker Chip Trays, Card-Reading Glasses, X-Rays and the Mob
More than 30 defendants, including NBA players and mafia members, used advanced technology to rig betting markets and poker games, defrauding millions in a nationwide scheme.
- On Thursday, U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed two related indictments charging thirty-one defendants in a seven-count indictment linked to arrests across 11 US states.
- Between December 2022 and March 2024, prosecutors say defendants used non-public player information and high-tech cheating methods to cheat wealthy players out of at least $7,000,000.
- Prosecutors detail the cheating technology, noting modified shuffling machines, poker chip-tray analyzers, X-ray tables, and special lenses, while naming Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, retired NBA player, as 'face cards' and alleging Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier fabricated a 2023 injury.
- On the legal front, last week prosecutors say victims lost large sums, including one who lost $2,760,000, and Joseph Lanni pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy with penalties up to 20 years.
- The indictments raise questions for the legalized sports betting industry about integrity, while FBI director Kash Patel called the allegations `mind boggling` amid intense public and media attention on Thursday.
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The New York LedgerThe sophisticated technology allegedly used in poker scandal linked to the NBA, mafia
The Department of Justice detailed the technology allegedly used by NBA stars, organized crime members and their associates to rig high-stakes poker games and cheat victims out of millions of dollars.A range of sophisticated equipment, including altered shuffling machines, wireless communication, a chip tray analyzer and an X-ray table were allegedly used by the individuals indicted for their roles in the rigged games at various locations in New…
4 wildest NBA gambling allegations: Cheating poker chip trays, card-reading glasses, X-rays and the mob
Wild allegation filed this week by federal prosecutors in one of the most sweeping and sensational betting scandals in recent professional sports history.
Casino is one of the best films by Martin Scorsese. It tells the story of a professional player sent by the mafia to Las Vegas to take charge of a casino. The film is considered a work of art within the black genre. The operation carried out on Thursday by the FBI, in which some NBA players and several mafia families have been implicated, could well have been one of the scenes of the acclaimed Scorsese footage. In total, the FBI has arrested 37 …
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