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Pro poker player says Chauncey Billups was in rigged game years before indictment

Two years before Chauncey Billups was named in an FBI indictment on Thursday, Oct. 23, a professional poker player said a rigged poker game was “built around” Billups, the head coach of the Portland T...

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How cheaters rigged high-stakes poker games with the mob and sports pros, according to authorities

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Video emerges of poker player describing ‘100 percent’ rigged Chauncey Billups poker game

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Trail Blazers Take to the Court for the First Time After Coach Chauncey Billups' Arrest

Stunned by the arrest of head coach Chauncey Billups in a sprawling alleged poker scheme, the Portland Trail Blazers took to the court Friday night under an interim coach as they navigated an unexpec...

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NBA stars and mafia among dozens arrested in illegal gambling crackdown

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Cheating expert explains poker rigging technology amid NBA gambling scandal

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A deep dive into the NBA sports betting scandal, by AP reporters

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Damon Jones were named in indictments unsealed Thursday in New York.

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Trail Blazers’ Billups, Heat’s Rozier among dozens charged in Mafia-linked gambling probe

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The Latest: NBA coaches and player charged in sports betting and Mafia-backed poker schemes

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The sophisticated technology allegedly used in poker scandal linked to the NBA, mafia

"For years, these individuals allegedly hosted illegal poker games where they used sophisticated technology and enlisted current and former NBA players to cheat people out of millions of dollars," NY...

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Poker’s NBA-and-Mafia betting scandal echoes movie games, and cheats, from ‘Ocean’s’ to ‘Rounders’

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Mafia Returns to Center Stage in NBA Betting Scandal That Included Rigged Poker Games

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Meet the alleged mobsters charged in the rigged poker game scheme

The members of New York City’s notorious “Five Families” are known by many names: wise guys, goodfellas, friends of ours.

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Barcoded decks, contact lenses and X-ray tables: How New York’s mafia allegedly ran illegal poker games tied to US athletes

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt, chips click in steady tempo,

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Alleged gambling ring involving NBA players used X-ray technology, hidden devices to rig poker games: feds

FBI documents revealed an illegal gambling scheme involving over 30 arrests, including NBA players who used card-shuffling machines and hidden cameras to cheat at poker.

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X-ray tables, hidden cameras: The tech in rigged poker games linked to the mob and the NBA

More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and organized crime families,

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34 charged in NBA, poker gambling cases include Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and alleged mob figures. See the full list.

An NBA Hall of Famer, a current star and former player are among dozens arrested in an FBI crackdown on illegal gambling that includes alleged members of organized crime families.

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The Rigged Poker Games That Used NBA Stars and James Bond Tech to Steal Millions

Hidden cameras, X-ray tables and a Hall of Famer as bait. How an illegal card ring deployed Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups to attract unsuspecting victims.