The U.S. government alleges that a dozen men with ties to infamous Mafia clans oversaw a brazen poker cheating scheme spanning six years.

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.

"They used the star to do it. They had us excited. The only reason they were able to pull this off was because they had a professional athlete in place."

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,

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.

Just FYI ... Kylie Jenner was never an owner or renter of the property and never visited it as far as we can tell. A multimillion-dollar New York City townhouse Travis Scott once cozied up in is one of the locations at the center of the bombshell sports betting scandal currently rocking the NBA.

A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say.