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X-ray tables. Hidden cameras. Pre-marked cards. Here's how investigators say suspects rigged poker games to allegedly steal at least $7 million.
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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,
NBA head coach Chauncey Billups and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and coach Damon Jones are among the defendants who were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 23 for allegedly using wireless technology to 'cheat people out of millions of dollars' during illegal poker games,
Allegedly, Bonanno associates fought over ownership of the rigged automatic card-shuffling machine that had been tampered to broadcast card order data. When one cheating crew refused to give it back, a rival crew stormed the location with a handgun and stole the $20k machine. Prosecutors cited this as a core “Hobbs Act Robbery.”
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella and FBI Director Kash Patel detailed the poker scheme. They described the rigged poker game as a wide-ranging cheating operation centered in the New York area run by the Bonanno, Gambino, Lucchese, and Genovese crime families.
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