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

Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics ...

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

Two years before Chauncey Billups was named in an indictment in a rigged poker scheme, a pro poker player said a rigged game ...
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X-ray tables, hidden cameras: The tech in rigged poker games linked to the mob and the NBA

The rigged poker games linked to the NBA and the mob relied on high-tech gadgets like an x-ray table, hacked card shufflers ...

Texas Cheat ’Em? U.S. Details How Mob Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap.

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 ...

Here's who's charged in the NBA and poker gambling ring crackdowns

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

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.

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

The stakes. The famous faces. The posh private rooms. The clever cheating schemes. The federal indictment of a big-money ...

Feds allege Chauncey Billups was ‘face card’ in high-stakes, Mafia-backed poker scam

Chauncey Billups, investigators allege, was known as a “face card.” He and other former professional athletes were used to ...