U.S. Details How Mob and Ex-NBA Players Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap NYT | Top Stories By: Michael Wilson 25 October 2025 at 03:00 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. © Jenny Kane/Associated PressChauncey Billups, a former N.B.A. player and the Portland Trail Blazers’ current head coach, helped attract gamblers to the rigged games, prosecutors say.
Here Are the Defendants Named in the N.B.A. Gambling Indictments NYT | Top Stories By: The New York Times 24 October 2025 at 06:27 More than 30 people were charged in what prosecutors said was a gambling scheme involving N.B.A. players and coaches. © Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesFederal and local law enforcement officials announced on Thursday dozens of arrests into what they described as illegal gambling schemes.