NBA player among 30 arrested for gambling scheme that included X-ray poker table

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/23/heats-rozier-and-blazers-coach-billups-reportedly-arrested-over-separate-gambling-claims

by whycome • 9 months ago

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theguardian.com

whycome2• 9 months ago

NBA player and head coach among 30 arrested in illegal US gambling investigation. FBI says years-long operation that led to arrest of Heat’s Terry Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Chauncey Billups also connected to mafia families
Prosecutors claim that the defendants used “very sophisticated cheating technologies” including rigged shuffling machines, poker chip tray analyzers, special contact lenses and an X-ray poker table that could read cards.

ChrisArchitect• 9 months ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45684548

whycome2• 9 months ago

Just because it’s the same overall case doesn’t meant it’s a dupe. That link doesn’t mention the X-Ray poker tables (which would be of particular interest to the HN crowd).

b3ing• 9 months ago

Don’t these guys make enough money? But greed is a common human unsatisfiable desire

NBA player among 30 arrested for gambling scheme that included X-ray poker table

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