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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,
More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and 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.
Investigative reporter Pablo Torre updates his latest Hall of Fame forward Kevin Garnett connection to NBA poker scandal.
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.
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.
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.”
Portland Trail Blazers coach and former Detroit Pistons legend Chauncey Billups was arrested in Oregon on charges connected to an illegal poker ring, the FBI announced on Thursday, Oct. 23. Billups was charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy and four counts of money laundering conspiracy,