How mafiosi and NBA stars used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables and secret contact lenses in multimillion-dollar poker scam

NYC mafiosos and NBA stars used a combination of high-tech contraptions and old-school gambling tricks to swindle hapless ...

Barcoded decks, contact lenses and X-ray tables: How New York’s mafia allegedly ran illegal poker games tied to US athletes

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm ...

X-ray tables, hidden cameras: The tech in rigged poker games linked to the mob and the NBA

More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and ...

'Mind-boggling' poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

The technology was everywhere - an X-ray table that read any face-down card, analysers inside chip trays, a rigged shuffling ...
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Feds: NBA Players, Coach Teamed Up With NYC Mafia in Sprawling Gambling Scam

Feds charge NBA players and coach Chauncey Billups in a Mafia-backed gambling scam that rigged underground poker games across ...

Chauncey Billups seen in 2019 photo playing poker with 2 others in bombshell gambling indictment

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups can be seen in a photo from 2019 playing poker with two people he was ...
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Two arrested after SWAT bust uncovers illegal gambling, ‘Fish Table’ games on Northside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says two men have been arrested after a raid uncovered what investigators describe as an illegal gambling house operating out of an unmarked ...
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3 arrested as nearly 60 slot machines, 6 fish tables and $20K seized from illegal gambling arcades in St. Pete

Agents have dismantled two illegal gambling arcades in St. Petersburg. Three people were arrested and agents seized 60 slot machines, 6 fish tables and $20K from the two illegal arcades. Florida law ...