"Rozier was arrested in Orlando the morning after the Heat's season-opener loss to the Orlando Magic and allegedly participated in suspicious betting activity during a game he played in March 2023. Billups is accused of playing a role in an illegal Mafia-connected poker operation, which investigators say included having pro basketball players involved to make the games appear more legitimate and advanced technology to cheat like rigged card shuffling machines and X-ray readers to peek at cards facedown on the table."
"The Gambino, Bonnano, and Genovese crime families three of the five groups considered part of the infamous Five Families of Italian-American Mafia crime families are accused of masterminding the gambling operation. Anchor Bill Hemmer asked Gagliano for his reaction to the latest developments, and he replied that he thought the lede was buried in most reporting thus far: Bill, I have to say I think the lede was buried. I mean, they're gonna show pictures of Jones and Rozier and Billups and the NBA logo"
Federal law enforcement arrested multiple individuals tied to an alleged illegal gambling scheme that implicated pro basketball figures and Mafia crime families. Arrests included Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, with Rozier arrested after a season-opener and accused of suspicious betting activity during a March 2023 game. Investigators say Billups played a role in a Mafia-connected poker operation that used professional players to lend legitimacy and employed rigged shuffling machines and X-ray readers to cheat. Officials say games began in 2019 across the Hamptons, Manhattan, Miami, and Las Vegas, netting millions and prompting alleged violence against nonpaying victims.
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