As new developments come to light in the recent illegal gambling scandal, it appears the alleged cheaters used high-tech equipment to scam victims. Authorities said the rigged poker games involving ...

The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as ...

Let’s keep it real—everybody knows someone who hosts a poker night. You got your chips, drinks, a group text invite, and maybe some light trash talk. But if money’s moving around, and you’re doing it ...

Oct 23 (Reuters) - The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, has been charged with helping to cheat high-stakes poker players out of millions of dollars through ...

Two years before Chauncey Billups was named in an FBI indictment on Thursday, Oct. 23, a professional poker player said a rigged poker game was “built around” Billups, the head coach of the Portland ...

Professional poker player Matt Berkey wasn’t surprised by the illegal gambling allegations against Chauncey Billups. In a 2023 clip that has gone viral after the bombshell federal gambling scandal was ...

X-ray tables. Hidden cameras. Pre-marked cards. Even special contact lenses. Prosecutors say the suspects charged Thursday in a high-profile illegal gambling bust made use of sophisticated technology ...

The ex-NBA star and Portland Trail Blazers coach was arrested by the FBI for rigged poker games. Professional poker player Matt Berkey said pros already knew. Oct 8, 2025; San Francisco, California, ...

In Singapore, a different but related drama played out, showing another angle of how gambling can spiral into serious crime. A woman of Taiwanese origin, named Lin Mei, was arrested and later ...

Clips from the podcast, in which professional poker player Matthew Berkey describes the rigged games, went viral Thursday after Billups was indicted for his alleged involvement David Berding/Getty A ...