Posted on 10/23/2025 6:32:00 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Trail Blazers coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with an FBI sports betting and poker probe, according to ESPN.
FBI director Kash Patel and the Eastern District of New York will hold a press conference Thursday morning to further discuss the case and “numerous arrests in illegal sports betting and poker games schemes,” including two indictments, according to a press release.
Billups, 49, has been charged in an illegal poker scheme linked to organized crime, sources told The Post.
Rozier, 31, previously had been under investigation for unusual betting activity during his time with the Hornets, specifically a March 2023 contest.
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There’s just too much money at stake for it to be otherwise.
“There’s just too much money at stake for it to be otherwise.”
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Well, I guess that means the WNBA is in the clear. 🤣
You can get banned from a sport for something that is totally legal. An NBA player betting on NBA games might get him banished from the NBA, but that doesn’t mean it’s a crime.
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