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  • NBA gambling scandal live updates: Four teams named in bombshell FBI press conference

    10/23/2025 7:52:07 AM PDT · by bitt · 78 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | Oct. 23, 2025 | Patrick Reilly, Priscilla DeGregory and Kaydi Pelletier
    Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been charged in an alleged illegal poker scheme tied to organized crime, sources told the Post. Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was charged as well, in a separate but related illegal gambling case, ABC reported. Prosecutors and FBI Director Kash Patel are announcing further details about the alleged schemes at a press conference in Brooklyn on Thursday morning. LA Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers involved in sports-rigging scheme: US attorney By Patrick Reilly Four NBA teams have been named as having games involved in the FBI's sweeping investigation into...
  • From the son of a legendary Mafia capo named ‘Quack Quack’ to a wiseguy poker pro — these are the reputed mobsters charged in the NBA gambling scandal

    10/23/2025 3:10:54 PM PDT · by bitt · 14 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | Oct. 23, 2025 | Natalie O'Neill and Ben Kochman
    The son of a legendary mafia capo, a newbie made man and a mobster who did time for an infamous Queens racial attack were among the 13 reputed mobsters busted alongside NBA stars in a sweeping historic gambling bust, according to a new federal indictment. Among the most prominent of the gangsters who were dealt into the high-stakes scams is Angelo Ruggiero Jr, the son of the late Gambino captain Angelo “Quack Quack” Ruggiero Sr. Ruggiero Jr’s father was close friends with notorious Gambino boss John Gotti, who helped plan the murder of Gambino leader Paul Castellano in 1985. When...